📊CSV Import Templates

Contacts Import (Minimal)

Basic contact CSV template with essential fields for CRM imports.

Explanation

A minimal template for importing contacts with just the essential information.

Examples

CSV Template

Output

email,firstName,lastName,phone
john.doe@example.com,John,Doe,+1234567890
jane.smith@example.com,Jane,Smith,+0987654321
bob@example.com,Bob,Johnson,

Code Examples

CSV Format

email,firstName,lastName,phone
john.doe@example.com,John,Doe,+1234567890
jane.smith@example.com,Jane,Smith,+0987654321

JavaScript

// Generate CSV from contacts
const contacts = [
  { email: 'john@example.com', firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', phone: '+123' }
];

const csv = [
  'email,firstName,lastName,phone',
  ...contacts.map(c => `${c.email},${c.firstName},${c.lastName},${c.phone || ''}`)
].join('\n');

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💡 Tips

Use UTF-8 encoding to support international characters
Always include header row
Optional fields can be left empty
Validate email format before import
Consider adding a unique ID column

⚠️ Common Pitfalls

Excel may corrupt phone numbers (add apostrophe prefix)
Commas in names require quote wrapping
Different systems may expect different phone formats
Missing BOM may cause encoding issues in Excel