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Function to convert a HTML table to Excel, and to trigger download
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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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