All examples
framework
Express.js upload endpoint
Parse files uploaded to a Node.js server.
An Express route that uses Multer for uploads and TabularJS for conversion — ready for production.
js
import express from 'express';
import multer from 'multer';
import tabularjs from 'tabularjs';
const app = express();
const upload = multer();
app.post('/convert', upload.single('file'), async (req, res) => {
try {
const result = await tabularjs(req.file.buffer, { name: req.file.originalname });
res.json(result);
} catch (err) {
res.status(400).json({ error: err.message });
}
});
app.listen(3000);Live Preview
Sample output for a file with employee data.
stdout
{
"worksheets": [
{
"name": "Sheet1",
"data": [
["Name", "Department", "Salary", "Start Date"],
["Alice Johnson", "Engineering", 95000, "2021-03-15"],
["Bob Smith", "Marketing", 72000, "2022-01-10"],
["Carol Williams", "Engineering", 88000, "2020-07-22"],
["David Brown", "Design", 68000, "2023-02-08"],
["Eve Davis", "Engineering", 102000, "2019-11-30"]
]
}
]
}