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Excelize - Library to Write to and Read from XLSX Files

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Golang library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel™ (XLSX) files.
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Introduction

Excelize is a library written in pure Go providing a set of functions that allow you to write to and read from XLAM / XLSM / XLSX / XLTM / XLTX files. Supports reading and writing spreadsheet documents generated by Microsoft Excel™ 2007 and later. Supports complex components by high compatibility, and provided streaming API for generating or reading data from a worksheet with huge amounts of data. This library needs Go version 1.15 or later. The full API docs can be seen using Go's built-in documentation tool, or online at go.dev and docs reference.

Basic Usage

Installation

Go
go get github.com/xuri/excelize/v2

Create spreadsheet

Here is a minimal example usage that will create XLSX file.

Go
package main

import "github.com/xuri/excelize/v2"

func main() {
    f := excelize.NewFile()
    // Create a new sheet.
    index := f.NewSheet("Sheet2")
    // Set value of a cell.
    f.SetCellValue("Sheet2", "A2", "Hello world.")
    f.SetCellValue("Sheet1", "B2", 100)
    // Set active sheet of the workbook.
    f.SetActiveSheet(index)
    // Save xlsx file by the given path.
    if err := f.SaveAs("Book1.xlsx"); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
    }
}

Reading spreadsheet

The following constitutes the bare to read a XLSX document.

Objective-C
package main

import "github.com/360EntSecGroup-Skylar/excelize"

func main() {
    f, err := excelize.OpenFile("Book1.xlsx")
    if err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
        return
    }
    // Get value from cell by given worksheet name and axis.
    cell, err := f.GetCellValue("Sheet1", "B2")
    if err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
        return
    }
    println(cell)
    // Get all the rows in the Sheet1.
    rows, err := f.GetRows("Sheet1")
    for _, row := range rows {
        for _, colCell := range row {
            print(colCell, "\t")
        }
        println()
    }
}

Add chart to XLSX file

With Excelize chart generation and management is as easy as a few lines of code. You can build charts based off data in your worksheet or generate charts without any data in your worksheet at all.

Add chart to Excel document

Go
package main

import "github.com/xuri/excelize/v2"

func main() {
    categories := map[string]string{"A2": "Small", "A3": "Normal", "A4": "Large", "B1": "Apple", "C1": "Orange", "D1": "Pear"}
    values := map[string]int{"B2": 2, "C2": 3, "D2": 3, "B3": 5, "C3": 2, "D3": 4, "B4": 6, "C4": 7, "D4": 8}
    f := excelize.NewFile()
    for k, v := range categories {
        f.SetCellValue("Sheet1", k, v)
    }
    for k, v := range values {
        f.SetCellValue("Sheet1", k, v)
    }
    if err := f.AddChart("Sheet1", "E1", `{"type":"col3DClustered","series":[{"name":"Sheet1!$A$2","categories":"Sheet1!$B$1:$D$1","values":"Sheet1!$B$2:$D$2"},{"name":"Sheet1!$A$3","categories":"Sheet1!$B$1:$D$1","values":"Sheet1!$B$3:$D$3"},{"name":"Sheet1!$A$4","categories":"Sheet1!$B$1:$D$1","values":"Sheet1!$B$4:$D$4"}],"title":{"name":"Fruit 3D Clustered Column Chart"}}`); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
        return
    }
    // Save xlsx file by the given path.
    if err := f.SaveAs("Book1.xlsx"); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
    }
}

Add picture to spreadsheet

Go
package main

import (
    _ "image/gif"
    _ "image/jpeg"
    _ "image/png"

    "github.com/xuri/excelize/v2"
)

func main() {
    f, err := excelize.OpenFile("Book1.xlsx")
    if err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
        return
    }
    // Insert a picture.
    if err := f.AddPicture("Sheet1", "A2", "image.png", ""); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
    }
    // Insert a picture to worksheet with scaling.
    if err := f.AddPicture("Sheet1", "D2", "image.jpg", `{"x_scale": 0.5, "y_scale": 0.5}`); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
    }
    // Insert a picture offset in the cell with printing support.
    if err := f.AddPicture("Sheet1", "H2", "image.gif", `{"x_offset": 15, "y_offset": 10, "print_obj": true, "lock_aspect_ratio": false, "locked": false}`); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
    }
    // Save the xlsx file with the origin path.
    if err = f.Save(); err != nil {
        println(err.Error())
    }
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Open a pull request to fix a bug, or open an issue to discuss a new feature or change. XML is compliant with part 1 of the 5th edition of the ECMA-376 Standard for Office Open XML.

Licenses

This program is under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License. See https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.

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