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Generate various data from Excel spreadsheet
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Generate various data from Excel spreadsheet

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/knjcode/autometa
• Owner: knjcode
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2014-07-27T10:37:39.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-10-20T15:40:23.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-06T02:31:18.993Z (3 months ago)
• Language: CoffeeScript
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• Size: 110 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# autometa [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]

Generate various data from Excel spreadsheet.

## Overview

![overview](images/overview.png)

1. Extract "A1" cell value as "Template ID" from each Excel worksheet

2. Extract all cells value according to [Template ID].csv

3. Embed these values into [Template ID].ejs

4. Save as FileName specified in an Excel worksheet

## Installation

via [npm (node package manager)](http://github.com/isaacs/npm)

    $ npm install -g autometa

## Examples

### Basic example

Generate data from note-example.xlsx as mentioned in the overview above.

    $ autometa note-example.xlsx

### Horizontal repetitive elements example

Generate data from Excel spreadsheet includes an element repeated horizontally.

    $ autometa test-repeat.xlsx

test-repeat.xlsx

![test-repeat.xlsx](images/test-repeat.png)

catalog.csv

    FileName,B2

    Title,B3

    Artist,B4

    Country,B5

    Company,B6

    Price,B7

    Year,B8

catalog.ejs

    

    <% for (i=0; i

      

        <%- Title[i] %>

        <%- Artist[i] %>

        <%- Country[i] %>

        <%- Company[i] %>

        <%- Price[i] %>

        <%- Year[i] %>

      

    <% } -%>

    

### Vertical repetitive elements example

Generate data from Excel spreadsheet includes an element repeated vertically.

test-repeat2.xlsx

![test-repeat2.xlsx](images/test-repeat2.png)

catalog-v.csv

    FileName,A2

    Title,A4

    Artist,B4

    Country,C4

    Company,D4

    Price,E4

    Year,F4

catalog-v.ejs (same as catalog.ejs)

    

    <% for (i=0; i

      

        <%- Title[i] %>

        <%- Artist[i] %>

        <%- Country[i] %>

        <%- Company[i] %>

        <%- Price[i] %>

        <%- Year[i] %>

      

    <% } -%>

    

### Horizontal and vertical repetitive elements

Of course, you can generate data from Excel spreadsheet includes elements repeated horizontally and vertically.

## Multiple worksheets

You can get data from each worksheet of Excel spreadsheets.

## Templates directory

Autometa search templates ([Template ID].csv and [Template ID].ejs) in the current directory of input file first.  

If templates not found, search default templates directory ([autometa package directory]/templates).  

If you want to add templates directory, set AUTOMETA_TEMPLATES environment variable.

    $ export AUTOMETA_TEMPLATES="/path/to/your/templates"

## Original Templates

If you want to define original templates, create [Template ID].csv, [Template ID].ejs and place these files in the templates directory.  

You can use ect templates ([Template ID].ect) instead of ejs templates. If both ejs and ect templates exist, autometa will use ejs.

You can also place templates by register option (-r or --register-templates).

    $ autometa -r [Template ID].ejs [Template ID].csv

    $ Register success: [Template ID].ejs placed on [templates directory]

    $ Register success: [Template ID].csv placed on [templates directory]

## Set a filename manually

If you want to set a filename of first sheet manually, use `-o, --output` option.

    $ autometa -o /path/to/your/filename note-example.xlsx

If specified filename is "/dev/stdout" or "-", autometa place output on stdout.

    $ autometa -o /dev/stdout note-example.xlsx

When you use this option, Excel worksheet's FileName is ignored.

## Set a Template ID manually

If you want to set a Template ID manually, use `-t, --set-template-id` option.

    $ autometa -t your-template-id note-example.xlsx

When you set this option, Excel worksheet's Template ID is ignored.

## Usage manual

    $ autometa -h

      Usage: autometa [options] 

      Options:

        -h, --help                           output usage information

        -v, --version                        output the version number

        -f, --force                          overwrite existing files

        -p, --print-templates-dirs           print templates directories

        -o, --output                         set output file name of first

                                             sheet manually

        -r, --register-templates      register template files

        -t, --set-template-id   set a Template ID manually

    Environment variable:

    AUTOMETA_TEMPLATES         Set ":"-separated list of directories,

                               if you want to change templates directory.

## Dependencies

commander, ect, ejs, xlsjs, xlsx, readline-sync

## References

Example data in reference to [XML Examples]

## License

Copyright © 2014-2016 [Kenji Doi (knjcode)](https://github.com/knjcode)  

Licensed under the [Apache License, Version 2.0][Apache]

[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/autometa

[npm-image]: https://badge.fury.io/js/autometa.svg

[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/knjcode/autometa

[travis-image]: https://travis-ci.org/knjcode/autometa.svg?branch=master

[Apache]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

[XML Examples]: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_examples.asp