craignicol / excellentexport

Javascript export to Excel

ExcellentExport.js

JavaScript export to Excel or CSV

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

Check my blog page for testing: JavaScript export to Excel

ExcellentExport.js update: JavaScript export to Excel and CSV

Revision history:

1.0 Added Excel data export

1.1 Added CSV data export

1.3 Added minified version.

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

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

Compatibility

Firefox, Chrome

It does not work on Internet Explorer yet. Internet Explorer does not allow to use url data schema on links.

Install: Bower

bower install excellentexport

Install: Composer

Get Composer:

$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar install

Create a composer.json file for your project:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "https://github.com/jmaister/excellentexport"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "jmaister/excellentexport": "~1.4.0"
    }
}

Run composer install.

Include script in your HTML:

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

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>

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.

Security

Due to a Microsoft patch, Excel files generated by excellentexport can only be opened if they are trusted, otherwise users get a blank window. See Microsoft's forms, and Freya's answer for more details : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d2d84793-9920-45e3-baef-5027a4ac1ae0/kb3170008-for-office-2016-breaks-functionality-ms16088