Ok so I found this really well documented node_module
called js-xlsx
Question: How can I parse an xlsx to output json?
Here is what the excel sheet looks like:
In the end the json should look like this:
[ { "id": 1, "Headline": "Team: Sally Pearson", "Location": "Austrailia", "BodyText": "...", "Media: "..." }, { "id": 2, "Headline": "Team: Rebeca Andrade", "Location": "Brazil", "BodyText": "...", "Media: "..." } ]
index.js:
if(typeof require !== 'undefined') { console.log('hey'); XLSX = require('xlsx'); } var workbook = XLSX.readFile('./assets/visa.xlsx'); var sheet_name_list = workbook.SheetNames; sheet_name_list.forEach(function(y) { /* iterate through sheets */ var worksheet = workbook.Sheets[y]; for (z in worksheet) { /* all keys that do not begin with "!" correspond to cell addresses */ if(z[0] === '!') continue; // console.log(y + "!" + z + "=" + JSON.stringify(worksheet[z].v)); } }); XLSX.writeFile(workbook, 'out.xlsx');
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Answer
Improved Version of “Josh Marinacci” answer , it will read beyond Z column (i.e. AA1).
var XLSX = require('xlsx'); var workbook = XLSX.readFile('test.xlsx'); var sheet_name_list = workbook.SheetNames; sheet_name_list.forEach(function(y) { var worksheet = workbook.Sheets[y]; var headers = {}; var data = []; for(z in worksheet) { if(z[0] === '!') continue; //parse out the column, row, and value var tt = 0; for (var i = 0; i < z.length; i++) { if (!isNaN(z[i])) { tt = i; break; } }; var col = z.substring(0,tt); var row = parseInt(z.substring(tt)); var value = worksheet[z].v; //store header names if(row == 1 && value) { headers[col] = value; continue; } if(!data[row]) data[row]={}; data[row][headers[col]] = value; } //drop those first two rows which are empty data.shift(); data.shift(); console.log(data); });