Loading and Parsing csv Data from gist

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Loading and Parsing csv Data from gist

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Created on Mar 4, 2021

This example demonstrates how to load a CSV file from a GitHub gist using the fetch API and display its raw contents in the browser console. The page consists of a minimal HTML document with an embedded JavaScript script that defines an asynchronous fetchText function, which retrieves the text data from the specified gist URL and logs it to the console. The code also includes an alternative commented-out fetch approach, showing two methods for accessing remote text data. This serves as a simple starting point for parsing tabular data from external sources.

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