Ask HN: Stack to Put CSV Online

2 points by helij 2y ago ↗ HN

Looking for some recommendations. I can do this with Django but it seems like a lot of baggage for a simple app.

I have a csv with 18 columns and 1600 rows. I would like to put this online so it's searchable, filterable. What's the best stack to do this with? Some JS framework? I don't mind loading the whole thing as text. The page should still load fast as 1600 rows and 18 columns is pretty light.

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surre 2y ago ↗

Check out Datasette by Simon Willison: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/index.html

troydavis 2y ago ↗

How about a public Airtable or Google Sheets document? If you want a standalone site, embed that document in your static site. Visitors can view and do basic operations on your site, and you can link to the document on Airtable or Sheets so they can do more advanced analysis.

mattewong 2y ago ↗

so true. sometimes the best solutions are not sexy

nickf 2y ago ↗

Try datatables.net - they have a sample 'server' (in PHP, plus more you can find on Github) that allow for dynamic search/filtering.