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Function to convert a HTML table to Excel, and to trigger download
var htmlTableToExcel = (function () {
var uri = 'data:application/vnd.ms-excel;base64,'
, template = '<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><x:ExcelWorkbook><x:ExcelWorksheets><x:ExcelWorksheet><x:Name>{worksheet}</x:Name><x:WorksheetOptions><x:DisplayGridlines/></x:WorksheetOptions></x:ExcelWorksheet></x:ExcelWorksheets></x:ExcelWorkbook></xml><![endif]--></head><body><table>{table}</table></body></html>'
, base64 = function(s) {return btoa(encodeURIComponent(s).replace(/%([0-9A-F]{2})/g, function(match, p1) {
return String.fromCharCode('0x' + p1);
}));
, format = function (s, c) { return s.replace(/{(\w+)}/g, function (m, p) { return c[p]; }); };
return function (table, name, filename) {
if (!table.nodeType) table = document.getElementById(table);
var ctx = { worksheet: name || 'Worksheet', table: table.innerHTML };
var anchor = document.createElement('a');
anchor.href = uri + base64(format(template, ctx));
anchor.download = filename;
anchor.click();
};
})();
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ArtBIT commented Mar 23, 2017

Usage example:

<table id="exampleTable">...</table>
<a onclick="htmlTableToExcel('exampleTable', 'Sheet1', 'example.xls')">Open in Excel</a>

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