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Key facts

Category: Data Processing
Input types: textarea, select, checkbox
Output type: text
Sample coverage: 4
API ready: Yes

Overview

Data Normalizer is a code-based data processing tool that cleans, repairs, and converts messy structured text across formats like CSV, JSON, XML, TSV, and SSV. It standardizes quotation characters, trims whitespace, removes blank rows, and unifies column headers to prepare raw datasets for seamless database ingestion and application workflows.

When to use

When raw CSV or TSV exports contain inconsistent whitespace, rogue line breaks, or blank rows.
When converting tabular datasets between interchangeable formats like JSON, XML, CSV, and delimiter-separated values.
When sanitizing and standardizing column headers and quotation characters before database imports or data pipeline processing.

How it works

1Paste your raw data into the input field and select the input format, or use auto-detection.
2Choose your desired output format from CSV, JSON, XML, TSV, or SSV.
3Select normalization options such as trimming whitespace, removing empty rows, standardizing quotes, or detecting data types.
4Review and copy your cleaned, standardized dataset along with optional processing statistics.

Use cases

Preparing irregular CSV exports from legacy systems for import into SQL databases.
Converting tab-delimited spreadsheet data into formatted JSON arrays for web API payloads.
Sanitizing XML and delimiter-separated text files before running automated data analysis pipelines.

Examples

1. Cleaning Irregular CSV for Database Migration

Data Engineer

Background

A legacy system exports customer records in CSV format with inconsistent spacing, blank rows, and mismatched quotation marks.

Problem

Automated database loaders reject the CSV export due to trailing spaces, empty lines, and irregular quotes.

How to use

Paste the raw CSV data, set Input Format to CSV, set Output Format to CSV, and select 'Remove empty rows', 'Trim whitespace', and 'Standardize quotes'.

inputFormat: csv, outputFormat: csv, normalizationOptions: [removeEmptyRows, trimWhitespace, standardizeQuotes]

Outcome

Generates a clean, uniformly formatted CSV file that loads into the database without parsing errors.

2. Converting TSV Spreadsheet Data to Typed JSON

Frontend Developer

Background

Product catalog updates are copied directly from spreadsheet sheets as tab-separated values.

Problem

The frontend application requires structured JSON objects with clean keys and auto-detected numerical values.

How to use

FAQ

What formats can Data Normalizer process?

It supports CSV, JSON, XML, TSV, and SSV for both input reading and output conversion.

How does format auto-detection work?

Auto-detection analyzes your input text syntax to identify whether it is CSV, TSV, SSV, JSON, or XML.

Can it clean up messy quotes and irregular whitespace?

Yes, you can enable options to trim field whitespace, standardize quotes, and normalize mixed line endings.

What does the 'Include Statistics' option provide?

It prepends a summary block detailing the operations performed, such as rows processed and cleaned.

Can it convert column values to native data types?

Yes, selecting the 'Auto-detect and convert data types' option converts numeric and boolean strings into native types during normalization.

inputFormat: tsv, outputFormat: json, normalizationOptions: [trimWhitespace, standardizeHeaders, detectDataTypes]

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1. Cleaning Irregular CSV for Database Migration

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