Excel xml for download

by cent cent

HTML

<a id="test" href="">Test.xls</a>

JavaScript

// Test script to generate a file from JavaScript such
// that MS Excel will honor non-ASCII characters.

testJson = [
    {
        "name": "Tony Peña",
        "city": "New York",
        "country": "United States",
        "birthdate": "1978-03-15",
        "amount": 42

    },
    {
        "name": "Ζαλώνης Thessaloniki",
        "city": "Athens",
        "country": "Greece",
        "birthdate": "1987-11-23",
        "amount": 42
    }
];

// Simple type mapping; dates can be hard
// and I would prefer to simply use `datevalue`
// ... you could even add the formula in here.
testTypes = {
    "name": "String",
    "city": "String",
    "country": "String",
    "birthdate": "String",
    "amount": "Number"
};

emitXmlHeader = function () {
    var headerRow =  '<ss:Row>\n';
    for (var colName in testTypes) {
        headerRow += '  <ss:Cell>\n';
        headerRow += '    <ss:Data ss:Type="String">';
        headerRow += colName + '</ss:Data>\n';
        headerRow += '  </ss:Cell>\n';        
    }
    headerRow += '</ss:Row>\n';    
    return '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n' +
           '<ss:Workbook xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet">\n' +
           '<ss:Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">\n' +
           '<ss:Table>\n\n' + headerRow;
};

emitXmlFooter = function() {
    return '\n</ss:Table>\n' +
           '</ss:Worksheet>\n' +
           '</ss:Workbook>\n';
};

jsonToSsXml = function (jsonObject) {
    var row;
    var col;
    var xml;
    var data = typeof jsonObject != "object" ? JSON.parse(jsonObject) : jsonObject;
    
    xml = emitXmlHeader();

    for (row = 0; row < data.length; row++) {
        xml += '<ss:Row>\n';
      
        for (col in data[row]) {
            xml += '  <ss:Cell>\n';
            xml += '    <ss:Data ss:Type="' + testTypes[col]  + '">';
            xml += data[row][col] + '</ss:Data>\n';
            xml += '  </ss:Cell>\n';
        }

        xml += '</ss:Row>\n';
    }
    
    xml += emitXmlFooter();
    return...