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## Parsing Options
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The exported `read` and `readFile` functions accept an options argument:
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| Option Name | Default | Description |
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| :---------- | ------: | :--------------------------------------------------- |
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| type | | Input data encoding (see Input Type below) |
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| cellFormula | true | Save formulae to the .f field ** |
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| cellHTML | true | Parse rich text and save HTML to the .h field |
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| cellNF | false | Save number format string to the .z field |
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| cellStyles | false | Save style/theme info to the .s field |
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| cellDates | false | Store dates as type `d` (default is `n`) |
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| sheetStubs | false | Create cell objects of type `z` for stub cells |
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| sheetRows | 0 | If >0, read the first `sheetRows` rows ** |
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| bookDeps | false | If true, parse calculation chains |
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| bookFiles | false | If true, add raw files to book object ** |
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| bookProps | false | If true, only parse enough to get book metadata ** |
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| bookSheets | false | If true, only parse enough to get the sheet names |
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| bookVBA | false | If true, expose vbaProject.bin to `vbaraw` field ** |
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| password | "" | If defined and file is encrypted, use password ** |
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| WTF | false | If true, throw errors on unexpected file features ** |
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- `cellFormula` option only applies to formats that require extra processing to
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parse formulae (XLS/XLSB).
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- Even if `cellNF` is false, formatted text will be generated and saved to `.w`
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- In some cases, sheets may be parsed even if `bookSheets` is false.
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- `bookSheets` and `bookProps` combine to give both sets of information
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- `Deps` will be an empty object if `bookDeps` is falsy
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- `bookFiles` behavior depends on file type:
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* `keys` array (paths in the ZIP) for ZIP-based formats
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* `files` hash (mapping paths to objects representing the files) for ZIP
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* `cfb` object for formats using CFB containers
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- `sheetRows-1` rows will be generated when looking at the JSON object output
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(since the header row is counted as a row when parsing the data)
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- `bookVBA` merely exposes the raw vba object. It does not parse the data.
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- Currently only XOR encryption is supported. Unsupported error will be thrown
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for files employing other encryption methods.
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- WTF is mainly for development. By default, the parser will suppress read
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errors on single worksheets, allowing you to read from the worksheets that do
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parse properly. Setting `WTF:1` forces those errors to be thrown.
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The defaults are enumerated in bits/84\_defaults.js
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### Input Type
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Strings can be interpreted in multiple ways. The `type` parameter for `read`
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tells the library how to parse the data argument:
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| `type` | expected input |
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|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `"base64"` | string: base64 encoding of the file |
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| `"binary"` | string: binary string (`n`-th byte is `data.charCodeAt(n)`) |
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| `"buffer"` | nodejs Buffer |
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| `"array"` | array: array of 8-bit unsigned int (`n`-th byte is `data[n]`) |
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| `"file"` | string: filename that will be read and processed (nodejs only) |
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### Guessing File Type
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Excel and other spreadsheet tools read the first few bytes and apply other
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heuristics to determine a file type. This enables file type punning: renaming
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files with the `.xls` extension will tell your computer to use Excel to open the
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file but Excel will know how to handle it. This library applies similar logic:
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| Byte 0 | Raw File Type | Spreadsheet Types |
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|:-------|:--------------|:----------------------------------------------------|
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| `0xD0` | CFB Container | BIFF 5/8 or password-protected XLSX/XLSB |
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| `0x09` | BIFF Stream | BIFF 2/3/4/5 |
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| `0x3C` | XML/HTML | SpreadsheetML or Flat ODS or UOS1 or HTML |
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| `0x50` | ZIP Archive | XLSB or XLSX/M or ODS or UOS2 |
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| `0xFE` | UTF8 Text | SpreadsheetML or Flat ODS or UOS1 |
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