fix(convert-to-csv): fix bug with escaping quoted string

src/utils/convertToCsv.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { convertToCSV } from './convertToCsv'
+
+describe('convertToCsv', () => {
+  it('should convert single quoted values', () => {
+    const data = [
+      { foo: `'bar'`, bar: 'abc' },
+      { foo: 'sadf', bar: 'def' },
+      { foo: 'asd', bar: `'qwert'` }
+    ]
+
+    const expectedOutput = `foo:$5. bar:$7.\r\n"'bar'",abc\r\nsadf,def\r\nasd,"'qwert'"`
+
+    expect(convertToCSV(data)).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+  })
+
+  it('should convert double quoted values', () => {
+    const data = [
+      { foo: `"bar"`, bar: 'abc' },
+      { foo: 'sadf', bar: 'def' },
+      { foo: 'asd', bar: `"qwert"` }
+    ]
+
+    const expectedOutput = `foo:$5. bar:$7.\r\n"""bar""",abc\r\nsadf,def\r\nasd,"""qwert"""`
+
+    expect(convertToCSV(data)).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+  })
+})

src/utils/convertToCsv.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
- * Converts the given JSON object to a CSV string.
+ * Converts the given JSON object array to a CSV string.
- * @param data - the JSON object to convert.
+ * @param data - the array of JSON objects to convert.
  */
 export const convertToCSV = (data: any) => {
   const replacer = (key: any, value: any) => (value === null ? '' : value)
@@ -37,15 +37,7 @@ export const convertToCSV = (data: any) => {
           let byteSize
 
           if (typeof row[field] === 'string') {
-            let doubleQuotesFound = row[field]
-              .split('')
-              .filter((char: any) => char === '"')
-
             byteSize = getByteSize(row[field])
-
-            if (doubleQuotesFound.length > 0) {
-              byteSize += doubleQuotesFound.length
-            }
           }
 
           return byteSize
@@ -73,6 +65,7 @@ export const convertToCSV = (data: any) => {
   if (invalidString) {
     return 'ERROR: LARGE STRING LENGTH'
   }
+
   csvTest = data.map((row: any) => {
     const fields = Object.keys(row).map((fieldName, index) => {
       let value
@@ -80,12 +73,11 @@ export const convertToCSV = (data: any) => {
       const currentCell = row[fieldName]
 
       if (JSON.stringify(currentCell).search(/(\\t|\\n|\\r)/gm) > -1) {
-        value = currentCell.toString()
         containsSpecialChar = true
-      } else {
-        value = JSON.stringify(currentCell, replacer)
       }
 
+      value = JSON.stringify(currentCell, replacer)
+
       value = value.replace(/\\\\/gm, '\\')
 
       if (containsSpecialChar) {
@@ -101,6 +93,10 @@ export const convertToCSV = (data: any) => {
           value = value.substring(1, value.length - 1)
         }
 
+        if (value.includes("'")) {
+          value = '"' + value + '"'
+        }
+
         value = value.replace(/\\"/gm, '""')
       }