xlsx-chart

Node.js excel chart builder

Quick start

Install

npm install xlsx-chart

Generate and write chart to file

var XLSXChart = require ("xlsx-chart");
var xlsxChart = new XLSXChart ();
var opts = {
	file: "chart.xlsx",
	chart: "column",
	titles: [
		"Title 1",
		"Title 2",
		"Title 3"
	],
	fields: [
		"Field 1",
		"Field 2",
		"Field 3",
		"Field 4"
	],
	data: {
		"Title 1": {
			"Field 1": 5,
			"Field 2": 10,
			"Field 3": 15,
			"Field 4": 20 
		},
		"Title 2": {
			"Field 1": 10,
			"Field 2": 5,
			"Field 3": 20,
			"Field 4": 15
		},
		"Title 3": {
			"Field 1": 20,
			"Field 2": 15,
			"Field 3": 10,
			"Field 4": 5
		}
	}
};
xlsxChart.writeFile (opts, function (err) {
  console.log ("File: ", opts.file);
});

Generate and download chart data

xlsxChart.generate (opts, function (err, data) {
	res.set ({
	  "Content-Type": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
	  "Content-Disposition": "attachment; filename=chart.xlsx",
	  "Content-Length": data.length
	});
	res.status (200).send (data);
});

Chart types

column, bar, line, area, radar, scatter, pie

Mixing

You can mix column, bar, line, area.

Custom template

Default templates: xlsx-chart/template/*.xlsx

var opts = {
	file: "chart.xlsx",
	chart: "column",
	templatePath: __dirname + "/myColumn.xlsx",
	...
};
xlsxChart.writeFile (opts, function (err) {
  console.log ("File: ", opts.file);
});

Multiple charts (one type)

Only column chart. For other types use custom template.

let fs = require ("fs");
let XLSXChart = require ("xlsx-chart");
let xlsxChart = new XLSXChart ();
let opts = {
	charts: [{
		chart: "column",
		titles: [
			"Title 1",
			"Title 2",
			"Title 3"
		],
		fields: [
			"Field 1",
			"Field 2",
			"Field 3",
			"Field 4"
		],
		data: {
			"Title 1": {
				"Field 1": 5,
				"Field 2": 10,
				"Field 3": 15,
				"Field 4": 20
			},
			"Title 2": {
				"Field 1": 10,
				"Field 2": 5,
				"Field 3": 20,
				"Field 4": 15
			},
			"Title 3": {
				"Field 1": 20,
				"Field 2": 15,
				"Field 3": 10,
				"Field 4": 5
			}
		},
		chartTitle: "Title 1"
	}, {
		chart: "column",
		titles: [
			"Title 1",
			"Title 2",
			"Title 3"
		],
		fields: [
			"Field 1",
			"Field 2",
			"Field 3",
			"Field 4"
		],
		data: {
			"Title 1": {
				"Field 1": 5,
				"Field 2": 10,
				"Field 3": 15,
				"Field 4": 20
			},
			"Title 2": {
				"Field 1": 10,
				"Field 2": 5,
				"Field 3": 20,
				"Field 4": 15
			},
			"Title 3": {
				"Field 1": 20,
				"Field 2": 15,
				"Field 3": 10,
				"Field 4": 5
			}
		},
		chartTitle: "Title 2"
	}, {
		chart: "column",
		titles: [
			"Title 1",
			"Title 2",
		],
		fields: [
			"Field 1",
			"Field 2",
			"Field 3",
		],
		data: {
			"Title 1": {
				"Field 1": 15,
				"Field 2": 30,
				"Field 3": 45,
			},
			"Title 2": {
				"Field 1": 5,
				"Field 2": 2,
				"Field 3": 10
			}
		},
		chartTitle: "Title 3"
	}]
};
xlsxChart.generate (opts, function (err, data) {
	fs.writeFileSync ("chart.xlsx", data);
});