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Getting Started & Examples

• First-time users: Share your initial setup experience
• Code examples: Post your implementation snippets
• Tutorial requests: Ask for guides on specific use cases

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• Enhancement suggestions: Propose new features
• Use case sharing: Show unique ways you're using the hook
• Integration examples: Share how you've combined it with other libraries

Community Support

• Bug reports: Report issues you've encountered
• Performance tips: Share optimization strategies
• Best practices: Discuss patterns and approaches

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📝 Discussion Templates

Question Template

## [Your Question Title]

### What I'm trying to do
I want to export user data as CSV with custom formatting.

### What I've tried
```tsx
const { download, copy, csvString } = useCsvExport(users, 'user-export');

My Question

How can I customize the CSV headers or format the data before export?

Environment

• React: 18.2.0
• Platform: Web browser
• Data size: ~1000 rows

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### **Show & Tell Template**
```markdown
## [Your Project Title]

### What I built
A dashboard that exports user analytics as CSV reports.

### How I used the hook
```tsx
function AnalyticsDashboard({ data }) {
  const { download, copy, csvString } = useCsvExport(data, 'analytics-report');
  
  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={download}>Export Report</button>
      <button onClick={copy}>Copy CSV</button>
    </div>
  );
}

Key Features

• Exports 10,000+ rows efficiently
• Custom filename with timestamp
• Error handling for empty data

Screenshots

[Add your UI screenshots here]

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### **Bug Report Template**
```markdown
## [Bug Description]

### What happened
The CSV export fails when data contains special characters.

### Expected behavior
CSV should export successfully with proper escaping.

### Actual behavior
Browser crashes with "Invalid character" error.

### Steps to reproduce
1. Create data with emojis: `[{ name: "John 😀", age: 30 }]`
2. Call `download()` function
3. Browser crashes

### Environment
- React: 18.2.0
- Browser: Chrome 120.0
- Platform: Web

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Feature Request Template

## [Feature Request Title]

### Problem
Currently, I can't customize CSV column headers or formatting.

### Proposed Solution
Add options to customize headers and data formatting:
```tsx
const { download } = useCsvExport(data, 'export', {
  headers: ['Name', 'Age', 'City'],
  formatData: (value, key) => {
    if (key === 'date') return formatDate(value);
    return value;
  }
});

Use Case

I need to export financial data with specific column names and date formatting.

Alternatives Considered

• Manual CSV string manipulation
• Other CSV libraries

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## 🚀 Discussion Starters

### **For Beginners**
- "What's your first CSV export project?"
- "Any tips for handling large datasets?"
- "How do you format dates in your CSV exports?"

### **For Advanced Users**
- "Share your CSV export optimization strategies!"
- "Integration examples with popular libraries?"
- "Custom CSV formatting techniques?"

### **For Contributors**
- "What features would you like to see next?"
- "Performance improvement ideas?"
- "Testing strategies for cross-platform compatibility?"

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## 🔗 Quick Links

- **Documentation**: [README](https://github.com/piyushpathar/react-csv-export-hook#readme)
- **Examples**: [Examples folder](https://github.com/piyushpathar/react-csv-export-hook/tree/main/examples)
- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/piyushpathar/react-csv-export-hook/issues)
- **Code**: [Source code](https://github.com/piyushpathar/react-csv-export-hook/tree/main/src)

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