# danfo.readCSV > danfo.**readCSV**(source, options) | | | | | | -------------- | --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Parameters** | Type | Description | Default | | ***source*** | File object, File path, URL |

Any valid string path is acceptable. The string could be a URL or a valid local file path.

A browser input file object is also supported.

| | | **options** | object, optional | Supports all Papaparse config parameters. See . |

{

header: true

}

| The **readCSV** method can read a CSV file from a local disk, or over the internet (URL). Reading of local files is only supported in Nodejs, while reading of input file objects is only supported in the browser. ### **Reading files from local disk** By specifying a valid file path, you can load CSV files from local disk: {% tabs %} {% tab title="Node.js" %} ```javascript const dfd = require("danfojs-node") dfd.readCSV("./user_names.csv") //assumes file is in CWD .then(df => { df.head().print() }).catch(err=>{ console.log(err); }) ``` {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ### **Reading files from a URL** By specifying a valid URL, you can load CSV files from any location into Danfo\*\*'\*\*s data structure: {% tabs %} {% tab title="Node.js" %} ```javascript const dfd = require("danfojs-node") dfd.readCSV("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/finance-charts-apple.csv") //assumes file is in CWD .then(df => { df.head().print() }).catch(err=>{ console.log(err); }) ``` {% endtab %} {% tab title="Browser" %} ```markup Document
``` {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ### **Reading an input file object in the browser** By specifying a valid [file object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File), you can load CSV files in the browser in DataFrames/Series {% tabs %} {% tab title="Browser" %} ```markup Document ``` {% endtab %} {% endtabs %}