Node XLSX

Excel file parser/builder that relies on js-xlsx.

Usage

Installation

npm install node-xlsx --save

Examples

1. Parsing a xlsx from file/buffer, outputs an array of worksheets

import xlsx from 'node-xlsx';
// Or var xlsx = require('node-xlsx').default;

// Parse a buffer
const workSheetsFromBuffer = xlsx.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/myFile.xlsx`));
// Parse a file
const workSheetsFromFile = xlsx.parse(`${__dirname}/myFile.xlsx`);

2. Building a xlsx

import xlsx from 'node-xlsx';
// Or var xlsx = require('node-xlsx').default;

const data = [[1, 2, 3], [true, false, null, 'sheetjs'], ['foo', 'bar', new Date('2014-02-19T14:30Z'), '0.3'], ['baz', null, 'qux']];
var buffer = xlsx.build([{name: "mySheetName", data: data}]); // Returns a buffer

3. Cell styling example

data.push([{
    v: 'List URL',
    s: {
        fill: {
            fgColor: {
                rgb: "FFFFAA00"
            }
        },
        font: {
            name: 'Calibri',
            sz: 14,
            bold: true
        }
    },
    l: {
        Target: targetLink,
        Tooltip: targetLink ? (`List URL ${targetLink.substr(0, 20)}...`) : null
    }
}]);

• Custom column width

import xlsx from 'node-xlsx';
// Or var xlsx = require('node-xlsx').default;

const data = [[1, 2, 3], [true, false, null, 'sheetjs'], ['foo', 'bar', new Date('2014-02-19T14:30Z'), '0.3'], ['baz', null, 'qux']]
const options = {'!cols': [{ wch: 6 }, { wch: 7 }, { wch: 10 }, { wch: 20 } ]};
options.defaultCellStyle: {
    font: {
        name: 'Calibri',
        sz: 14,
        bold: true
    }
}

var buffer = xlsx.build([{name: "mySheetName", data: data}], options); // Returns a buffer

• Cell Styles

Cell styles are specified by a style object that roughly parallels the OpenXML structure. The style object has five top-level attributes: fill, font, numFmt, alignment, and border.

Style Attribute	Sub Attributes	Values
fill	patternType	"solid" or "none"
	fgColor	COLOR_SPEC
	bgColor	COLOR_SPEC
font	name	"Calibri" // default
	sz	"11" // font size in points
	color	COLOR_SPEC
	bold	`true
	underline	`true
	italic	`true
	strike	`true
	outline	`true
	shadow	`true
	vertAlign	`true
numFmt		"0" // integer index to built in formats, see StyleBuilder.SSF property
		"0.00%" // string matching a built-in format, see StyleBuilder.SSF
		"0.0%" // string specifying a custom format
		"0.00%;\\(0.00%\\);\\-;@" // string specifying a custom format, escaping special characters
		"m/dd/yy" // string a date format using Excel's format notation
alignment	vertical	`"bottom"
	horizontal	`"bottom"
	wrapText	`true
	readingOrder	2 // for right-to-left
	textRotation	Number from 0 to 180 or 255 (default is 0)
		90 is rotated up 90 degrees
		45 is rotated up 45 degrees
		135 is rotated down 45 degrees
		180 is rotated down 180 degrees
		255 is special, aligned vertically
border	top	{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
	bottom	{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
	left	{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
	right	{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
	diagonal	{ style: BORDER_STYLE, color: COLOR_SPEC }
	diagonalUp	`true
	diagonalDown	`true

COLOR_SPEC: Colors for fill, font, and border are specified as objects, either:

• { auto: 1} specifying automatic values
• { rgb: "FFFFAA00" } specifying a hex ARGB value
• { theme: "1", tint: "-0.25"} specifying an integer index to a theme color and a tint value (default 0)
• { indexed: 64} default value for fill.bgColor

BORDER_STYLE: Border style is a string value which may take on one of the following values:

• thin

• medium

• thick

• dotted

• hair

• dashed

• mediumDashed

• dashDot

• mediumDashDot

• dashDotDot

• mediumDashDotDot

• slantDashDot

• Spanning multiple rows A1:A4 in every sheets

import xlsx from 'node-xlsx';
// Or var xlsx = require('node-xlsx').default;

const data = [[1, 2, 3], [true, false, null, 'sheetjs'], ['foo', 'bar', new Date('2014-02-19T14:30Z'), '0.3'], ['baz', null, 'qux']];
const range = {s: {c: 0, r:0 }, e: {c:0, r:3}}; // A1:A4
const options = {'!merges': [ range ]};

var buffer = xlsx.build([{name: "mySheetName", data: data}], options); // Returns a buffer

• Spanning multiple rows A1:A4 in second sheet only

import xlsx from 'node-xlsx';
// Or var xlsx = require('node-xlsx').default;

const dataSheet1 = [[1, 2, 3], [true, false, null, 'sheetjs'], ['foo', 'bar', new Date('2014-02-19T14:30Z'), '0.3'], ['baz', null, 'qux']];
const dataSheet2 = [[4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9, 10], [11, 12, 13, 14], ['baz', null, 'qux']];
const range = {s: {c: 0, r:0 }, e: {c:0, r:3}}; // A1:A4
const sheetOptions = {'!merges': [ range ]};

var buffer = xlsx.build([{name: "myFirstSheet", data: dataSheet1}, {name: "mySecondSheet", data: dataSheet2, options: sheetOptions}]); // Returns a buffer

Beware that if you try to merge several times the same cell, your xlsx file will be seen as corrupted.

• Using Primitive Object Notation Data values can also be specified in a non-abstracted representation.

Examples:

const rowAverage = [[{t:'n', z:10, f:'=AVERAGE(2:2)'}], [1,2,3];
var buffer = xlsx.build([{name: "Average Formula", data: rowAverage}]);

Refer to xlsx documentation for valid structure and values:

• Cell Object: https://sheetjs.gitbooks.io/docs/#cell-object
• Data Types: https://sheetjs.gitbooks.io/docs/#data-types
• Format: https://sheetjs.gitbooks.io/docs/#number-formats

Troubleshooting

This library requires at lease nodeJS v4. For legacy versions, you can use this workaround before using the lib.

npm i --save object-assign
Object.prototype.assign = require('object-assign');

Contributing

Please submit all pull requests the against master branch. If your unit test contains javascript patches or features, you should include relevant unit tests. Thanks!

Available scripts

Script	Description
start	Alias of test:watch
test	Run mocha unit tests
test:watch	Run and watch mocha unit tests
lint	Run eslint static tests
compile	Compile the library
compile:watch	Compile and watch the library

Authors

Olivier Louvignes

• http://olouv.com
• http://github.com/mgcrea

Copyright and license

Apache License 2.0

Copyright (C) 2012-2014  Olivier Louvignes

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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Except where noted, this license applies to any and all software programs and associated documentation files created by the Original Author and distributed with the Software:

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