// Quick and simple export target #table_id into a csv
function download_table_as_csv(table_id, separator = ',') {
// Select rows from table_id
var rows = document.querySelectorAll('table#' + table_id + ' tr');
// Construct csv
var csv = [];
for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
var row = [], cols = rows[i].querySelectorAll('td, th');
for (var j = 0; j < cols.length; j++) {
// Clean innertext to remove multiple spaces and jumpline (break csv)
var data = cols[j].innerText.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, '').replace(/(\s\s)/gm, ' ')
// Escape double-quote with double-double-quote (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17808511/properly-escape-a-double-quote-in-csv)
data = data.replace(/"/g, '""');
// Push escaped string
row.push('"' + data + '"');
}
csv.push(row.join(separator));
}
var csv_string = csv.join('\n');
// Download it
var filename = 'export_' + table_id + '_' + new Date().toLocaleDateString() + '.csv';
var link = document.createElement('a');
link.style.display = 'none';
link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
link.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv_string));
link.setAttribute('download', filename);
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
Then add a button:
<button onclick="download_table_as_csv('my_id_table_to_export');">Download as CSV</button>