excel-export/example/app.js

Simple data set export to Excel xlsx file

var express = require('express'),
    nodeExcel = require('excel-export'),
    uuid = require('node-uuid'),
    app = express();

app.get('/Large', function(req, res){
  var conf ={};
  conf.cols = [];
  for (i = 0; i < 100; i++){
    conf.cols.push({
      caption:'string ' + i,
      captionStyleIndex: 1,        
      type:'string'      
    });    
  }
  conf.rows = [];
  for (j = 0; j < 1000; j++){
    var row = [];
    for (k = 0; k < 100; k++){
      row.push(uuid.v4());  
    } 
    conf.rows.push(row); 
    conf.rows.push(row);    
  }
  var result = nodeExcel.execute(conf);
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.openxmlformats');
  res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + "Large.xlsx");
  res.end(result, 'binary');    

});

app.get('/Excel', function(req, res){
    var conf ={};
  // uncomment it for style example  
  // conf.stylesXmlFile = "styles.xml";
    conf.cols = [{
        caption:'string',
        captionStyleIndex: 1,        
        type:'string',
        beforeCellWrite:function(row, cellData){
             return cellData.toUpperCase();
        }
        , width:15
    },{
        caption:'date',
        type:'date',
        beforeCellWrite:function(){
            var originDate = new Date(Date.UTC(1899,11,30));
            return function(row, cellData, eOpt){
              // uncomment it for style example 
              // if (eOpt.rowNum%2){
                // eOpt.styleIndex = 1;
              // }  
              // else{
                // eOpt.styleIndex = 2;
              // }
              if (cellData === null){
                eOpt.cellType = 'string';
                return 'N/A';
              } else
                return (cellData - originDate) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
            } 
        }()
        , width:20.85
    },{
        caption:'bool',
        type:'bool'
    },{
        caption:'number',
        type:'number',
        width:30
    }];
    conf.rows = [
      ['pi', new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 4, 1)), true, 3.14159],
      ["e", new Date(2012, 4, 1), false, 2.7182],
      ["M&M<>'", new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 6, 9)), false, 1.61803],
      ["null date", null, true, 1.414]
    ];
  var result = nodeExcel.execute(conf);
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.openxmlformats');
  res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + "Report.xlsx");
  res.end(result, 'binary');
});

app.listen(3000);
console.log('Listening on port 3000');