plugin-export-workbook

When embedding Flatfile, this plugin should be deployed in a server-side listener. Learn more

Parameters

jobName - string - (optional)

The name of job that the plugin will fire on. If not provided, workbook:downloadWorkbook will be used.

excludedSheets - string[] - (optional)

An array of sheets to be excluded from the export

excludeFields - string[] - (optional)

An array of fields to be excluded from the export

recordFilter - Flatfile.Filter - (optional)

Allows filtering exported records to valid or error. By default all records will be exported

includeRecordIds - boolean - (optional)

Includes the record's ID

autoDownload - boolean - (optional)

Automatically download the file after exporting

debug - boolean - (optional)

The debug parameter lets you toggle on/off helpful debugging messages for development purposes.

Usage

An action with the operation name of "downloadWorkbook" must be configured on a Workbook (not a Sheet) in order for the plugin to be triggered.

workbook.config.json

  // ... inside Workbook configuration
  "actions": [
    {
      "operation": "downloadWorkbook",
      "mode": "foreground",
      "label": "Download Excel Workbook",
      "description": "Downloads Excel Workbook of Data",
      "primary": true
    }
  ]
  // ...

Install

npm i @flatfile/plugin-export-workbook

listener.js

import type { FlatfileListener } from "@flatfile/listener";

import { exportWorkbookPlugin } from "@flatfile/plugin-export-workbook";

export default function (listener: FlatfileListener) {
  listener.use(exportWorkbookPlugin());
}