Streaming XLSX writer. Forked from rubenv/node-xlsx-writer.
npm install xlsx-writestreamSimple streaming XLSX writer. Reverse-engineered from sample XLSX files.
Node-XLSX-WriteStream is written in Literate CoffeeScript, so the source
can be viewed as Markdown.
This repository is a streaming fork of node-xls-writer.
You can install the latest version via npm:
$ npm install --save xlsx-writestream
Require the module:
``js`
var xlsx = require('xlsx-writestream');
Write a spreadsheet:
`js`
var data = [
{
"Name": "Bob",
"Location": "Sweden"
},
{
"Name": "Alice",
"Location": "France"
}
];
xlsx.write('mySpreadsheet.xlsx', data, function (err) {
// Error handling here
});
This will write a spreadsheet like this:
Name | Location
--------+---------
Bob | Sweden
Alice | France
In other words: The key names are used for the first row (headers),
The values are used for the columns. All field names should be present
in the first row.
You can also use the full API manually. This allows you to build the
spreadsheet incrementally:
`js
var XLSXWriter = require('xlsx-writestream');
var fs = require('fs');
var writer = new XLSXWriter('mySpreadsheet.xlsx', {} / options /);
// After instantiation, you can grab the readstream at any time.
writer.getReadStream().pipe(fs.createWriteStream('mySpreadsheet.xlsx'));
// Add some rows
writer.addRow({
"Name": "Bob",
"Location": "Sweden"
});
writer.addRow({
"Name": "Alice",
"Location": "France"
});
// Add a row with a hyperlink
writer.addRow({
"Name": {value: "Bill", hyperlink: "http://www.thegatesnotes.com"},
"Location": "Seattle, Washington"
})
// Optional: Adjust column widths
writer.defineColumns([
{ width: 30 }, // width is in 'characters'
{ width: 10 }
])
// Finalize the spreadsheet. If you don't do this, the readstream will not end.
writer.finalize();
`
For example, you may want to stream data from a remote API into an XLSX file:
`js
var XLSXWriter = require('xlsx-writestream');
var JSONStream = require('JSONStream');
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');
var writer = new XLSXWriter();
writer.getReadStream().pipe(fs.createWriteStream('npm-registry.xlsx'));
var rowStream = request('http://isaacs.couchone.com/registry/_all_docs')
.pipe(JSONStream.parse('rows.*'));
rowStream.on('data', function(row) {
writer.addRow(row);
});
rowStream.on('end', function() {
writer.finalize();
});
`
Numbers, Strings, and Dates are automatically converted when inputted. Simply
use their native types. Additionally, any data item can be turned into a hyperlink
by enclosing it within an object with the keys value, hyperlink.
`js`
writer.addRow({
"A String Column" : "A String Value",
"A Number Column" : 12345,
"A Date Column" : new Date(1999,11,31)
"A String column with a hyperlink" : {value: "A String Value", hyperlink: "http://www.google.com"}
"A Number column with a hyperlink" : {value: 12345, hyperlink: "http://www.google.com"}
"A Date column with a hyperlink" : {value: new Date(1999,11,31), hyperlink: "http://www.google.com"}
})
The XLSX format is actually a zip file, and Node-XLSX-WriteStream uses node-zip internally.
Node-zip generates zip files synchronously but is very fast.
Pending a possible asynchronous rework, if speed is a big concern to you, run pack() in
a thread using something like node-webworker-threads.
This repo contains a simple benchmark suite that can give you an idea of how this module
will perform using a 10x10 and 200x200 dataset.
The following are results on an 2.3GHz i7 Macbook Pro Retina (2013):
`
Running suite Node-XLSX-WriteStream benchmarks [benchmarks/zip-benchmark.js]...
>> Small dataset - Packing x 742 ops/sec ±1.39% (82 runs sampled)
>> Small dataset - Adding rows only x 12,849 ops/sec ±6.92% (88 runs sampled)
>> Small dataset - Generate entire file x 232 ops/sec ±1.60% (80 runs sampled)
>> Small dataset - Generate entire file (parallelism: 10) x 32.00 ops/sec ±9.02% (56 runs sampled)
>> Large dataset - Packing x 83.16 ops/sec ±20.18% (37 runs sampled)
>> Large dataset - Packing (no compression) x 399 ops/sec ±2.73% (36 runs sampled)
>> Large dataset - Adding rows only x 27.90 ops/sec ±4.10% (47 runs sampled)
>> Large dataset - Generate entire file x 7.54 ops/sec ±3.47% (40 runs sampled)
>> Large dataset - Generate entire file (parallelism: 10) x 0.91 ops/sec ±1.22% (9 runs sampled)
If you decide to define column properties, be sure to do so before you write any rows.
I have seen certain versions of Excel (infuriatingly) crash if columns come after rows.
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding
style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality.
All source-code is written in CoffeeScript and is located in the src
folder. Do not edit the generated files in
(and aren't included in git anyway).
You can build and test your code using Grunt. The
default task will clean the source, compiled it and run the tests.
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