Convert Excel to HTML using Node.js

Convert Excel to HTML using Node.js

Excel files are widely used in the business and educational sectors. It is due to their usage, features, and the ability to store & represent data. With the popularity of the world wide web, the HTML file format has become an essential component of any organization. In this blog post, we will learn how to convert Excel to HTML using Node.js programmatically. However, this Node.js Excel library will be used to achieve this functionally.

We will cover the following points in this blog post:

Convert Excel to HTML using Node.js - API installation

The installation procedure of this Node.js library is short and you can enable it in your project by running the following two commands:

npm install java
npm install aspose.cells

You can visit the installation page in case you find any issues.

How to convert Excel to web page programmatically

The conversion of XLSX files to other file formats such as HTML and PDF can be achieved easily. This library offers a wide range of methods to manipulate data files programmatically.

The following steps will be performed to convert Excel to a web page:

  1. Create an instance of the Workbook class and load the source Excel file.
  2. Save the file in HTML format by calling the save method.

Node.js library for Excel to HTML file conversion - Advance options

In this section, we will look into some other methods provided. This library lets you apply the styling and layout options. Users can define the font, export the CellArea of the current active Worksheet and many more.

The following steps and the code snippets are about some advanced options:

  1. Instantiate an instance of the Workbook class and load the source Excel file.
  2. Initialize an instance of HtmlSaveOptions.
  3. Invoke the setExportGridLines method to export data in gridlines.
  4. Call the setDefaultFontName method to set the font.
  5. setPageTitle will set the title of the HTML page.
  6. Save the file in HTML format by calling the save method.

Get a Free License

You can get a free temporary license to try the API without evaluation limitations.

Summing up

We are ending this blog post here. Hope you have learned how to convert Excel to HTML using Node.js. We also have gone through some advanced features. In addition, you may explore the documentation for other options. Moreover, you can visit some other relevant blog posts mentioned in the “See Also” section below. Further, conholdate.com is writing articles on new topics. Therefore, please stay in touch for updates.

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