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- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large HTML file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch convert HTML files to CSV files
Select source HTML files -> Set CSV files -> Convert HTML files to CSV files
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “Files” “HTML” To “Files” “CSV”.
1. Select source HTML files.
And config the first source HTML file.
2. Config target CSV files.
3. Summary.
List source HTML files.
4. Convert HTML files to CSV files, 1 HTML to 1 CSV.
After converting, you can view output CSV files.
More about HTML to CSV converter
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See also:
HTML → CSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in HTML | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <td>1234</td> | 1234 |
| Bigint | <td>9007199254740993</td> | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | <td>1234.56</td> | 1234.56 |
| Float | <td>1.234e+10</td> | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | <td>text</td> | quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote |
| Long text | <td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | <td>2026-09-18</td> | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | <td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td> | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | not representable in a cell | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | <td>true</td> | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | <td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped) | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Both HTML and CSV are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in HTML | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| dates | Whatever text was rendered | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| binary | data: URIs inside src attributes | Not supported |
| separator | Tags, not delimiters | Comma "," |
| encoding | Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | None | None - every field is text |
| shape | Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | No formal limit | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
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