@odfjs/odfjs

Small lib to parse/understand .odf files (.odt, .ods) in the browser and node.js

Rough roadmap

• add odt templating
• remove support for xlsx
• add a .ods minifyer
• add a generic .ods visualizer
• move to a dedicated odf docs org
• add a quick .odt visualiser (maybe converting to markdown first?)

Usage

Install

npm i https://github.com/odfjs/odfjs.git#v0.26.0

Basic - reading an ods file

import {tableRawContentToObjects, tableWithoutEmptyRows, getODSTableRawContent} from '@odfjs/odfjs'

/**
 * @param {ArrayBuffer} odsFile - content of an .ods file
 * @return {Promise<any[]>}
 */ 
async function getFileData(odsFile){
    return getODSTableRawContent(odsFile)
        .then(tableWithoutEmptyRows)
        .then(tableRawContentToObjects)
}

The return value is an array of objects where the keys are the column names in the first row and the values are automatically converted from the .ods files (which type numbers, strings, booleans and dates) to the appropriate JavaScript value

Basic - creating an ods file

import {createOdsFile} from '@odfjs/odfjs'

const content = new Map([
    [
        'La feuille',
        [
            [
                {value: '37', type: 'float'},
                {value: '26', type: 'string'}
            ]
        ],
    ],
    [
        "L'autre feuille",
        [
            [
                {value: '1', type: 'string'},
                {value: '2', type: 'string'},
                {value: '3', type: 'string'},
                {value: '5', type: 'string'},
                {value: '8', type: 'string'}
            ]
        ],
    ]
])

const ods = await createOdsFile(content)
// ods is an ArrayBuffer representing an ods file with the content described by the Map

(and there is a tool to test file creation: node tools/create-an-ods-file.js > yo.ods)

Filling an .odt template

odf.js proposes a template syntax

In an .odt file, write the following:

Hey {nom}! 

Your birthdate is {dateNaissance}

And then run the code:

import {join} from 'node:path';

import {getOdtTemplate} from '../scripts/odf/odtTemplate-forNode.js'
import {fillOdtTemplate} from '../scripts/node.js'

// replace with your template path
const templatePath = join(import.meta.dirname, './tests/data/template-anniversaire.odt')
const data = {
    nom: 'David Bruant',
    dateNaissance: '8 mars 1987'
}

const odtTemplate = await getOdtTemplate(templatePath)
const odtResult = await fillOdtTemplate(odtTemplate, data)

process.stdout.write(new Uint8Array(odtResult))

There are also loops in the form:

- {#each listeCourses as élément}
- {élément}
- {/each}

They can be used to generate lists or tables in .odt files from data and a template using this syntax

Demo

https://odfjs.github.io/odfjs/

Local dev

npm install
npm run dev

Expectations and licence

I hope to be credited for the work on this repo

Everything written by me and contributors to this repo is licenced under CC0 1.0 (Public Domain)