ReactExportTableToExcel

Provides a client side generation of Excel (.xls) file from HTML table element.

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No additional dependencies

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ReactExportTableToExcel's samples in React.js ( CodeSandbox )

ReactExportTableToExcel's samples in Next.js ( CodeSandbox )

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Installation

npm install react-export-table-to-excel
yarn add react-export-table-to-excel

Features

• Download HTML table as Excel file in .xls format
• No server side code
• Set desired .xls filename and sheet
• Hook to export to excel
• Component to export to excel
• Method to export to excel

Options

• Component

A list of available properties can be found below. These must be passed to the containing DownloadTableExcel component.

Property	Type	Description
filename	string	Name of Excel file.
sheet	string	Name of Excel sheet.
children	ReactElement	component that will obtain the onClick event to export to excel (the most common is a button).
currentTableRef	HTMLElement	the current of the table reference.

Example

import React, {useRef} from 'react';
import { DownloadTableExcel } from 'react-export-table-to-excel';

const Test = () =>  {
    const tableRef = useRef(null);

        return (
            <div>
                <DownloadTableExcel
                    filename="users table"
                    sheet="users"
                    currentTableRef={tableRef.current}
                >

                   <button> Export excel </button>

                </DownloadTableExcel>

                <table  ref={tableRef}>
                 <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Firstname</th>
                        <th>Lastname</th>
                        <th>Age</th>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Edison</td>
                        <td>Padilla</td>
                        <td>20</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Alberto</td>
                        <td>Lopez</td>
                        <td>94</td>
                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
                </table>

            </div>
        );
    }
}

export default Test

• Hook

A list of available properties can be found below. These must be passed to the containing useDownloadExcel hook.

Property	Type	Description
filename	string	Name of Excel file.
sheet	string	Name of Excel sheet.
currentTableRef	HTMLElement	the current of the table reference.

Example

import React, {useRef} from 'react';
import { useDownloadExcel } from 'react-export-table-to-excel';

const Test = () =>  {
    const tableRef = useRef(null);

    const { onDownload } = useDownloadExcel({
        currentTableRef: tableRef.current,
        filename: 'Users table',
        sheet: 'Users'
    })

        return (
            <div>
                <button onClick={onDownload}> Export excel </button>

                 <table  ref={tableRef}>
                  <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Firstname</th>
                        <th>Lastname</th>
                        <th>Age</th>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Edison</td>
                        <td>Padilla</td>
                        <td>20</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Alberto</td>
                        <td>Lopez</td>
                        <td>94</td>
                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
                </table>

            </div>
        );
    }
}

export default Test

• Method

A list of available properties can be found below. These must be passed to the downloadExcel method.

Property	Type	Description
filename	string	Name of Excel file.
sheet	string	Name of Excel sheet.
tablePayload	object	payload to download excel.

Example

import React from "react";
import { downloadExcel } from "react-export-table-to-excel";

const Test = () => {
  const header = ["Firstname", "Lastname", "Age"];
  const body = [
    ["Edison", "Padilla", 14],
    ["Cheila", "Rodrigez", 56],
  ];

  /**
   * @description:
   *  also accepts an array of objects; the method (downloadExcel) will take
   *  as order of each column, the order that each property of the object brings with it.
   *  the method(downloadExcel) will only take the value of each property.
   */
  const body2 = [
    { firstname: "Edison", lastname: "Padilla", age: 14 },
    { firstname: "Cheila", lastname: "Rodrigez", age: 56 },
  ];

  function handleDownloadExcel() {
    downloadExcel({
      fileName: "react-export-table-to-excel -> downloadExcel method",
      sheet: "react-export-table-to-excel",
      tablePayload: {
        header,
        // accept two different data structures
        body: body || body2,
      },
    });
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={handleDownloadExcel}>download excel</button>

      <table>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            {header.map((head) => (
              <th key={head}> {head} </th>
            ))}
          </tr>

          {body.map((item, i) => (
            <tr key={i}>
              {item.map((it) => (
                <td key={it}>{it}</td>
              ))}
            </tr>
          ))}
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
  );
};

export default Test;