# A node to read lines from a csv list

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 August 2022 04:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995 "2022-08-04T04:51:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![loyaltolex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@loyaltolex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loyaltolex)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 04:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/1 "2022-08-04T04:51:35Z")

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I have a simple list of tide times like this on the local storage  
hl number AEST date & time height  
0 60050 1/01/2022 6:59 1.76  
1 60050 1/01/2022 13:25 0.19  
0 60050 1/01/2022 19:04 1.16  
1 60050 2/01/2022 0:49 0.03  
0 60050 2/01/2022 7:50 1.86

Can someone suggest a node to read in the data, I want to load todays tide time and simply display it on the dashboard

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/2 "2022-08-04T05:34:52Z")

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You can run the data through a csv node, use "space" as separator, this will create an array of objects or separate objects.  
How you want to proceed from there depends on how you want to display it.

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**Author:** ![loyaltolex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@loyaltolex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loyaltolex)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 05:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/3 "2022-08-04T05:37:18Z")

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Thanks  
So many nodes - so little time 🙂

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 05:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/4 "2022-08-04T05:38:26Z")

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note that the csv node is already part of the core nodes.

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**Author:** ![loyaltolex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@loyaltolex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loyaltolex)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 05:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/5 "2022-08-04T05:44:14Z")

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Found it and that will process the rows for me. Thanks.  
But I cant see where to tell it to get / open the data from. I was planning on saving the file on the local storage somewhere and think I need a node to open my file and feed the data to this csv node

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 07:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/6 "2022-08-04T07:05:58Z")

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Maybe a file read node to read the file ? And maybe an inject node to start it all off ?

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**Author:** ![loyaltolex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@loyaltolex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loyaltolex)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2022 11:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/7 "2022-08-04T11:05:05Z")

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Easy, thanks for the suggestions. Now the challenge is can I mark both suggestions as solution

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2022 11:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-node-to-read-lines-from-a-csv-list/65995/8 "2022-10-03T11:05:28Z")

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