Convert Excel to Fixed Width using an API

Use our API to convert your Excel 2007+ (.xlsx) data to Fixed Width/Fixed Length

Convert to

POST https://dataconverter.io/api/v1/convert/xlsx-to-fixed-width

After signing up and verifying your email, you will be able to create an API Token in your account settings.

Headers

Authorization (required) Bearer <<YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE>>

Request Body — (multipart/form-data)

file (required) string <binary>

uploadSettings

object

{
  "sheetName" : "Sheet1",
  "startingRow" : 0,
  "lastRow" : -1,
  "startingColumn" : 0,
  "skipEmptyRows" : true,
  "fieldNamesInFirstRow" : true,
  "evaluateExpressions" : true,
  "useSheetColumnCount" : false
}

downloadSettings

object

{
  "fields" : [ {
    "name" : "title",
    "width" : 12,
    "fillChar" : null,
    "skip" : false,
    "align" : "LEFT"
  }, {
    "name" : "name",
    "width" : 4,
    "fillChar" : null,
    "skip" : false,
    "align" : "LEFT"
  }, {
    "name" : "price",
    "width" : 5,
    "fillChar" : null,
    "skip" : false,
    "align" : "LEFT"
  } ]
}

Request Sample


curl -X POST "https://dataconverter.io/api/v1/convert/xlsx-to-fixed-width" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" \
-F "file=@data.xlsx;type=application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" \
-F "uploadSettings={\"sheetName\":\"Sheet1\",\"startingRow\":0,\"lastRow\":-1,\"startingColumn\":0,\"skipEmptyRows\":true,\"fieldNamesInFirstRow\":true,\"evaluateExpressions\":true,\"useSheetColumnCount\":false};type=application/json" \
-F "downloadSettings={\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"title\",\"width\":12,\"fillChar\":null,\"skip\":false,\"align\":\"LEFT\"},{\"name\":\"name\",\"width\":4,\"fillChar\":null,\"skip\":false,\"align\":\"LEFT\"},{\"name\":\"price\",\"width\":5,\"fillChar\":null,\"skip\":false,\"align\":\"LEFT\"}]};type=application/json" \
--output converted.txt

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