type GetValue <T> = <I extends T>(item: I) => any;
type FieldName <T> = keyof T;

export interface Columns<T> {
  [header: string]: FieldName<T> | GetValue<T>;
}

const COLUMN_SEPARATOR = ';';
const ROW_SEPARATOR = '\r\n';
const UNICODE_BOM = '\uFEFF';

const wrapValue = (value: string) => `"${value}"`;
const escapeValue = (value: string) => (value || '').replace(/"/, '""');

const makeHeaderLine = <T> (columns: Columns<T>) => Object
  .keys(columns)
  .map(escapeValue)
  .map(wrapValue)
  .join(COLUMN_SEPARATOR);

const makeItemLine = <T> (columns: Columns<T>, item: T) => Object
  .values(columns)
  .map(field => typeof field === 'function' ? field(item) : item[field])
  .map(String)
  .map(escapeValue)
  .map(wrapValue)
  .join(COLUMN_SEPARATOR);

export const exportToCsv = function <T> (data: T[], columns: Columns<T>, filename: string): void {
  const rows = [];

  rows.push(makeHeaderLine(columns));

  for (const item of data) {
    rows.push(makeItemLine(columns, item));
  }

  const csv = UNICODE_BOM + rows.join(ROW_SEPARATOR);
  const uri = `data:text/csv;charset=utf-8;header=present,${encodeURIComponent(csv)}`;

  const link = document.createElement('a');
  link.setAttribute('href', uri);
  link.setAttribute('download', filename);
  link.addEventListener('click', () => link.parentNode.removeChild(link));
  document.body.appendChild(link);

  link.click();
};

const users: User[] = [{id: 1, name: 'Alice', isCool: true}, ...];
const columns: Columns<User> = {
  'Id': 'id',
  'Name': 'name',
  'Is cool': user => user.isCool ? 'Yes' : 'No',
};
exportToCsv(users, columns, 'users.csv');