Excel to JSON parsing - json

Question

I am trying to parse Excel data to JSON to feed drop downs in HTML. I am having a hard time getting this to work. I have looked all over the web. I am new to javascript so i find it overwhelming.
There seems to be a lot of scripting and to make this work. If anyone can help and explain how to set this up i would be greatly appreciative.
Thanks All,
HAppleknocker

Answer 1

This article explained clearly how to make the JSON object from a Excel File. After getting the JSON object as a string you can use it to do anything.
In here used sheet js and sample javaScript code available on GitHub.
How to convert Excel data into JSON object using JavaScript
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#fileUploader").change(function(evt){
var selectedFile = evt.target.files[0]; //Get the ExcelFile
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
var data = event.target.result;
var workbook = XLSX.read(data, {
type: 'binary'
});
workbook.SheetNames.forEach(function(sheetName) {
var XL_row_object = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_row_object_array(workbook.Sheets[sheetName]);
var json_object = JSON.stringify(XL_row_object);
document.getElementById("jsonObject").innerHTML = json_object;
})
};
reader.onerror = function(event) {
console.error("File could not be read! Code " + event.target.error.code);
};
reader.readAsBinaryString(selectedFile);
});
});
</script>