# Add CSV import/export to sao
**URL:** https://discuss.tryton.org/t/add-csv-import-export-to-sao/74
**Category:** Ideas
**Created:** [March 4, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/add-csv-import-export-to-sao/74 "2016-03-04T19:00:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/add-csv-import-export-to-sao/74/1 "2016-03-04T19:00:01Z")
## Description:
Tryton has generic methods to import and export CSV file but sao (the web client) is missing the graphical user interface to support it. So the idea is to develop the same view as the GTK client.
## Skills:
Knowledge in Javascript and HTML5.
## Difficulty level:
Intermediate
## Potential mentors:
@ced @pokoli
## Discussions
> [@Choosing a way of CSV Parsing for CSV Import feature in sao](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/choosing-a-way-of-csv-parsing-for-csv-import-feature-in-sao/144):
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> Alternatives: [Papa Parse](https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse) License: MIT Bower: white_check_mark I favor this alternative as it is heavily used by other projects like Wikipedia, and allows streaming large files, can use service workers. A stackoverflow answer even mentioned that it’s the fastest. [CSV.js](https://github.com/knrz/CSV.js) License: MIT Bower: white_check_mark Promises Full RFC 4180 compliance. Doesn’t have an option to specify encoding explicitly. Server Side parsing by Python: I would like to avoid this option, as it would requi…
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### Author:  [@prayashm](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/prayashm)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/add-csv-import-export-to-sao/74/2 "2016-03-18T11:22:05Z")
Hello ced,
Sorry for being this late.
I am a 3rd Year student from CET Bhubaneswar, India.
I would like to work on this idea for GSOC 2016.
Saw your replies to other members.
Already looking for an issue to fix from the tracker.
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### Author:  [@ced](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/ced)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/add-csv-import-export-to-sao/74/3 "2018-09-18T07:29:40Z")