Get cell contents from an HTML table

get-table-contents.js

/* Table structure
<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Email</th>
    <th>Username</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>[email protected]</td>
    <td>UsernameHere</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>[email protected]</td>
    <td>FakeUserame</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>[email protected]</td>
    <td>helloworld</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>[email protected]</td>
    <td>SOuser123</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>[email protected]</td>
    <td>TreesAreGreen</td>
  </tr>
</table>
*/

function getTableData(table) {
  let tableData = []; // Store for table contents
  let hasHeaders = false; // Store whether table has th in a row (first row assumed)

  // Loop through each table row
  [...table.querySelectorAll('tr')].forEach((row, ri) => {
    // Go to next row when row doesn't start with a td
    if (row.children[0].tagName !== 'TD') {
      hasHeaders = true;
      return;
    }

    // Create an empty child Array
    tableData.push([]);

    // Loop over each row cell
    [...row.getElementsByTagName('td')].forEach((cell, ci) => {
      // Reset the row index when headers exist
      const rowIndex = (hasHeaders) ? ri - 1 : ri;

      tableData[rowIndex][ci] = cell.textContent;
    });
  });
}

const tableContents = getTableData(document.querySelector('table'));

document.write(`<pre>${JSON.stringify(tableData, null, ' ')}</pre>`);

/* Result

[
 [
  "[email protected]",
  "UsernameHere"
 ],
 [
  "[email protected]",
  "FakeUserame"
 ],
 [
  "[email protected]",
  "helloworld"
 ],
 [
  "[email protected]",
  "SOuser123"
 ],
 [
  "[email protected]",
  "TreesAreGreen"
 ]
]
*/