tableExport.jquery.plugin
A jQuery plugin to export HTML tables to multiple formats including CSV, Excel, PDF, and PNG.
What is tableExport.jquery.plugin?
tableExport.jquery.plugin is a jQuery plugin that allows developers to export HTML table data to various file formats directly in the browser. It solves the need for client-side data export without requiring server-side processing, supporting formats like CSV, Excel, PDF, and PNG.
Frontend developers and web application builders who need to implement table data export functionality in jQuery-based projects.
It provides a comprehensive, client-side export solution with extensive format support and customization options, reducing server dependencies and simplifying integration into existing jQuery applications.
Overview
jQuery plugin to export a html table to JSON, XML, CSV, TSV, TXT, SQL, Word, Excel, PNG and PDF
Use Cases
Best For
- Adding export buttons to jQuery-based admin dashboards
- Enabling data download from dynamic HTML tables in web applications
- Generating client-side reports in Excel or PDF format
- Exporting table data for offline analysis without server calls
- Creating printable or shareable versions of HTML table content
- Converting visual table layouts into PNG images for documentation
Not Ideal For
- Modern web applications built with frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular, due to its jQuery dependency and lack of integration.
- Projects requiring server-side data processing or handling very large datasets, as client-side export can be slow and memory-intensive.
- Teams needing an actively maintained library with regular updates and security patches, since this project is deprecated and unsupported.
- Applications where minimizing frontend dependencies is critical, given the multiple external libraries (FileSaver, SheetJS, jsPDF) required for full functionality.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Exports to 12+ formats including CSV, XLSX, PDF, and PNG, leveraging libraries like SheetJS and jsPDF for comprehensive output options as detailed in the README.
All processing occurs in the browser, reducing server load and enabling offline exports without backend calls, ideal for dynamic web applications.
Offers numerous configuration settings, callbacks like onCellData, and HTML data attributes for fine-grained control over cell content, formatting, and visibility during export.
Supports multiple Excel formats (XLS, XLSX, XML) and PDF generators (jsPDF, pdfmake) with options for styling, auto-table layouts, and international fonts for non-western characters.
Cons
The project is explicitly marked as deprecated in the README, meaning no bug fixes, security updates, or compatibility with new browser versions, posing significant long-term risks.
Requires including multiple external libraries (FileSaver, SheetJS, jsPDF, html2canvas) in a specific order, increasing page weight and potential integration errors, with additional polyfills for IE11 support.
Built as a jQuery plugin, it's incompatible with modern JavaScript frameworks without workarounds, limiting adoption in contemporary frontend stacks and adding legacy overhead.
Client-side export can be slow for large tables, and Excel formats like XLSHTML may trigger warnings in newer Excel versions due to file extension mismatches, as noted in the README.
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