how to export json data to excel file using javascript?

Question

I have json data which needs to be exported to an excel sheet. I have tried

window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' + encodeURIComponent( $('#tableId').html()));

But this works for html table only.

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '18 at 12:17

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('button').click(function() {
    var data = $('#txt').val();
    if (data == '')
      return;

    JSONToCSVConvertor(data, "Vehicle Report", true);
  });
});

function JSONToCSVConvertor(JSONData, ReportTitle, ShowLabel) {
  //If JSONData is not an object then JSON.parse will parse the JSON string in an Object
  var arrData = typeof JSONData != 'object' ? JSON.parse(JSONData) : JSONData;

  var CSV = '';
  //Set Report title in first row or line

  CSV += ReportTitle + '\r\n\n';

  //This condition will generate the Label/Header
  if (ShowLabel) {
    var row = "";

    //This loop will extract the label from 1st index of on array
    for (var index in arrData[0]) {

      //Now convert each value to string and comma-seprated
      row += index + ',';
    }

    row = row.slice(0, -1);

    //append Label row with line break
    CSV += row + '\r\n';
  }

  //1st loop is to extract each row
  for (var i = 0; i < arrData.length; i++) {
    var row = "";

    //2nd loop will extract each column and convert it in string comma-seprated
    for (var index in arrData[i]) {
      row += '"' + arrData[i][index] + '",';
    }

    row.slice(0, row.length - 1);

    //add a line break after each row
    CSV += row + '\r\n';
  }

  if (CSV == '') {
    alert("Invalid data");
    return;
  }

  //Generate a file name
  var fileName = "MyReport_";
  //this will remove the blank-spaces from the title and replace it with an underscore
  fileName += ReportTitle.replace(/ /g, "_");

  //Initialize file format you want csv or xls
  var uri = 'data:text/csv;charset=utf-8,' + escape(CSV);

  // Now the little tricky part.
  // you can use either>> window.open(uri);
  // but this will not work in some browsers
  // or you will not get the correct file extension    

  //this trick will generate a temp <a /> tag
  var link = document.createElement("a");
  link.href = uri;

  //set the visibility hidden so it will not effect on your web-layout
  link.style = "visibility:hidden";
  link.download = fileName + ".csv";

  //this part will append the anchor tag and remove it after automatic click
  document.body.appendChild(link);
  link.click();
  document.body.removeChild(link);
}

.txtarea {
  max-width: 100%;
  min-height: 200px;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
}

.mydiv {
  padding: 10px;
}

.gen_btn {
  padding: 5px;
  background-color: #743ED9;
  color: white;
  font-family: arial;
  font-size: 13px;
  border: 2px solid black;
}

.gen_btn:hover {
  background-color: #9a64ff;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class='mydiv'>
  <textarea id="txt" class='txtarea'>[{"Vehicle":"BMW","Date":"30, Jul 2013 09:24 AM","Location":"Hauz Khas, Enclave, New Delhi, Delhi, India","Speed":42},{"Vehicle":"Honda CBR","Date":"30, Jul 2013 12:00 AM","Location":"Military Road,  West Bengal 734013,  India","Speed":0},{"Vehicle":"Supra","Date":"30, Jul 2013 07:53 AM","Location":"Sec-45, St. Angel's School, Gurgaon, Haryana, India","Speed":58},{"Vehicle":"Land Cruiser","Date":"30, Jul 2013 09:35 AM","Location":"DLF Phase I, Marble Market, Gurgaon, Haryana, India","Speed":83},{"Vehicle":"Suzuki Swift","Date":"30, Jul 2013 12:02 AM","Location":"Behind Central Bank RO, Ram Krishna Rd by-lane, Siliguri, West Bengal, India","Speed":0},{"Vehicle":"Honda Civic","Date":"30, Jul 2013 12:00 AM","Location":"Behind Central Bank RO, Ram Krishna Rd by-lane, Siliguri, West Bengal, India","Speed":0},{"Vehicle":"Honda Accord","Date":"30, Jul 2013 11:05 AM","Location":"DLF Phase IV, Super Mart 1, Gurgaon, Haryana, India","Speed":71}]</textarea>
  <button class='gen_btn'>Generate File</button>
</div>

Click Here to watch It work in JSfiddle.

The problem with this solution is that the data is passed via the URL which has a max length of 2083 characters — Pier, Jul 07 '17 at 02:25
this solution needs to use blob for large files to download, add this line in above solution var blob = new Blob([CSV], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' }); — iwayankit, Sep 07 '18 at 07:21

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 18 '18 at 10:30

this solution works fine with large JSON data, IE error issues, hope this will help

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#button1").on('click', function(e) {
    var url = "";
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: url,
      success: function(result) {
        DownloadJsonData(result, "NewFile", true);
      },
      error: function(result) {
        alert('Error ');
      }
    });
  });

  function DownloadJsonData(JSONData, FileTitle, ShowLabel) {
    //If JSONData is not an object then JSON.parse will parse the JSON string in an Object
    var arrData = typeof JSONData != 'object' ? JSON.parse(JSONData) : JSONData;
    var CSV = '';
    //This condition will generate the Label/Header
    if (ShowLabel) {
      var row = "";
      //This loop will extract the label from 1st index of on array
      for (var index in arrData[0]) {
        //Now convert each value to string and comma-seprated
        row += index + ',';
      }
      row = row.slice(0, -1);
      //append Label row with line break
      CSV += row + '\r\n';
    }
    //1st loop is to extract each row
    for (var i = 0; i < arrData.length; i++) {
      var row = "";
      //2nd loop will extract each column and convert it in string comma-seprated
      for (var index in arrData[i]) {
        row += '"' + arrData[i][index] + '",';
      }
      row.slice(0, row.length - 1);
      //add a line break after each row
      CSV += row + '\r\n';
    }
    if (CSV == '') {
      alert("Invalid data");
      return;
    }
    //Generate a file name
    var filename = FileTitle + (new Date());
    var blob = new Blob([CSV], {
      type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;'
    });
    if (navigator.msSaveBlob) { // IE 10+
      navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, filename);
    } else {
      var link = document.createElement("a");
      if (link.download !== undefined) { // feature detection
        // Browsers that support HTML5 download attribute
        var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
        link.setAttribute("href", url);
        link.style = "visibility:hidden";
        link.download = filename + ".csv";
        document.body.appendChild(link);
        link.click();
        document.body.removeChild(link);
      }
    }
  }
})

.flex {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
}

.flex-item+.flex-item {
  margin-left: 10px;
}

.button {
  border-radius: 4px;
  background-color: #f4511e;
  border: none;
  color: #FFFFFF;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 28px;
  padding: 20px;
  width: 100%;
  transition: all 0.5s;
  cursor: pointer;
  margin: 15px;
  margin-left: 25px;
}

.button span {
  cursor: pointer;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  transition: 0.5s;
}

.button span:after {
  content: '\00bb';
  position: absolute;
  opacity: 0;
  top: 0;
  right: -20px;
  transition: 0.5s;
}

.button:hover span {
  padding-right: 25px;
}

.button:hover span:after {
  opacity: 1;
  right: 0;
}

<!-- <!DOCTYPE html> -->
<html>

<head>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
  <h1 clas="flex">Please Click on a Button of requested Data</h1>
  <div class="flex">
    <button id="button1" class="button"><span>Click Me </span></button>
  </div>
</body>

</html>

I want to rename the header any suggestions? – PayBash Aug 29 '19 at 06:55 — PayBash, Aug 29 '19 at 06:55

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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If the csv format fits your need, then it can be easily done like in this topic.

Otherwise, you will have to parse manually your JSON to the 'XML' format of a Excel file (because I don't know any library doing this). In this case, you will have to study the Excel file format, which is explained in this MSDN blog.

Cheers

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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"because I don't know any library doing this" For those who pass here, I guess something like [this](https://github.com/guyonroche/exceljs) would work – freeeman May 19 '17 at 09:43

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 19 '19 at 03:19

@niravpatel9898's original answer works well for me, however the actual download to CSV causes this error in excel while parsing the JSON data I have: Some features might be lost if you save this workbook in the comma-delimited (.csv) format. To preserve these features, save it in an Excel file format. Is there any way to get rid of this warning and ensure the data parses and downloads to Excel correctly?

When I try using changing the code to output to .xls or when I use the solution suggested by @iwayankit, it does not seem to work. Below is the original code by @niravpatel9898 that I am trying to work with:

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
  $('button').click(function() {
    var data = $('[id="xyz"]').val();
    if (data == '')
      return;

    JSONToCSVConvertor(data, "Report", true);
  });
});

function JSONToCSVConvertor(JSONData, ReportTitle, ShowLabel) {
  //If JSONData is not an object then JSON.parse will parse the JSON string in an Object
  var arrData = typeof JSONData != 'object' ? JSON.parse(JSONData) : JSONData;

  var CSV = '';
  //Set Report title in first row or line

  CSV += ReportTitle + '\r\n\n';

  //This condition will generate the Label/Header
  if (ShowLabel) {
    var row = "";

    //This loop will extract the label from 1st index of on array
    for (var index in arrData[0]) {

      //Now convert each value to string and comma-seprated
      row += index + ',';
    }

    row = row.slice(0, -1);

    //append Label row with line break
    CSV += row + '\r\n';
  }

  //1st loop is to extract each row
  for (var i = 0; i < arrData.length; i++) {
    var row = "";

    //2nd loop will extract each column and convert it in string comma-seprated
    for (var index in arrData[i]) {
      row += '"' + arrData[i][index] + '",';
    }

    row.slice(0, row.length - 1);

    //add a line break after each row
    CSV += row + '\r\n';
  }

  if (CSV == '') {
    alert("Invalid data");
    return;
  }

  //Generate a file name
  var fileName = "";
  //this will remove the blank-spaces from the title and replace it with an underscore
  fileName += ReportTitle.replace(/ /g, "_");

  //Initialize file format you want csv or xls
  var uri = 'data:text/csv;charset=utf-8,' + escape(CSV);

  // Now the little tricky part.
  // you can use either>> window.open(uri);
  // but this will not work in some browsers
  // or you will not get the correct file extension    

  //this trick will generate a temp <a /> tag
  var link = document.createElement("a");
  link.href = uri;

  //set the visibility hidden so it will not effect on your web-layout
  link.style = "visibility:hidden";
  link.download = fileName + ".csv";

  //this part will append the anchor tag and remove it after automatic click
  document.body.appendChild(link);
  link.click();
  document.body.removeChild(link);
}

</script>

how to export json data to excel file using javascript?

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