godzie44 / xls2csv-go

Package xls2csv is a Golang package which converts XLS file to CSV records. It's based on libxls and xls2csv.

xls2csv-go

Package xls2csv is a Golang package which converts XLS file to CSV records. It's based on libxls and xls2csv.

Install xls2csv package

• xls2csv requires libxls to be installed.

  • Install libxls

      wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libxls/libxls-0.2.0.tar.gz
      tar -xzvf libxls-0.2.0.tar.gz
      cd libxls-0.2.0
      ./configure
      make
      sudo make install
    

  • Add libxls lib path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH

    • Create a new /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libxls.conf

          sudo vi /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libxls.conf
      
          // Add path of libxls to this file
          /usr/local/libxls/lib
      

    • Update LD_LIBRARY_PATH

        sudo ldconfig
        // Check libxlsreader.so
        sudo ldconfig -p | grep libxls
      

• Install xls2csv package

    CGO_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/libxls/include CGO_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/libxls/lib -l xlsreader" go get github.com/northbright/xls2csv-go/xls2csv
  

Usage

package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/northbright/xls2csv-go/xls2csv"
)

func main() {
    var err error

    f := "/home/xx/my.xls"
    sheetId := 0
    records := [][]string{}

    // Call XLS2CSV() to convert XLS and get all records.
    if records, err = xls2csv.XLS2CSV(f, sheetId); err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("err: %v\n", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Printf("records: %v\n", records)
}

Build and Test Your App

• Do not forget to add CGO_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/libxls/include CGO_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/libxls/lib -l xlsreader" before go build or go test

    CGO_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/libxls/include CGO_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/libxls/lib -l xlsreader" go build
  

Documentation

• API References

License

• MIT License