Papa Parse reading CSV locally - csv

Question

Can someone point to or show me a working example of Papa Parse reading a csv file.
When I try to use :
Papa.parse(file, {
complete: function(results) {
console.log("Finished:", results.data);
}
});
the file name is returned in the array instead of the data within. None of the internet examples actually work. The official demo works correctl inspecting its code I cant find it making use of the above strangely.

Answer 1

As #Matt mentioned in his comment, the trick is not to pass a file name, but a file object. This also was not intuitive to me at first, so here is a quick solution:
var data;
function parse() {
var file = document.getElementById('myDOMElementId').files[0];
Papa.parse(file, {
header: true,
dynamicTyping: true,
complete: function(results) {
console.log("Finished:", results.data);
data = results.data;
}
});
}
Note that you have to call the results in this way when working with a local file. If you want to work with the results elsewhere, assign it to a global variable.

Answer 2

I have faced the same problem and it was solved by 2 actions:
1- Adding a callback function
2- connecting to a local oython server/changing browser's security settigns
Check this:
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/How-to-run-things-locally
I did not pass an object but a string with the file name/path and it worked for me.