How to get the data from my file with "json2csv" of Node.js module

Question

I'm trying to convert json file to CSV format. In the example https://www.npmjs.com/package/json2csv

const { parse } = require('json2csv');

const fields = ['field1', 'field2', 'field3'];
const opts = { fields };

try {
  const csv = parse(myData, opts);
  console.log(csv);
} catch (err) {
  console.error(err);
}

I don't understand what to do with myData, I tried that:

    const { parse } = require('json2csv');
const mydata = require("./mydata.json");



const fields = ['id', 'name'];
const opts = { fields };

try {
  const csv = parse(mydata , opts);
  console.log(csv);
} catch (err) {
  console.error(err);
}

But I don't see the value of mydata, I only get the value which is id and name.

I think it's not going to the child level, which I can see the data

Answer 1

mydata was in this form:

{
    "something": value,
    "something2": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "name"
        }
    ]
}

I had to remove and make it like that:

[
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "name"
        }
    ]

That's a solution but I didn't want to change "mydata" file, if anyone have another solution, thank you.