react-spreadsheet-import

RSI react-spreadsheet-import

A component for importing XLS / XLSX / CSV documents. Automatic column matching and custom validation rules. All styles and texts are customisable.

Demo

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Getting started

npm i react-spreadsheet-import

Using the component: (it's up to you when the flow is open and what you do on submit with the imported data)

import { ReactSpreadsheetImport } from "react-spreadsheet-import";

<ReactSpreadsheetImport
  isOpen={isOpen}
  onClose={onClose}
  onSubmit={onSubmit}
  fields={fields}
/>

Required Props

  // Determines if modal is visible.
  isOpen: Boolean
  // Called when flow is closed without reaching submit.
  onClose: () => void 
  // Called after user completes the flow. Provides data array, where data keys matches your field keys.
  onSubmit: (data) => void 

Fields

Fields describe what data you are trying to collect.

const fields = [
  {
    // Visible in table header and when matching columns.
    label: "Name",
    // This is the key used for this field when we call onSubmit.
    key: "name",
    // Allows for better automatic column matching. Optional.
    alternateMatches: ["first name", "first"],
    // Used when editing and validating information.
    fieldType: {
      // There are 3 types - "input" / "checkbox" / "select".
      type: "input",
    },
    // Used in the first step to provide an example of what data is expected in this field. Optional.
    example: "Stephanie",
    // Can have multiple validations that are visible in Validation Step table.
    validations: [
      {
        // Can be "required" / "unique" / "regex"
        rule: "required",
        errorMessage: "Name is required",
        // There can be "info" / "warning" / "error" levels. Optional. Default "error".
        level: "error",
      },
    ],
  },
] as const

Optional Props

Hooks

You can transform and validate data with custom hooks. There are 3 hooks that have different performance tradeoffs:

• initialHook - runs only once after column matching. Operations that should run once should be done here.
• tableHook - runs at the start and on any change. Runs on all rows. Very expensive, but can change rows that depend on other rows.
• rowHook - runs at the start and on any row change. Runs only on the rows changed. Fastest, most validations and transformations should be done here.

Example:

<ReactSpreadsheetImport
  rowHook={(data, addError) => {
    // Validation
    if (data.name === "John") {
      addError("name", { message: "No Johns allowed", level: "info" })
    }
    // Transformation
    return { ...data, name: "Not John" }
    // Sorry John
  }}
/>

Other optional props

  // Allows submitting with errors. Default: true
  allowInvalidSubmit?: boolean
  // Translations for each text. See customisation bellow
  translations?: object
  // Theme configuration passed to underlying Chakra-UI. See customisation bellow
  customTheme?: object
  // Specifies maximum number of rows for a single import
  maxRecords?: number
  // Maximum upload filesize (in bytes)
  maxFileSize?: number
  // Automatically map imported headers to specified fields if possible. Default: true
  autoMapHeaders?: boolean
  // Headers matching accuracy: 1 for strict and up for more flexible matching. Default: 2
  autoMapDistance?: number

Customisation

Customising styles (colors, fonts)

Underneath we use Chakra-UI, you can send in a custom theme for us to apply. Read more about themes here

<ReactSpreadsheetImport
  customTheme={yourTheme}
/>

You can see all the changable styles here

Changing text (translations)

You can change any text in the flow:

<ReactSpreadsheetImport
  translations={{
    uploadStep: {
      title: "Upload Employees",
    },
  }}
/>

You can see all the translation keys here

VS other libraries

Flatfile vs react-spreadsheet-import and Dromo vs react-spreadsheet-import:

	RSI	Flatfile	Dromo
Licence	MIT	Proprietary	Proprietary
Price	Free	Paid	Paid
Support	Github Issues	Enterprise	Enterprise
Self-host	Yes	Paid	Paid
Hosted solution	In development	Yes	No
On-prem deployment	N/A	Yes	Yes
Hooks	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automatic header matching	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data validation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom styling	Yes	Yes	Yes
Translations	Yes	Yes	No
Trademarked words Data Hooks	No	Yes	No

React-spreadsheet-import can be used as a free and open-source alternative to Flatfile and Dromo.

Contributing

Feel free to open issues if you have any questions or notice bugs. If you want different component behaviour, consider forking the project.

Credits

Created by Ugnis. Julita Kriauciunaite and Karolis Masiulis. You can contact us at [e-mail]