Create and Download XLS Excel From JSON Response Data in Webpage Using Javascript

Viewing formatted data on HTML webpage is a good idea until the user wants to do some quick changes in tabular data like sorting, filtering. So it is better to take it in your own hands instead of making server calls. Today we will convert JSON response data into the Excel file. Excel file will have a header and columns defined which will be downloaded on the client side.

Here we will use SheetJS plugin to get this done.

Let’s begin…

Step 1) Add plugin into the head section of your file.

<script type="text/javascript" src="//unpkg.com/xlsx/dist/xlsx.full.min.js"></script>

 

 

Step 2) Add Some Code to define head colums and rows data. Here we have JSON format data which we usually get from server.

        var createXLSLFormatObj = [];

        /* XLS Head Columns */
        var xlsHeader = ["EmployeeID", "Full Name"];

        /* XLS Rows Data */
        var xlsRows = [{
                "EmployeeID": "EMP001",
                "FullName": "Jolly"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP002",
                "FullName": "Macias"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP003",
                "FullName": "Lucian"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP004",
                "FullName": "Blaze"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP005",
                "FullName": "Blossom"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP006",
                "FullName": "Kerry"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP007",
                "FullName": "Adele"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP008",
                "FullName": "Freaky"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP009",
                "FullName": "Brooke"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP010",
                "FullName": "FreakyJolly.Com"
            }
        ];


        createXLSLFormatObj.push(xlsHeader);
        $.each(xlsRows, function(index, value) {
            var innerRowData = [];
            $("tbody").append('<tr><td>' + value.EmployeeID + '</td><td>' + value.FullName + '</td></tr>');
            $.each(value, function(ind, val) {

                innerRowData.push(val);
            });
            createXLSLFormatObj.push(innerRowData);
        });


        /* File Name */
        var filename = "FreakyJSON_To_XLS.xlsx";

        /* Sheet Name */
        var ws_name = "FreakySheet";

        if (typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(new Date());
        var wb = XLSX.utils.book_new(),
            ws = XLSX.utils.aoa_to_sheet(createXLSLFormatObj);

        /* Add worksheet to workbook */
        XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(wb, ws, ws_name);

        /* Write workbook and Download */
        if (typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(new Date());
        XLSX.writeFile(wb, filename);
        if (typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(new Date());

 

Above code is having inline comments to define each variable usage in JS code.

That’s it! this is the simplest code to convert JSON data in XLS EXCEL file which will download on the client side.

Find working demo here

The final index.html page will look like this

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Convert JSON to XLS and Download</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
	
    <script type="text/javascript" src="//unpkg.com/xlsx/dist/xlsx.full.min.js"></script>
	
    <script src="https://rawgit.com/google/code-prettify/master/loader/run_prettify.js?autoload=true&amp;skin=sunburst&amp;lang=css" defer></script>
    <style type="text/css">
    .operative {
        font-weight: bold;
        border: 1px solid yellow;
    }

    #quine {
        border: 4px solid #88c;
    }

    .spacer {
        margin-top: 15px;
    }
    </style>
</head>

<body class="container">
    <script>
    $(function() {


        var createXLSLFormatObj = [];

        /* XLS Head Columns */
        var xlsHeader = ["EmployeeID", "Full Name"];

        /* XLS Rows Data */
        var xlsRows = [{
                "EmployeeID": "EMP001",
                "FullName": "Jolly"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP002",
                "FullName": "Macias"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP003",
                "FullName": "Lucian"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP004",
                "FullName": "Blaze"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP005",
                "FullName": "Blossom"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP006",
                "FullName": "Kerry"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP007",
                "FullName": "Adele"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP008",
                "FullName": "Freaky"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP009",
                "FullName": "Brooke"
            },
            {
                "EmployeeID": "EMP010",
                "FullName": "FreakyJolly.Com"
            }
        ];


        createXLSLFormatObj.push(xlsHeader);
        $.each(xlsRows, function(index, value) {
            var innerRowData = [];
            $("tbody").append('<tr><td>' + value.EmployeeID + '</td><td>' + value.FullName + '</td></tr>');
            $.each(value, function(ind, val) {

                innerRowData.push(val);
            });
            createXLSLFormatObj.push(innerRowData);
        });


        /* File Name */
        var filename = "FreakyJSON_To_XLS.xlsx";

        /* Sheet Name */
        var ws_name = "FreakySheet";

        if (typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(new Date());
        var wb = XLSX.utils.book_new(),
            ws = XLSX.utils.aoa_to_sheet(createXLSLFormatObj);

        /* Add worksheet to workbook */
        XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(wb, ws, ws_name);

        /* Write workbook and Download */
        if (typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(new Date());
        XLSX.writeFile(wb, filename);
        if (typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(new Date());

    });
    </script>
    <span class="display-4 spacer">Convert JSON data into XLS EXCEL and Download</span>
    <h4 class="display-5 spacer">Table Format of DATA to Download</h4>
    <table class="table">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th scope="col">EmployeeID</th>
                <th scope="col">FullName</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
        </tbody>
    </table>
    <h4 class="display-5 spacer">JSON Format of DATA to Download</h4>
    <!-- Language hints can be put in XML application directive style comments. -->
    <?prettify lang=html linenums=true?>
        <pre class="prettyprint" id="quine">


[{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP001",
		"FullName": "Jolly"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP002",
		"FullName": "Macias"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP003",
		"FullName": "Lucian"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP004",
		"FullName": "Blaze"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP005",
		"FullName": "Blossom"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP006",
		"FullName": "Kerry"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP007",
		"FullName": "Adele"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP008",
		"FullName": "Freaky"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP009",
		"FullName": "Brooke"
	},
	{
		"EmployeeID": "EMP010",
		"FullName": "FreakyJolly.Com"
	}
]

</pre>
</body>

</html>

enjoy!

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