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Show HN: Flatfile – a drop-in CSV / XLS importer for web apps

by dboskovic on 2/5/19, 1:51 PM with 11 comments

  • by dboskovic on 2/5/19, 1:51 PM

    Hi HN! I'm one of the creators of Flatfile. At the core, it's a simple drop-in, browser-based component (React) that focuses on making the process of uploading CSV / XLS files into any web app nearly effortless. Has a column matching and error resolution experience, and a backend dashboard for supporting customers through import issues.

    You can basically just drop this into your app, and with a little configuration get 100% valid and structured JSON data instead of messy, weirdly encoded, and difficult to parse CSV and XLS files.

    This is my first time posting a Show HN - But don't go easy. I'd love to hear your thoughts / answer any questions! I wrote a blog post yesterday about my experience launching this as a side project the last couple years https://medium.com/flatfile-io/flatfile-io-the-new-standard-...

    Also, there's a developer playground + some docs here: https://flatfile.io/developers

  • by gitgud on 2/5/19, 7:42 PM

    This is a great example of a successful landing page.

    I like that there was no cliche "pricing" menu item, which is on every cookie cutter SAAS website and is kind of a turn off.

    They instead go through the sales pitch, listing all the features and examples and have the pricing at the end, which I prefer.

  • by Scullwm on 2/5/19, 4:38 PM

    Nice tool David! Your UI is great!