React to Excel

Overview

react-to-excel is a simple library that allows you to export React components and HTML tables to Excel files seamlessly. Built on top of exceljs, this library provides an easy way to generate Excel spreadsheets directly from your React applications.

Features

• Convert React components or HTML tables to Excel format (.xlsx)
• Support for custom styling and formatting
• Easy integration with existing React applications
• Support for various options, including document title, author, and sheet options

Installation

To install the package, use npm or yarn:

npm install react-to-excel

yarn add react-to-excel

How to use :

const SampleTable: React.FC = () => {
    const contentRef = useRef(null);

    const handleExcelBtn = useReactToExcel({
        documentTitle : "MyExcel",
        sheetOptions :[{
            contentRef : contentRef,
            title :"Sample",
            isRTL:false
        }]
    });

    return (
        <>
            <button type={"button"} onClick={()=>handleExcelBtn()}>to .xlsx</button>
            <div ref={contentRef} className="table" id={"content"}>

                <table border={1}>
                    <thead>
                        <tr>
                            <th rowSpan={3}>Day</th>
                            <th colSpan={3}>Seminar</th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr >
                            <th colSpan={2}>Schedule</th>
                            <th rowSpan={2}>Topic</th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <th>Begin</th>
                            <th>End</th>
                        </tr>
                    </thead>
                    <tbody>
                        <tr>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>Monday</td>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>8:00 a.m</td>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>5:00 p.m</td>
                            <td>Introduction to XML</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>Validity: DTD and Relax NG</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td rowSpan={4}>Tuesday</td>
                            <td>8:00 a.m</td>
                            <td>11:00 a.m</td>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>XPath</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>11:00 a.m</td>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>2:00 p.m</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td rowSpan={2}>XSL transformation</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>2:00 p.m</td>
                            <td>5:00 p.m</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>Wednesday</td>
                            <td>8:00 a.m</td>
                            <td>12:00 p.m</td>
                            <td>XLS Formatting Objects</td>
                        </tr>
                    </tbody>
                </table>
            </div>
        </>
    );
}

useReactToExcel Parameters

The useReactToExcel hook accepts an options object with the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
documentTitle	string	The title of the document to be generated. This will be the name of the Excel file when downloaded.
sheetOptions	Array<SheetOption>	An array of objects that define the content and options for each sheet in the Excel file. Each object can contain:
		* contentRef: A reference to the React component or HTML element to be exported. * htmlContent: HTML content to be exported as a string. * title: The title of the sheet in the Excel file. * isRTL: A boolean indicating if the content is right-to-left (useful for languages like Persian or Arabic ..). * reverse : A boolean indicating if content should be written from right to left (mirror mode)
pageStyle	string	Note: only works when htmlContent is used. you can use it to set the page style of the excel file.
author	string	The name of the author of the document. This can be included in the metadata of the Excel file.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.

Based on:

• react-to-print

Powered by:

• exceljs