x2j2x

Converting JSON file to Excel and vice versa using NodeJs.

Supporting JSON standards like nested objects and arrays. It converts JSON file to a two column excel file by which the first column will contain a flat dot-separated path to each value and the second column will contain the value. Later on, you can convert the excel file again to the same JSON structure using the reverse function.

Install

npm install x2j2x

Usages

I use it when I have provided a JSON file for my multiple language applications, containing keys and values in a base language and I want to hand them to some translator (machine/human) and when I have translations (new values) in a different column I can retransform it to JSON format using the existing key and new value columns. But you can use it for whatever you like :)

var x2j2x = require('x2j2x'); 
// for converting an excel file to json object
var json_object = x2j2x.excel_to_json('input.xlsx');
// for converting a json_object to excel file
x2j2x.json_to_excel(json_object, 'out.xlsx');

Docs

So obvious!

/*
 * object: any - a javascript/json object to be converted to excel file
 * outPath: string - excel file path to save on
 * sheetName: string - save data on this sheetNane (by default 'Sheet1')
**/
json_to_excel(object, outPath, sheetName = 'Sheet1')
/*
 * inputPath: string - excel file path to read key and values form
 * sheetName: string - save data on this sheetNane (by default 'Sheet1')
 * keyColNum: numeber - column number on which keys are stored (by default 0)
 * valColNum: numeber - column number on which values are stored (by default 1)
**/
excel_to_json(inputPath, sheetName='Sheet1', keyColNum=0, valColNum=1)