How to Convert Excel File into JSON in Javascript

Websolutionstuff | Jul-07-2021 | Categories : jQuery

Today in this small post i will show you how to convert excel file into json in javascript. Many time we have requirment to convert excel data into json and need to import into database so here, we will convert excel file into json object using javascript.

Here, we are creating html file to export excel to json data example.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    <title>How to Convert Excel File into JSON in Javascript</title>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/xlsx/0.15.3/xlsx.full.min.js"
    ></script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <input type="file" id="fileUpload" accept=".xls,.xlsx" /><br />
    <button type="button" id="uploadExcel">Convert</button>
    <pre id="jsonData"></pre>
  </body>
  <script>
    var selectedFile;
    document
      .getElementById("fileUpload")
      .addEventListener("change", function(event) {
        selectedFile = event.target.files[0];
      });
    document
      .getElementById("uploadExcel")
      .addEventListener("click", function() {
        if (selectedFile) {
          var fileReader = new FileReader();
          fileReader.onload = function(event) {
            var data = event.target.result;

            var workbook = XLSX.read(data, {
              type: "binary"
            });
            workbook.SheetNames.forEach(sheet => {
              let rowObject = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_row_object_array(
                workbook.Sheets[sheet]
              );
              let jsonObject = JSON.stringify(rowObject);
              document.getElementById("jsonData").innerHTML = jsonObject;
              console.log(jsonObject);
            });
          };
          fileReader.readAsBinaryString(selectedFile);
        }
      });
  </script>
</html>

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