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---
title: data.GetCSV
description: Returns an array of arrays from a local or remote CSV file, or an error if the file does not exist.
categories: []
keywords: []
action:
aliases: [getCSV]
related:
- functions/data/GetJSON
- functions/resources/Get
- functions/resources/GetRemote
- methods/page/Resources
returnType: '[][]string'
signatures: ['data.GetCSV SEPARATOR INPUT... [OPTIONS]']
toc: true
---
Given the following directory structure:
```text
my-project/
└── other-files/
└── pets.csv
```
Access the data with either of the following:
```go-html-template
{{ $data := getCSV "," "other-files/pets.csv" }}
{{ $data := getCSV "," "other-files/" "pets.csv" }}
```
{{% note %}}
When working with local data, the filepath is relative to the working directory.
You must not place CSV files in the project's data directory.
{{% /note %}}
Access remote data with either of the following:
```go-html-template
{{ $data := getCSV "," "https://example.org/pets.csv" }}
{{ $data := getCSV "," "https://example.org/" "pets.csv" }}
```
The resulting data structure is an array of arrays:
```json
[
["name","type","breed","age"],
["Spot","dog","Collie","3"],
["Felix","cat","Malicious","7"]
]
```
## Options
Add headers to the request by providing an options map:
```go-html-template
{{ $opts := dict "Authorization" "Bearer abcd" }}
{{ $data := getCSV "," "https://example.org/pets.csv" $opts }}
```
Add multiple headers using a slice:
```go-html-template
{{ $opts := dict "X-List" (slice "a" "b" "c") }}
{{ $data := getCSV "," "https://example.org/pets.csv" $opts }}
```
## Global resource alternative
Consider using the [`resources.Get`] function with [`transform.Unmarshal`] when accessing a global resource.
```text
my-project/
└── assets/
└── data/
└── pets.csv
```
```go-html-template
{{ $data := "" }}
{{ $p := "data/pets.csv" }}
{{ with resources.Get $p }}
{{ $opts := dict "delimiter" "," }}
{{ $data = . | transform.Unmarshal $opts }}
{{ else }}
{{ errorf "Unable to get resource %q" $p }}
{{ end }}
```
## Page resource alternative
Consider using the [`Resources.Get`] method with [`transform.Unmarshal`] when accessing a page resource.
```text
my-project/
└── content/
└── posts/
└── my-pets/
├── index.md
└── pets.csv
```
```go-html-template
{{ $data := "" }}
{{ $p := "pets.csv" }}
{{ with .Resources.Get $p }}
{{ $opts := dict "delimiter" "," }}
{{ $data = . | transform.Unmarshal $opts }}
{{ else }}
{{ errorf "Unable to get resource %q" $p }}
{{ end }}
```
## Remote resource alternative
Consider using the [`resources.GetRemote`] function with [`transform.Unmarshal`] when accessing a remote resource to improve error handling and cache control.
```go-html-template
{{ $data := "" }}
{{ $u := "https://example.org/pets.csv" }}
{{ with resources.GetRemote $u }}
{{ with .Err }}
{{ errorf "%s" . }}
{{ else }}
{{ $opts := dict "delimiter" "," }}
{{ $data = . | transform.Unmarshal $opts }}
{{ end }}
{{ else }}
{{ errorf "Unable to get remote resource %q" $u }}
{{ end }}
```
[`Resources.Get`]: methods/page/Resources
[`resources.GetRemote`]: /functions/resources/getremote
[`resources.Get`]: /functions/resources/get
[`transform.Unmarshal`]: /functions/transform/unmarshal