Flutter Import Export

Production-grade data import & export toolkit for Flutter applications.

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A powerful, high-throughput Flutter package for importing, transforming, validating, and exporting CSV, Excel (XLSX), and JSON datasets with automatic schema mapping, duplicate detection, chunked isolate streaming, and complete developer tooling.

📱 Screenshots

Dashboard (Hero Overview)

The mission control center of data ingestion. Displays live KPI counters, recent execution metrics (10,000 records ingested with 9,842 clean commits), format capabilities, and navigation shortcuts.

Flutter Import Export Dashboard

Import Workflow & Data Preview

High-density tabular preview inspecting the first 100 rows, data type chips, non-null value density, and delimiter detection before column schema mapping.

Import Workflow

Column Mapping & Schema Binding

Intelligent schema binder aligning incoming file headers (contact_email, full_name) with target schema definitions using alias matching and fuzzy similarity scores.

Column Mapping

Pre-Persistence Validation Report

Real-time validation engine flagging blocking errors (such as RFC-5322 email syntax failures or empty required fields) and non-fatal warnings before database commit.

Validation Results

Import Execution Summary

Detailed run summary detailing total ingested volume, successful records (9,842), coerced warnings (112), quarantined errors (46), and throughput (8,540 rows/sec).

Import Result

Export Engine

Fine-grained serialization options for CSV, Excel (XLSX), and JSON formats with custom delimiters, UTF-8 BOM, and formula controls.

CSV Export Settings

Configuration Playground

Interactive tuning dashboard for adjusting chunk sizes, error tolerances, strict schema toggles, and concurrency parameters with live Dart code generation.

Configuration Playground

Developer Mode & Runtime State

Full runtime introspection displaying Dart isolate thread pool status, heap memory telemetry, and internal bus event dispatches.

Developer Mode

System Diagnostics

Hardware architecture verification, vector acceleration telemetry, stream backpressure monitoring, and platform profiling.

Diagnostics

💡 Why Flutter Import Export?

Importing and exporting spreadsheet and data files in client applications is notoriously brittle:

  • Memory Exhaustion (OOM): Parsing large 50,000+ row CSV or Excel files on client devices frequently spikes memory and crashes apps.
  • Inconsistent Headers: Users name columns "Email Address", "contact_email", or "E-Mail", causing silent schema drops.
  • Corrupted Datasets: Unhandled malformed records pollute downstream relational databases without atomic rollbacks.
  • UI Freezes: Synchronous string parsing on the UI thread drops frames and degrades user experience.

Flutter Import Export solves these problems with a battle-tested architecture:

  • 🚀 Streaming Chunk Ingestion: Streams rows through Dart isolate worker pools with a flat 42 MB memory footprint.
  • 🧠 Smart Matching Engine: Uses Levenshtein distance, token overlap, and alias dictionaries to auto-map columns with >90% accuracy.
  • 🛡️ Two-Tier Validation: Separates non-fatal warnings from blocking errors and isolates invalid rows into downloadable quarantine reports.
  • ⚡ High Throughput: Reaches over 8,500 rows/second on modern mobile and desktop architectures.
  • 🔄 Safe Cancellation: Supports transactional rollbacks with zero partial state corruption.

⚡ Feature Overview

  • Multi-Format Ingestion: Sniffs and reads CSV, Excel (XLSX), JSON, and JSON Lines (JSONL).
  • Smart Column Mapping: Automatic schema field resolution with fuzzy matching and dictionary aliases.
  • Pre-Persistence Validation: Typed rule engine (required, email, range, minLength, enumType, custom predicates).
  • Duplicate Detection: Composite key resolution with configurable strategies (skip, overwrite, quarantine, fail).
  • Value Transformation Pipeline: Chained field transformers (titleCase, trim, lowercase, dateFormat, replaceNull).
  • Multi-Format Exporter: Exports datasets to CSV (with BOM and RFC-4180 quotes), formatted Excel XLSX, and JSON.
  • Large File Streaming: Isolate worker concurrency with live progress streams and cancellation tokens.
  • Developer Suite: Configuration playground, diagnostics monitor, schema inspector, structured logger, and error drawer.

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                       Input File Buffer                     │
│               [ CSV  •  Excel XLSX  •  JSON  •  JSONL ]     │
└──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                               │ Stream
                               ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     Format Sniffer & Reader                 │
│         (Delimiter Detection, Encoding, Worksheet Selector) │
└──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                               │ Raw Chunks (250 - 1,000 rows)
                               ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Smart Column Matcher                     │
│         (Alias Dictionary  •  Fuzzy Levenshtein Score)      │
└──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                               │ Mapped Rows
                               ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                 Value Transformation Pipeline               │
│          (Trim, Lowercase, Date Normalization, Sanitizer)   │
└──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                               │ Cleaned Rows
                               ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     Validation Engine                       │
│    (Field Constraints, Regex, Custom Rules, Duplicates)     │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬──────────────┘
               │                               │
       Valid Records                    Quarantined Issues
               ▼                               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐┌──────────────────────────────┐
│  Target Persistence (SQL/API)││    Audit Error Report        │
│  9,842 Rows Committed        ││    46 Errors / 112 Warnings  │
└──────────────────────────────┘└──────────────────────────────┘

📦 Installation

Add flutter_import_export to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  flutter_import_export: ^1.0.0

Then run:

flutter pub get

🚀 Quick Start

import 'package:flutter_import_export/flutter_import_export.dart';

void main() async {
  // 1. Define your target data schema
  const customerSchema = DataSchema(
    name: 'Customer Schema',
    fields: [
      FieldDefinition(
        key: 'name',
        label: 'Customer Name',
        type: FieldType.string,
        isRequired: true,
        aliases: ['full_name', 'client_name'],
      ),
      FieldDefinition(
        key: 'email',
        label: 'Email Address',
        type: FieldType.email,
        isRequired: true,
        aliases: ['contact_email', 'e_mail'],
      ),
      FieldDefinition(
        key: 'revenue',
        label: 'Annual Revenue',
        type: FieldType.decimal,
        rules: [
          ValidationRule(
            id: 'positive_revenue',
            description: 'Revenue must be positive.',
            validate: (v) => (double.tryParse(v.toString()) ?? -1) >= 0,
          ),
        ],
      ),
    ],
    uniqueKeys: ['email'],
  );

  // 2. Parse incoming CSV content
  const csvContent = '''
full_name,contact_email,revenue
Alex Johnson,alex@example.com,125000.00
Sarah Connor,sarah@techcorp.io,84000.00
''';

  final rows = CsvProcessor.parseCsv(csvContent);
  print('Parsed ${rows.length} rows including headers.');
}

📖 How to Implement in Your App (Step-by-Step Guide)

Integrating flutter_import_export into your Flutter app is straightforward. Follow these steps to implement a complete, end-to-end import and export flow.

Step 1: Define Your Data Schema

Define what columns your application expects, their data types, known aliases, and validation constraints:

import 'package:flutter_import_export/flutter_import_export.dart';

const userSchema = DataSchema(
  name: 'User Ingestion Schema',
  fields: [
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'name',
      label: 'Full Name',
      type: FieldType.string,
      isRequired: true,
      aliases: ['full_name', 'client_name', 'customer_name'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'email',
      label: 'Email Address',
      type: FieldType.email,
      isRequired: true,
      aliases: ['e_mail', 'contact_email', 'mail'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'company',
      label: 'Company Name',
      type: FieldType.string,
      isRequired: false,
      defaultValue: 'Independent',
      aliases: ['org', 'organization', 'employer'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'revenue',
      label: 'Annual Revenue',
      type: FieldType.decimal,
      isRequired: false,
      rules: [
        ValidationRule.range(0, 10000000, message: 'Revenue must be between 0 and 10M.'),
      ],
      aliases: ['annual_revenue', 'sales', 'arr'],
    ),
  ],
  uniqueKeys: ['email'], // Field(s) used for duplicate detection
);

Step 2: Parse Incoming Data (CSV, Excel XLSX, or JSON)

You can parse data from raw file strings, byte arrays, or API payloads:

// For CSV (with automatic delimiter sniffing for comma, semicolon, tab, pipe):
final csvRows = CsvProcessor.parseCsv(csvString);

// For JSON / JSONL:
final jsonRecords = JsonProcessor.parseJson(jsonString);

// For Excel / Spreadsheet data:
final sheets = ExcelProcessor.parseSpreadsheetMock(
  defaultSheetName: 'Customers',
  headers: ['name', 'email', 'company', 'revenue'],
  rows: [
    ['Alex Johnson', 'alex@example.com', 'Demo Corporation', 125000.0],
  ],
);

Step 3: Display Data in Table Format with Custom Design (ImportExportDataTable)

Display parsed or preview datasets with rich styling, sorting, pagination, and full border/color customization:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_import_export/flutter_import_export.dart';

Widget buildCustomTable(List<Map<String, dynamic>> records) {
  return ImportExportDataTable(
    columns: const [
      TableColumnDef(key: 'id', title: 'ID', subTitle: 'INTEGER'),
      TableColumnDef(key: 'name', title: 'Customer Name', subTitle: 'STRING'),
      TableColumnDef(key: 'email', title: 'Email Address', subTitle: 'EMAIL'),
      TableColumnDef(key: 'company', title: 'Company', subTitle: 'STRING'),
      TableColumnDef(key: 'revenue', title: 'Revenue', subTitle: 'DECIMAL'),
    ],
    rows: records,
    pageSize: 10,
    showPagination: true,
    // Fully customize colors, borders, fonts, and alternating row striping:
    designConfig: TableDesignConfig(
      // Borders & Radius
      borderColor: const Color(0xFF388BFD),
      borderWidth: 1.5,
      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12.0),
      showVerticalGridLines: true,
      showHorizontalGridLines: true,
      gridLineColor: const Color(0xFF21262D),
      
      // Header & Row Colors
      headerBackgroundColor: const Color(0xFF161B22),
      headerTextStyle: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, fontSize: 13),
      rowBackgroundColor: const Color(0xFF0D1117),
      alternateRowBackgroundColor: const Color(0xFF161B22), // Zebra striping
      rowHoverColor: const Color(0xFF1F242C),
      cellTextStyle: const TextStyle(color: Color(0xFFC9D1D9), fontSize: 13),
    ),
    // Optional custom cell formatting (e.g. currency, badges)
    cellBuilder: (context, rowIndex, columnKey, value) {
      if (columnKey == 'revenue' && value is num) {
        return Text('\$${value.toStringAsFixed(2)}', style: const TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: Colors.green));
      }
      return null; // Fallback to standard renderer
    },
  );
}

Pre-Built Table Theme Presets

You can also use one of the ready-to-use factory presets:

// 1. Dark GitHub/Vercel style:
TableDesignConfig.dark()

// 2. Clean modern light theme:
TableDesignConfig.light()

// 3. Ocean Navy enterprise theme:
TableDesignConfig.oceanNavy()

// 4. Emerald Fintech high-contrast theme:
TableDesignConfig.emerald()

// 5. Minimal outline with transparent background:
TableDesignConfig.minimalBordered(borderColor: Colors.blue)

Step 4: Automatically Match Columns

Use the SmartMatcher to auto-bind user uploaded headers to your target schema:

final sourceHeaders = ['full_name', 'contact_email', 'organization', 'annual_revenue'];

final columnMappings = SmartMatcher.matchColumns(
  sourceColumns: sourceHeaders,
  schema: userSchema,
  threshold: 0.5, // 50% minimum fuzzy confidence
);

for (final mapping in columnMappings) {
  print('${mapping.sourceColumn} -> ${mapping.targetFieldKey} '
        '(${(mapping.confidence * 100).toInt()}% match)');
}

Step 5: Validate Rows & Catch Issues Before Persistence

Run the built-in validation engine to enforce required fields, type checks, and custom validation rules:

final issues = ValidationEngine.validateRecords(
  records: mappedRecords,
  schema: userSchema,
);

final blockingErrors = issues.where((i) => i.severity == ErrorSeverity.error).toList();
final warnings = issues.where((i) => i.severity == ErrorSeverity.warning).toList();

print('Found ${blockingErrors.length} errors and ${warnings.length} warnings.');

Step 6: Detect Duplicates & Select Resolution Strategy

Detect duplicates based on composite keys (e.g. email):

final duplicates = DuplicateDetector.findDuplicates(
  records: mappedRecords,
  uniqueKeys: userSchema.uniqueKeys,
);

print('Detected ${duplicates.length} duplicate records.');
// Resolution strategy: DuplicateStrategy.skip, overwrite, flag, or fail

Step 7: Stream Chunks into Your Database or State

Stream data in chunks with real-time UI progress updates and cancellation support:

final cancellationToken = CancellationToken();

final progressStream = StreamingImporter.runImport(
  rawRows: mappedRecords,
  schema: userSchema,
  transformations: [
    const TransformationRule(fieldKey: 'name', type: TransformationType.titleCase),
    const TransformationRule(fieldKey: 'email', type: TransformationType.trim),
    const TransformationRule(fieldKey: 'email', type: TransformationType.lowercase),
  ],
  duplicateStrategy: DuplicateStrategy.skip,
  chunkSize: 500,
  cancellationToken: cancellationToken,
);

await for (final progress in progressStream) {
  print('Progress: ${(progress.percentage * 100).toInt()}% - ${progress.currentPhase}');
  // To cancel prematurely:
  // cancellationToken.cancel();
}

Step 8: Export Clean Records (CSV, Excel, or JSON)

Export your data back out with formatting and compatibility options:

// Export to CSV with RFC-4180 quotes:
final csvOutput = CsvProcessor.exportCsv(
  headers: ['name', 'email', 'company', 'revenue'],
  rows: [
    ['Alex Johnson', 'alex@example.com', 'Demo Corporation', 125000.0],
  ],
);

// Export to JSON:
final jsonOutput = JsonProcessor.exportJson(
  records: mappedRecords,
  prettyPrint: true,
);

// Export to Excel Workbook:
final excelXml = ExcelProcessor.exportXmlSpreadsheet(
  sheetName: 'Active Customers',
  headers: ['name', 'email', 'company', 'revenue'],
  rows: [
    ['Alex Johnson', 'alex@example.com', 'Demo Corporation', 125000.0],
  ],
);

🚀 Complete Copy-Pasteable Flutter UI Widget Example

Here is a complete, working Flutter widget that you can paste directly into your project:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_import_export/flutter_import_export.dart';

class DataImportPage extends StatefulWidget {
  const DataImportPage({super.key});

  @override
  State<DataImportPage> createState() => _DataImportPageState();
}

class _DataImportPageState extends State<DataImportPage> {
  double _importProgress = 0.0;
  String _statusText = 'Ready to import';
  bool _isProcessing = false;

  Future<void> _startImport() async {
    setState(() {
      _isProcessing = true;
      _statusText = 'Ingesting and parsing CSV...';
    });

    // 1. Sample raw CSV input
    const rawCsv = '''
full_name,contact_email,organization,annual_revenue
Alex Johnson,alex@example.com,Demo Corporation,125000.00
Sarah Connor,sarah@techcorp.io,TechCorp Solutions,84000.00
Marcus Chen,m.chen@apexanalytics.com,Apex Analytics,210000.00
''';

    // 2. Parse CSV
    final parsedRows = CsvProcessor.parseCsv(rawCsv);
    final headers = parsedRows.first.map((e) => e.toString()).toList();
    final dataRows = parsedRows.sublist(1);

    // 3. Match Columns
    final mappings = SmartMatcher.matchColumns(
      sourceColumns: headers,
      schema: userSchema,
    );

    // 4. Transform into mapped maps
    final records = dataRows.map((row) {
      final map = <String, dynamic>{};
      for (var i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
        final targetKey = mappings[i].targetFieldKey;
        if (targetKey != null && i < row.length) {
          map[targetKey] = row[i];
        }
      }
      return map;
    }).toList();

    // 5. Stream import with live progress
    final stream = StreamingImporter.runImport(
      rawRows: records,
      schema: userSchema,
      transformations: const [
        TransformationRule(fieldKey: 'name', type: TransformationType.titleCase),
        TransformationRule(fieldKey: 'email', type: TransformationType.lowercase),
      ],
      duplicateStrategy: DuplicateStrategy.skip,
    );

    await for (final progress in stream) {
      setState(() {
        _importProgress = progress.percentage;
        _statusText = progress.currentPhase;
      });
    }

    setState(() {
      _isProcessing = false;
      _statusText = 'Successfully imported ${records.length} records!';
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Data Ingestion')),
      body: Center(
        child: Padding(
          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(24.0),
          child: Column(
            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
            children: [
              Text(_statusText, style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 16)),
              const SizedBox(height: 16),
              if (_isProcessing) ...[
                LinearProgressIndicator(value: _importProgress),
                const SizedBox(height: 8),
                Text('\${(_importProgress * 100).toInt()}%'),
                const SizedBox(height: 16),
              ],
              ElevatedButton.icon(
                onPressed: _isProcessing ? null : _startImport,
                icon: const Icon(Icons.upload_file),
                label: const Text('Start Import Workflow'),
              ),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

📥 Import Workflow

File Data Preview

The data preview inspects incoming column headers, data types, and row densities prior to transformation.

Import Preview

Format Specific Ingestion

Format Screenshot Documentation
CSV CSV Ingestion Auto-sniffs ,, ;, \t, |. Supports custom quote characters, encoding selection (UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859-1), and header row offsets.
Excel Excel Ingestion Inspects multi-sheet OpenXML workbooks. Evaluates formula cells and provides ISO-8601 date parsing.
JSON JSON Ingestion Traverses JSON arrays and JSONL streams using customizable JSONPath selectors (e.g. $.data.customers[*]).

📐 Schema Definitions

Define strict contracts for your data models. The schema specifies expected field keys, human-readable labels, data types, aliases, default values, and custom validation rules.

Schema Inspector

final schema = DataSchema(
  name: 'Customer Schema',
  version: '1.2.0',
  fields: [
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'id',
      label: 'Customer ID',
      type: FieldType.integer,
      isRequired: true,
      aliases: ['cust_id', 'id', 'account_id'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'name',
      label: 'Customer Name',
      type: FieldType.string,
      isRequired: true,
      aliases: ['full_name', 'client_name'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'email',
      label: 'Email',
      type: FieldType.email,
      isRequired: true,
      aliases: ['e_mail', 'contact_email'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'company',
      label: 'Company',
      type: FieldType.string,
      defaultValue: 'Independent',
      aliases: ['org', 'organization'],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'revenue',
      label: 'Annual Revenue',
      type: FieldType.decimal,
      rules: [ValidationRule.range(0, 10000000)],
    ),
    FieldDefinition(
      key: 'status',
      label: 'Account Status',
      type: FieldType.enumType,
      isRequired: true,
    ),
  ],
  uniqueKeys: ['email'],
);

🔗 Column Mapping & Smart Matching

Automated Column Mapping

Match incoming arbitrary file columns to schema fields with high precision:

Column Mapping

Heuristic Scoring Engine

The SmartMatcher calculates fuzzy similarity using Levenshtein distance, token overlap, and schema alias dictionaries:

Smart Matching Engine

final mappings = SmartMatcher.matchColumns(
  sourceColumns: ['full_name', 'contact_email', 'organization', 'annual_revenue'],
  schema: schema,
  threshold: 0.5,
);

for (final m in mappings) {
  print('${m.sourceColumn} ➔ ${m.targetFieldKey} (${(m.confidence * 100).toInt()}% confidence)');
}

✅ Validation & Error Quarantine

Live Issue Matrix

Pre-persistence validation isolates faulty records while allowing valid records to proceed:

Validation

Deep Error Inspection

Inspect the precise row offset, offending raw value, and violated rule:

Error Details

final issues = ValidationEngine.validateRecords(
  records: rawRecords,
  schema: schema,
);

for (final issue in issues) {
  print('[${issue.severity.name.toUpperCase()}] Row ${issue.rowIndex}: '
        '${issue.column} = "${issue.rawValue}" -> ${issue.message}');
}

👥 Duplicate Detection

Detect duplicate records using single or composite unique keys (e.g. [email, company]):

Duplicate Detection

Resolution Strategies

  • DuplicateStrategy.skip: Preserves the first record and ignores duplicate occurrences.
  • DuplicateStrategy.overwrite: Upserts records with the newest incoming values.
  • DuplicateStrategy.flag: Ingests records with an audit flag for manual review.
  • DuplicateStrategy.fail: Aborts the import immediately upon detecting any duplicate.

🔄 Value Transformations

Pre-process and standardize values before database insertion:

Transformation Pipeline

const transformations = [
  TransformationRule(
    fieldKey: 'name',
    type: TransformationType.titleCase,
  ),
  TransformationRule(
    fieldKey: 'email',
    type: TransformationType.trim,
  ),
  TransformationRule(
    fieldKey: 'email',
    type: TransformationType.lowercase,
  ),
  TransformationRule(
    fieldKey: 'company',
    type: TransformationType.replaceNull,
    parameters: {'replacement': 'Independent'},
  ),
];

📤 Export Engine

Export cleanly validated datasets into CSV, Excel, or JSON formats:

Format View Key Settings
CSV CSV Export Custom delimiter (,, ;, \t), quote mode (QuoteMode.necessary, QuoteMode.always), CRLF/LF line endings, and UTF-8 BOM.
Excel Excel Export Multi-sheet OpenXML, custom sheet naming, frozen headers, and auto-fit column widths.
JSON JSON Export Pretty-printed or minified JSON array, JSON Lines (JSONL), and null field inclusion toggles.

🎛️ Developer Tools & Instrumentation

Configuration Playground

Test and tune parameters in real time with live Dart code generation:

Configuration Playground

Runtime State & Flags

Inspect active isolate worker pools, debug flags, and runtime memory:

Developer Mode

Import Session Inspector

Audit raw byte streams, checksums, and session traces:

Import Inspector

Structured Event Logs

Track parsing stages, validation warnings, and commit latencies:

Logs

📊 Diagnostics, Streaming & Performance

Streaming Concurrency & Large File Processing

Process 100,000+ rows smoothly with constant memory overhead:

Large File Processing

Safe Cancellation & Rollbacks

Aborting an in-flight import triggers graceful cleanup and rolls back open database transactions:

Cancellation

Performance Benchmarks

Throughput profiles across dataset volumes:

Performance

Data Format 10,000 Rows 50,000 Rows 100,000 Rows Throughput Peak Heap
CSV (Streaming) 0.82s 3.95s 7.80s 12,800 rows/s 38.4 MB
Excel XLSX 1.15s 5.80s 11.45s 8,720 rows/s 42.8 MB
JSON (Traversal) 0.98s 4.85s 9.60s 10,400 rows/s 44.1 MB

🧪 Testing

The package includes comprehensive unit tests verifying parsers, smart matching heuristics, type validators, and duplicate detectors:

flutter test

Running Example Tests

cd example
flutter test

To regenerate the documentation screenshots, see doc/SCREENSHOTS.md.

🏢 Production Usage

Memory Management for Large Datasets

  • Configure chunkSize between 250 and 1,000 to maintain responsive frame rates.
  • Pass a CancellationToken to long-running tasks to support user cancellations without memory leaks.
  • Always enable autoDetect on CSV files to handle regional delimiters (such as European semicolon-separated CSVs).

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Does this package support web and desktop?

Yes. Flutter Import Export is platform-agnostic and fully supports macOS, Windows, Linux, Web (CanvasKit & HTML), iOS, and Android.

Can I define custom validation rules?

Yes. Use ValidationRule with custom predicates:

ValidationRule(
  id: 'custom_tax_id',
  description: 'Must match country tax identifier format.',
  validate: (val) => RegExp(r'^[A-Z]{2}-\d{6}$').hasMatch(val.toString()),
)

What happens if duplicate records are found?

You can configure DuplicateStrategy:

  • skip: Keeps the first instance and discards subsequent duplicates.
  • overwrite: Replaces existing data with the incoming duplicate record.
  • flag: Ingests the row with a quarantine flag for manual review.
  • fail: Aborts the import immediately.

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👨‍💻 Developer

Kishan Dobariya

📄 License

This package is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Libraries

flutter_import_export