title: Jspreadsheet | Examples | Creating a web spreadsheet based on an external CSV
keywords: Jexcel, jquery, javascript, excel-like, spreadsheet, CSV, table, grid
description: How to load the data from an external CSV file into a Jspreadsheet grid or table.
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# Creating a javascript spreadsheet based on an external CSV
The example below helps you to create a javascript spreadsheet table based on a remote CSV file, including the headers. The examples also requires a third party jquery CSV parser plugin (100% IETF RFC 4180).
Original file: [/jspreadsheet/demo.csv](/jspreadsheet/demo.csv).
## Source code
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## Online demo on jsFiddle
# Creating a javascript spreadsheet based on an external JSON file
In a similar way, you can create a jquery table based on an external JSON file format by using the _url: directive_ as below.
## Source code
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