Our Network


Coming Soon


Coming Later

CSV Tester Premium Tool

World's Simplest CSV Tool

Free online CSV tester. Just upload your CSV file in the form below, and it will be automatically checked for formatting and structural problems. In the tool options, you can set the CSV field separator and quote character, then decide whether comment rows, blank lines, incomplete rows, and extra field spacing should pass or fail the test run. Created by programmers from team Browserling.

CSV Tester

World's Simplest CSV Tool

Free online CSV tester. Just upload your CSV file in the form below, and it will be automatically checked for formatting and structural problems. In the tool options, you can set the CSV field separator and quote character, then decide whether comment rows, blank lines, incomplete rows, and extra field spacing should pass or fail the test run. Created by programmers from team Browserling.

Tool Options

Input CSV Format

Character that separates CSV fields. (The default is a comma.)
Character that wraps CSV fields. (The default is a double quote.)

Row Test Rules

Rows that start with this prefix can pass the test.
Blank rows can pass the test.
Rows with fewer fields than the widest row can pass.

Spacing Test Rules

Spaces before field values can pass the test.
Spaces after field values can pass the test.

Failure Report Limit

Stop printing failures after the selected maximum.

What Is a CSV Tester?

This tool tests CSV (Comma Separated Values) files for formatting and structural errors. It checks whether the input CSV file is correctly separated into rows and fields, whether quoted values are properly closed, whether all rows contain the expected number of fields, and whether the file contains comments, empty lines, missing values, or extra spaces around values. In the options, you can specify the delimiter character and the quote character used in the input CSV. Usually, CSV files use a comma as the delimiter and a double quote as the quote character, but you can also test semicolon-delimited, tab-delimited, or pipe-delimited data by changing these options. You can also choose which CSV features are allowed during testing. For example, you can allow or reject comment lines, empty lines, incomplete rows, leading spaces, and trailing spaces. If the CSV passes all selected tests, the tool shows a green success badge. If the CSV fails one or more tests, the tool prints a clear test report with the error title, message, and row number. You can also limit the number of reported errors when testing large or messy CSV files. Csv-abulous!

What Is a CSV Tester?

This tool tests CSV (Comma Separated Values) files for formatting and structural errors. It checks whether the input CSV file is correctly separated into rows and fields, whether quoted values are properly closed, whether all rows contain the expected number of fields, and whether the file contains comments, empty lines, missing values, or extra spaces around values. In the options, you can specify the delimiter character and the quote character used in the input CSV. Usually, CSV files use a comma as the delimiter and a double quote as the quote character, but you can also test semicolon-delimited, tab-delimited, or pipe-delimited data by changing these options. You can also choose which CSV features are allowed during testing. For example, you can allow or reject comment lines, empty lines, incomplete rows, leading spaces, and trailing spaces. If the CSV passes all selected tests, the tool shows a green success badge. If the CSV fails one or more tests, the tool prints a clear test report with the error title, message, and row number. You can also limit the number of reported errors when testing large or messy CSV files. Csv-abulous!


CSV Tester Examples

Click to try!
click me

Test a Simple CSV File

In this example, we test a simple two-column task list. Every row uses one comma separator, all rows have the same number of cells, no comments or blank rows appear, and there is no extra spacing at cell edges. The data passes the selected test rules, so the result is shown as a green success badge.

task,status Draft,pass Review,pass Export,pass Archive,pass Publish,pass
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Character that separates CSV fields. (The default is a comma.)
Character that wraps CSV fields. (The default is a double quote.)
Rows that start with this prefix can pass the test.
Blank rows can pass the test.
Rows with fewer fields than the widest row can pass.
Spaces before field values can pass the test.
Spaces after field values can pass the test.
Stop printing failures after the selected maximum.
click me

Test a Comet Watch CSV

In this example, we test a small CSV comet watching log. The file uses semicolons instead of commas, so we set the delimiter option to a semicolon. We allow non-data rows, such as blank rows and comment rows, because they may be useful for separating or documenting parts of the file. All other CSV requirements remain strict: rows should not have missing values, field values should not start or end with extra spaces, and quoted values should be closed correctly. The test report finds a missing sky value in one comet row and a trailing space after the sky value in another row, so it prints two failures that show exactly which rows need cleanup.

comet;observer;sky Halley;Mira;clear Encke;Ivo Swift;Nia;cloudy Biela;Kai;clear
Error 1 title: Incomplete CSV Data message: The file has missing values. row: 4 Error 2 title: CSV Contains Trailing Spaces message: The file contains trailing spaces. row: 5
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Character that separates CSV fields. (The default is a comma.)
Character that wraps CSV fields. (The default is a double quote.)
Rows that start with this prefix can pass the test.
Blank rows can pass the test.
Rows with fewer fields than the widest row can pass.
Spaces before field values can pass the test.
Spaces after field values can pass the test.
Stop printing failures after the selected maximum.
click me

Test a Museum Artifacts CSV

In this example, we run several CSV format tests on a museum artifact file. The CSV has five columns and several artifact rows, but the export contains many different problems: a comment row, a trailing space after a condition value, a blank row, a whitespace-only condition cell, a leading space before a curator name, a row with missing cells, and a final row with an unclosed quote. We keep the test rules strict for comments, blank rows, missing cells, and edge spaces, and we turn off the failure limit so the report can show the full set of detected issues.

artifact,wing,era,condition,curator # museum intake export Astrolabe,North,1200,stable ,Mira Bronze Mask,East,900, ,Ivo Compass,West,1700,good, Noor Scroll,Archive,1450,fragile Ivory Fan,South,1820,cracked,Lina Glass Vase,North,1880,clear,Uma Stone Tablet,West,500,chipped,Tao Silver Coin,East,"1420,bright,Rio
Error 1 title: CSV Contains Comments message: The file contains comments starting with "#". row: 2 Error 2 title: CSV Contains Trailing Spaces message: The file contains trailing spaces. row: 3 Error 3 title: CSV Contains Empty Lines message: The file contains empty lines. row: 4 Error 4 title: CSV Contains Leading Spaces message: The file contains leading spaces. row: 5 Error 5 title: CSV Contains Trailing Spaces message: The file contains trailing spaces. row: 5 Error 6 title: CSV Contains Leading Spaces message: The file contains leading spaces. row: 6 Error 7 title: Incomplete CSV Data message: The file has missing values. row: 7 Error 8 title: Incomplete CSV Data message: The file has missing values. row: 11 Error 9 title: Missing Quote message: Quoted field is unterminated. row: 11
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Character that separates CSV fields. (The default is a comma.)
Character that wraps CSV fields. (The default is a double quote.)
Rows that start with this prefix can pass the test.
Blank rows can pass the test.
Rows with fewer fields than the widest row can pass.
Spaces before field values can pass the test.
Spaces after field values can pass the test.
Stop printing failures after the selected maximum.

Pro tips Master online csv tools

You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinetools.com/csv/test-csv?input=task%2Cstatus%0ADraft%2Cpass%0AReview%2Cpass%0AExport%2Cpass%0AArchive%2Cpass%0APublish%2Cpass&input-delimiter=%252C&input-quote-char=%2522&allow-comments=false&comment-char=%2523&allow-empty-lines=false&allow-incomplete=false&allow-leading-spaces=false&allow-trailing-spaces=false&limit-errors=true&number-of-errors=10

All CSV Tools

Didn't find the tool you were looking for? Let us know what tool we are missing and we'll build it!
Quickly convert a CSV file to a JSON data structure.
Quickly convert a JSON data structure to a CSV file.
Quickly convert a CSV file to an XML file.
Quickly convert an XML file to a CSV file.
Quickly convert a CSV file to a YAML file.
Quickly convert a YAML file to a CSV file.
Quickly convert a CSV file to a TSV file.
Quickly convert a TSV file to a CSV file.
Quickly convert a CSV file to evenly aligned text columns.
Quickly convert text columns to a CSV file.
Quickly encode CSV to base64.
Quickly decode base64 to CSV.
Quickly convert CSV to URL-encoding.
Quickly decode CSV from URL-encoding.
Quickly change the CSV column delimiter to a new symbol.
Quickly prepend columns at the beginning of a CSV file.
Quickly append one or more new columns at the end of a CSV file.
Quickly insert one or more new columns anywhere in a CSV file.
Quickly export one or more columns from a CSV file.
Quickly replace any column in a CSV file with a new one.
Quickly delete one or more columns from a CSV file.
Quickly swap two columns in a CSV file.
Quickly exchange columns with rows in a CSV file.
Quickly exchange rows with columns in a CSV file.
Quickly transpose a CSV file.
Quickly truncate columns in a CSV file.
Quickly left-trim and right-trim column values in a CSV file.
Quickly sort data in one or more CSV columns.
Quickly remove double quotes from all CSV fields.
Quickly wrap all CSV fields in double quotes.
Quickly change the character that CSV fields are wrapped in.
Quickly display detailed information about a CSV file.
Quickly make sure the given CSV file doesn't have errors.
Quickly run quick CSV-format tests and get a pass/fail report.
Quickly find rows and columns in CSV that are missing values.
Quickly fill missing CSV values with placeholder values.

Coming Soon

These CSV tools are on the way!
Edit CSV in the Browser

Edit the contents of a CSV file in a neat editor.

Deduplicate CSV Data

Remove duplicate rows in a CSV file.

Convert CSV to HTML

Convert a CSV file to an HTML table.

Convert HTML to CSV

Convert an HTML table to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to Markdown

Convert a CSV file to a Markdown table.

Convert Markdown to CSV

Convert a Markdown table to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to ASCII Table

Draw an ASCII table from CSV data.

Convert CSV to ANSI Table

Draw an ANSI table from CSV data.

Convert CSV to Unicode Table

Draw a Unicode table from CSV data.

Convert CSV to PDF

Convert CSV to a PDF document.

Convert PDF to CSV

Extract data from a PDF and create a CSV file.

Convert CSV to a Screenshot

Create a screenshot of CSV data.

Convert CSV to an Image

Draw a CSV file as a PNG, JPG or GIF picture.

Convert Image to CSV

Extract data from an image and create a CSV file.

Convert CSV to Excel

Convert a CSV file to an Excel spreadsheet.

Convert Excel to CSV

Convert an Excel spreadsheet to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to vCard

Convert a CSV file to a vCard file.

Convert vCard to CSV

Convert a vCard file to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to LaTeX

Convert CSV to a LaTeX table.

Convert CSV to SQL

Generate SQL insert queries from a CSV file.

Convert SQL to CSV

Create a CSV file from SQL query results.

Convert CSV to qCSV

Convert a CSV file to a qCSV (quoted CSV) file.

Convert qCSV to CSV

Convert a qCSV (quoted CSV) file to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to INI

Convert a CSV file to an INI file.

Convert INI to CSV

Convert an INI file to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to JSONL

Convert a CSV file to a JSONL (JSON Lines) file.

Convert JSONL to CSV

Convert a JSONL (JSON Lines) file to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to TXT

Convert a CSV file to a plain text file.

Convert TXT to CSV

Convert a plain text file to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to 0SV

Convert a CSV file to a null-separated values file (0SV).

Convert 0SV to CSV

Convert a null-separated values file (0SV) to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to SSV

Convert a CSV file to a semicolon-separated file (SSV).

Convert SSV to CSV

Convert a semicolon-separated file (SSV) to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to HSV

Convert a CSV file to a hash-separated file (HSV).

Convert HSV to CSV

Convert a hash-separated file (HSV) to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to PSV

Convert a CSV file to a pipe-separated file (PSV).

Convert PSV to CSV

Convert a pipe-separated file (PSV) to a CSV file.

Convert CSV to SQLite

Create an SQLite database from the given CSV file.

Convert SQLite to CSV

Export tables from an SQLite database as CSV files.

Convert CSV to GeoJSON

Convert a CSV file to a GeoJSON file.

Convert GeoJSON to CSV

Convert a GeoJSON file to a CSV file.

Merge CSV Files

Merge together two or more CSV files.

Compare Two CSV Files

Visually show the differences between two CSV files.

Diff Two CSV Files

Run the diff algorithm on two CSV files.

Find Data in CSV

Find CSV cells that contain certain data.

Filter CSV Cells

Return data in a CSV file that matches a pattern.

Slice CSV

Extract a slice from a CSV file.

Cut CSV

Cut a fragment from a CSV file.

Rotate CSV Columns

Move CSV columns to the left or right.

Rotate CSV Rows

Move CSV data rows up or down.

Sort CSV Rows

Sort the data in one or more CSV rows.

Shuffle CSV Columns

Randomly change the positions of CSV columns.

Shuffle CSV Rows

Randomly change the order of CSV rows.

Shuffle CSV Values

Randomly change the order of all CSV values.

Rename CSV Columns

Change the name of CSV columns.

Create a Random CSV

Generate a random CSV of any size.

Create an Empty CSV File

Generate a CSV file that contains nothing.

Create a Large CSV File

Generate a large CSV file for testing.

Create a Custom CSV File

Generate a custom CSV file with m rows and n columns.

Delete Empty CSV Columns

Remove CSV columns that are completely empty.

Delete Empty CSV Rows

Remove CSV rows that are completely empty.

Delete Empty CSV Values

Remove all fields in a CSV file that are empty.

Delete Empty CSV Lines

Remove all empty lines in a CSV file.

Remove CSV Separator

Delete the comma separator from CSV files.

Remove Extra CSV Commas

Delete extra commas around CSV values.

Delete CSV Comments

Delete comments (lines starting with # or //) from CSV files.

Delete CSV Header

Delete the column header from a CSV file.

Delete First CSV Line

Delete the first line from a CSV file.

Compress a CSV File

Minify a CSV file and remove unnecessary whitespaces.

Optimize CSV File Size

Reduce the file size of a CSV file.

Change CSV Encoding

Change the character encoding of a CSV file to UTF8 or ISO-8859-1.

Add Extra Spaces in CSV

Add extra spaces between CSV columns.

Convert CSV to a Matrix

Convert a CSV file to an m-by-n matrix.

Convert CSV to an Array of Arrays

Convert a CSV file to an array of arrays of fields.

Convert an Array of Arrays to CSV

Convert an array of arrays of fields to a CSV file.

Convert CSV Columns to a List

Create a list from one or more CSV columns.

Convert CSV Rows to a List

Create a list from one or more CSV rows.

Convert CSV Columns to an Array

Create an array from one or more CSV columns.

Convert CSV Rows to an Array

Create an array from one or more CSV rows.

Find CSV Dimensions

Find the number of rows and columns of a CSV file.

Count CSV Columns

Find the number of columns in a CSV file.

Count CSV Rows

Find the number of rows in a CSV file.

Sum CSV Columns

Find the sum of CSV columns.

Sum CSV Rows

Find the sum of CSV rows.

Average CSV Columns

Find the average value of CSV columns.

Average CSV Rows

Find the average value of CSV rows.

Add Color to CSV

Use different colors for CSV data, quotes, and commas.

Animate a CSV File

Animate CSV data by showing column after column.

Fix a Broken CSV

Automatically fix a broken CSV.

Add Errors to CSV

Introduce random errors to a CSV file for fuzz testing.

Anonymize CSV Data

Hide personal or sensitive information in a CSV file.

Censor CSV Data

Mask data in a CSV file.

Hide a Message in a CSV

Hide a secret message in a CSV.

Encrypt CSV

Encrypt a CSV file and hide information in it.

Decrypt CSV

Decrypt a previously encrypted CSV file and make it readable.

Visualize CSV

Create a visual drawing that shows the CSV structure.

Create a CSV File

Create a new CSV file in the browser.

Unleash Zalgo on CSV

Distort a CSV file by infusing it with Zalgo characters.

Purge Zalgo from CSV

Neutralize the chaotic Zalgo and restore CSV integrity.

CSV Viewer

Preview the contents of a CSV file in an interactive editor.


Subscribe!

Subscribe to our updates. We'll let you know when we release new tools and features, and when we organize online workshops.

Enter your email here


Feedback. We'd love to hear from you! 👋

Created with love by

We're Browserling — a friendly and fun cross-browser testing company powered by alien technology. At Browserling our mission is to make people's lives easier, so we created this collection of CSV tools. Our tools have the simplest user interface that doesn't require advanced computer skills and they are used by millions of people every month. Our CSV tools are actually powered by our web developer tools that we created over the last couple of years. Check them out!

49K
@browserling

Didn't find the tool you were looking for? Let us know what tool we are missing and we'll build it!