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EXCELJS - adding an image above the column headers in exceljs


I am using exceljs library in react application. I am inserting my company logo on top of my data (and their headers), but my code just inserts it on top of everything.

const imageId2 = workbook.addImage({
        base64: myBase64Image,
        extension: 'png',
      });
      worksheet.addImage(imageId2, 'A1:D3');
      worksheet.mergeCells('A1:D3');
      worksheet.getRow(1).font = {
        name: 'Arial Black',
        bold: true,
      };
      worksheet.columns = rowHeader;
      worksheet.addRows(dataTableRows);

      workbook.xlsx.writeBuffer().then(data => {
        const blob = new Blob([data], {
          type: 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet',
        });

Alternatively, I could do this hack, but I don't know how to do this dynamically:

worksheet.addRow([rowHeader[0].key, rowHeader[1].key, rowHeader[2].key]);


Solution

  • https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs/issues/433 row headers looks like this:

    const rowHeader = [
      { key: 'xxx' },
      { key: 'adsff' },
      { key: 'ff' },
      { key: 'ffff' },
      { key: 'sdfasdf' },
      { key: 'fasdfads' },
      { key: 'fasdfasdf' },
      { key: 'fasdfadf' },
      { key: 'fasdfawsdft' },
    ];
    const imageId2 = workbook.addImage({
                base64: myBase64Image,
                extension: 'png',
              });
              worksheet.addImage(imageId2, 'A1:D3');
              worksheet.mergeCells('A1:D3');
              worksheet.addRow({});
              const col: string[] = [];
        
              rowHeader.forEach(header => {
                col.push(header.key);
              });
              const columnHeaders: string[] = Object.values(col);
              worksheet.getRow(5).values = columnHeaders;
              worksheet.getRow(5).font = {
                name: 'Arial Black',
                bold: true,
              };
              worksheet.columns = rowHeader;
              worksheet.addRows(dataTableRows);
        
              workbook.xlsx.writeBuffer().then(data => {
                const blob = new Blob([data], {
                  type: 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet',
                });
                const a = window.document.createElement('a');
                const downloadUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
                a.href = downloadUrl;
                a.download = `${fileName}.xlsx`;
                document.body.appendChild(a);
                a.click();
                document.body.removeChild(a);
                window.URL.revokeObjectURL(downloadUrl);
              });