ExcellentExport.js

JavaScript export to Excel or CSV

A quick JavaScript library to create export to Excel/CSV from HTML tables in the browser. No server required.

As part of the new version 3.0.0+, there is support for XLSX. The drawback is that the library is 600+ KB.

If you only need XLS or CSV, use 2.X.X versions.

Check my blog page for testing: JavaScript export to Excel

ExcellentExport.js update: JavaScript export to Excel and CSV

TODO:

• Filter and process cell values.
• Set fonts to the sheet.
• Insert images ?

Revision history:

3.4.0

• Configure TravisCI on GitHub
• Update npm dependencies to fix vulnerabilities

3.3.0

• Remove columns by index
• Filter rows by value
• Updated build to Webpack 4.x.x

3.2.1

• Update npm dependencies to fix vulnerabilities

3.2.0

• Update npm dependencies to fix vulnerabilities

3.1.0

• Fix old API for base64 and escaping problem.

3.0.0

• XLSX support. This bumps the build size to 640 KB.
• New API: ExcellentExport.convert(...)
• Autogenerate download filename.
• Data input from arrays or HTML Tables.
• Multiple sheets for XLS or XLSX formats.

2.1.0

• Add Webpack build.
• Create UMD JavaScript module. Library can be loaded as a module (import, RequireJS, AMD, etc...) or standalone as window.ExcelentExport.

2.0.3

• Fix export as a module.
• Changed minifier to UglifyJS.

2.0.2

• Fix CSV Chinese characters and other special characters display error in Windows Excel.
• Fix URL.createObjectURL(...) on Firefox.

2.0.0

• Now it can export to big files +2MB.
• Minimum IE 11.
• Links open with URL.createObjectURL(...).
• NPM package available.
• Using Semantic versioning (2.0.0 instead of 2.0).
• Module can be loaded standalone or with RequireJS.
• Change license to MIT.

1.5

• Possibility to select a CSV delimiter.
• Bower package available.
• Compose package available.

1.4

• Add LICENSE.txt with GPL v3.
• UTF-8 characters fixed.

1.3

• Added minified version.

1.1

• Added CSV data export

1.0

• Added Excel data export

Compatibility

Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer 11+.

Install

npm

npm install excellentexport --save

yarn

yarn add excellentexport

Bower

bower install excellentexport

Load

Include script in your HTML:

<script type="text/javascript" src="dist/excellentexport.js"></script>

Require.js

<script src="http://requirejs.org/docs/release/2.3.6/minified/require.js"></script>
<script>
    require(['dist/excellentexport'], function(ee) {
        window.ExcellentExport = ee;
    });
</script>

ES6 import

import ExcellentExport from 'excellentexport';

Usage

<table id="datatable">
    <tr>
        <td>100</td> <td>200</td> <td>300</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>400</td> <td>500</td> <td>600</td>
    </tr>
</table>

<a download="somedata.xls" href="#" onclick="return ExcellentExport.excel(this, 'datatable', 'Sheet Name Here');">Export to Excel</a>
<a download="somedata.csv" href="#" onclick="return ExcellentExport.csv(this, 'datatable');">Export to CSV</a>
<!-- new API, xlsx -->
<a download="somedata.xlsx" href="#" onclick="return ExcellentExport.convert({ anchor: this, filename: 'data_123.array', format: 'xlsx'},[{name: 'Sheet Name Here 1', from: {table: 'datatable'}}]);">Export to CSV</a>

API

 ExcellentExport.convert(options, sheets);

 Options:
 {
    anchor: String/Element,
    format: 'xlsx'/'xls'/'csv',
    filename: String
 }

 Sheet element configuration:
 {
    name: 'Sheet 1', // Sheet name
    from: {
        table: String/Element, // Table ID or table element
        array: [...], // Array with data
        arrayHasHeader: true, // Array first row is the header
        removeColumns: [...], // Array of column indexes (from 0)
        filterRowFn: function(row) {return true} // Return true to keep
    },
    ...
 }

Notes

IE8 or lower do not support data: url schema. IE9 does not support data: url schema on links. IE10 and above and Edge are supported via the Microsoft-specific msOpenOrSaveBlob method.

Test

python 2.x:
    python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

python 3.x:
    python -m http.server 8000

Build

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build development version dist/excellentexport.js

npm run build

Build publish version of dist/excellentexport.js

npm run prod

Publish

npm publish