@mdgate/xlsx 0.6.8 → 0.6.10

package/README.md

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 # @mdgate/xlsx
 
-Convert Excel workbooks to Markdown tables. Outputs GitHub-Flavored Markdown. Works in Node, Edge, and
-browsers. No native addons.
+**Convert Excel workbooks to Markdown in TypeScript.**
 
-Handles: `.xlsx`, `.xlsm`, `.xlsb`, `.xls`, `.xltx`, `.xltm`, `.xlt`
+[`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) reads `.xlsx`, `.xlsm`, `.xlsb`, `.xls`, `.xltx`, `.xltm`, and `.xlt` files directly in JavaScript and converts sheets into GitHub-Flavored Markdown tables, without Python, native addons, WASM, or Excel.
 
-## Usage
+Works in **Node.js, Cloudflare Workers, Edge runtimes, and browsers**.
+
+```bash
+npm install @mdgate/xlsx
+```
+
+```ts
+import { toMarkdown } from '@mdgate/xlsx';
+
+const markdown = await toMarkdown(bytes);
+```
+
+`bytes` is a `Uint8Array`, so the workbook can come from a file upload, object storage, an HTTP request, a browser file picker, or anywhere else your application gets bytes.
+
+---
+
+## Why [`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx)
+
+Spreadsheets are how a lot of operational truth is stored: inventories, reports, exports from other systems.
+
+[`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) is a workbook reader written for the same runtime as your application:
+
+* **Pure TypeScript**
+* **Excel → Markdown locally**
+* **No Python runtime**
+* **No native addons**
+* **No WASM runtime**
+* **Zero third-party runtime dependencies**
+* **Works with raw `Uint8Array` input**
+* **Detects Excel packages and binary workbooks from their contents, not only the filename**
+
+Use it when an agent or search index needs sheet contents as text, not a spreadsheet UI.
+
+---
+
+## What it extracts
+
+[`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) parses OOXML, XLSB, and binary `.xls` workbooks into a shared document model.
+
+The converter handles Excel-specific concerns including:
+
+* one Markdown section per sheet
+* GitHub-Flavored Markdown tables
+* merged cells
+* header-row detection
+* number formats (dates, percents, currency-style text)
+* shared strings and typed cell values
+* encrypted workbook detection
+
+The output is Markdown that can be searched, indexed, chunked, cached, or passed directly to an AI agent.
+
+CSV is a different format. Use [`@mdgate/csv`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/csv) for `.csv` / `.tsv`.
+
+---
+
+## Node.js
+
+```ts
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { toMarkdown } from '@mdgate/xlsx';
+
+const bytes = new Uint8Array(await readFile('sheet.xlsx'));
+const markdown = await toMarkdown(bytes);
+
+console.log(markdown);
+```
+
+---
+
+## Browser
+
+```ts
+import { toMarkdown } from '@mdgate/xlsx';
+
+const file = input.files![0];
+const bytes = new Uint8Array(await file.arrayBuffer());
+
+const markdown = await toMarkdown(bytes);
+```
+
+---
+
+## Cloudflare Workers and Edge runtimes
 
 ```ts
 import { toMarkdown } from '@mdgate/xlsx';
 
+export default {
+  async fetch(request: Request) {
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(await request.arrayBuffer());
+    const markdown = await toMarkdown(bytes);
+
+    return new Response(markdown, {
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'text/markdown; charset=utf-8',
+      },
+    });
+  },
+};
+```
+
+```text
+upload XLSX
+↓
+Cloudflare Worker
+↓
+@mdgate/xlsx
+↓
+Markdown
+↓
+agent / search / index / storage
+```
+
+---
+
+## Format detection
+
+You do not need to trust the file extension.
+
+[`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) recognizes Excel OOXML packages and binary `.xls` OLE streams from their contents.
+
+```ts
 const markdown = await toMarkdown(bytes);
 ```
 
-Compose with other converters:
+A path can still be supplied as a format hint when [`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) is used through [`@mdgate/converters`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/converters) or a reader composed with [`@mdgate/core`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/core), but the path is never used to read a file from disk.
+
+---
+
+## Encrypted workbooks
+
+Encrypted or password-protected workbooks are reported as encrypted rather than returning misleading partial output.
+
+---
+
+## Compose it with other file readers
+
+[`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) implements the converter interface from [`@mdgate/core`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/core).
 
 ```ts
 import { create } from '@mdgate/core';
 import { xlsx } from '@mdgate/xlsx';
+import { csv } from '@mdgate/csv';
+import { pdf } from '@mdgate/pdf';
+
+const read = create([
+  xlsx(),
+  csv(),
+  pdf(),
+]);
+```
+
+The application still uses one reading interface while each format remains independently installable.
+
+---
+
+## Need more than Excel?
 
-const convert = create([xlsx()]);
+If your application needs to read many different file types, use the complete converter set:
+
+```bash
+npm install @mdgate/converters
+```
+
+```ts
+import { toMarkdown } from '@mdgate/converters';
+
+const markdown = await toMarkdown(bytes, {
+  path: filename,
+});
 ```
 
-Part of [mdgate converters](https://github.com/mdgate/converters); install
-`@mdgate/converters` for every format at once.
+[`@mdgate/xlsx`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters/tree/main/packages/xlsx) is one of the single-format packages in the open-source [`mdgate/converters`](https://github.com/mdgate/converters) project.
+
+For AI agents, the same converter architecture can be used to extend `read_file` from text files to real-world document formats.
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+MIT

package/package.json

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "@mdgate/xlsx",
-  "version": "0.6.8",
+  "version": "0.6.10",
   "description": "mdgate Excel converter (xlsx/xlsm/xlsb/xls)",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "homepage": "https://demo.mdgate.dev",
+  "homepage": "https://convert.mdgate.dev",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/mdgate/converters.git",
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "bun run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@mdgate/containers": "0.6.8",
-    "@mdgate/core": "0.6.8",
-    "@mdgate/document": "0.6.8",
-    "@mdgate/utils": "0.6.8"
+    "@mdgate/containers": "0.6.10",
+    "@mdgate/core": "0.6.10",
+    "@mdgate/document": "0.6.10",
+    "@mdgate/utils": "0.6.10"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"