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---
title: HTTP Downloads
pagination_next: demos/net/upload/index
---
<head>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/axios@1.6.5/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/superagent@8.1.2/dist/superagent.min.js"></script>
</head>
import current from '/version.js';
import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';
[SheetJS](https://sheetjs.com) is a JavaScript library for reading and writing
data from spreadsheets.
A number of JavaScript APIs, including `XMLHttpRequest` and `fetch`, allow
scripts to download spreadsheets for further processing.
This demo uses various APIs and wrapper libraries to download workbooks and pass
raw binary data to SheetJS libraries.
- ["Browser Demos"](#browser-demos) run entirely within the web browser. A test
workbook will be downloaded and parsed in the web browser.
- ["NodeJS Demos"](#nodejs-demos) run in NodeJS and other server-side platforms.
:::info pass
This demo focuses on downloading files. Other demos cover other HTTP use cases:
- ["HTTP Uploads"](/docs/demos/net/upload) covers uploading files
- ["HTTP Server Processing"](/docs/demos/net/server) covers HTTP servers
:::
:::caution Third-Party Hosts and Binary Data
Third-party cloud platforms such as AWS may corrupt raw binary downloads by
encoding requests and responses in UTF-8 strings.
For AWS, in the "Binary Media Types" section of the API Gateway console, the
`"application/vnd.ms-excel"` type should be added to ensure that AWS Lambda
functions functions can send files to clients.
:::
## Binary Data
Most interesting spreadsheet files are binary data that contain byte sequences
that represent invalid UTF-8 characters.
APIs generally provide options to control how downloaded data is interpreted.
The `arraybuffer` response type usually forces the data to be presented as an
`ArrayBuffer` object which can be parsed with the SheetJS `read` method[^1].
The following example shows the data flow using `fetch` to download files:
```mermaid
flowchart LR
server[(Remote\nFile)]
response(Response\nobject)
subgraph SheetJS operations
ab(XLSX Data\nArrayBuffer)
wb(((SheetJS\nWorkbook)))
end
server --> |`fetch`\nGET request| response
response --> |`arrayBuffer`\n\n| ab
ab --> |`read`\n\n| wb
```
```js
/* download data into an ArrayBuffer object */
const res = await fetch("https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers");
const ab = await res.arrayBuffer(); // recover data as ArrayBuffer
/* parse file */
const wb = XLSX.read(ab);
```
## Browser Demos
When the page is accessed, https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers will be fetched
and parsed. The old table will be replaced with a table whose contents match the
first worksheet. The SheetJS `sheet_to_html` method[^2] creates the HTML table.
:::note Tested Deployments
Each browser demo was tested in the following environments:
| Browser | Date |
|:------------|:-----------|
| Chrome 126 | 2024-06-19 |
| Safari 17.3 | 2024-06-19 |
:::
### XMLHttpRequest
For downloading data, the `arraybuffer` response type generates an `ArrayBuffer`
that can be viewed as an `Uint8Array` and fed to the SheetJS `read` method. For
legacy browsers, the option `type: "array"` should be specified:
```js
/* set up an async GET request */
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", url, true);
req.responseType = "arraybuffer";
req.onload = function(e) {
/* parse the data when it is received */
var data = new Uint8Array(req.response);
var workbook = XLSX.read(data, {type:"array"});
/* DO SOMETHING WITH workbook HERE */
};
req.send();
```
<details>
<summary><b>Live Download demo</b> (click to show)</summary>
This demo uses `XMLHttpRequest` to fetch https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers
and show the data in an HTML table.
```jsx live
function SheetJSXHRDL() {
const [__html, setHTML] = React.useState("");
/* Fetch and update HTML */
React.useEffect(() => { (async() => {
/* Fetch file */
const req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", "https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers", true);
req.responseType = "arraybuffer";
req.onload = e => {
/* Parse file */
const wb = XLSX.read(new Uint8Array(req.response));
const ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
/* Generate HTML */
setHTML(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html(ws));
};
req.send();
})(); }, []);
return ( <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html }}/> );
}
```
</details>
### fetch
For downloading data, `Response#arrayBuffer` resolves to an `ArrayBuffer` that
can be converted to `Uint8Array` and passed to the SheetJS `read` method:
```js
fetch(url).then(function(res) {
/* get the data as a Blob */
if(!res.ok) throw new Error("fetch failed");
return res.arrayBuffer();
}).then(function(ab) {
/* parse the data when it is received */
var data = new Uint8Array(ab);
var workbook = XLSX.read(data, {type:"array"});
/* DO SOMETHING WITH workbook HERE */
});
```
<details>
<summary><b>Live Download demo</b> (click to show)</summary>
This demo uses `fetch` to download https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers and
show the data in an HTML table.
```jsx live
function SheetJSFetchDL() {
const [__html, setHTML] = React.useState("");
/* Fetch and update HTML */
React.useEffect(() => { (async() => {
/* Fetch file */
const res = await fetch("https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers");
const ab = await res.arrayBuffer();
/* Parse file */
const wb = XLSX.read(ab);
const ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
/* Generate HTML */
setHTML(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html(ws));
})(); }, []);
return ( <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html }}/> );
}
```
</details>
### jQuery
[jQuery](https://jquery.com/) is a JavaScript library that includes helpers for
performing "Ajax" network requests. `jQuery.ajax` (`$.ajax`) does not support
binary data out of the box[^3]. A custom `ajaxTransport` can add support.
SheetJS users have reported success with `jquery.binarytransport.js`[^4] in IE10.
After including the main `jquery.js` and `jquery.binarytransport.js` scripts,
`$.ajax` will support `dataType: "binary"` and `processData: false`.
**[Live Download Demo](pathname:///jquery/index.html)**
In a GET request, the default behavior is to return a `Blob` object. Passing
`responseType: "arraybuffer"` returns a proper `ArrayBuffer` object in IE10:
```js
$.ajax({
type: "GET", url: "https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers",
/* suppress jQuery post-processing */
// highlight-next-line
processData: false,
/* use the binary transport */
// highlight-next-line
dataType: "binary",
/* pass an ArrayBuffer in the callback */
// highlight-next-line
responseType: "arraybuffer",
success: function (ab) {
/* at this point, ab is an ArrayBuffer */
// highlight-next-line
var wb = XLSX.read(ab);
/* do something with workbook here */
var ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
var html = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html(ws);
$("#out").html(html);
}
});
```
### Wrapper Libraries
Before `fetch` shipped with browsers, there were various wrapper libraries to
simplify `XMLHttpRequest`. Due to limitations with `fetch`, these libraries are
still relevant.
#### axios
[`axios`](https://axios-http.com/) presents a Promise based interface. Setting
`responseType` to `arraybuffer` ensures the return type is an ArrayBuffer. The
`data` property of the result can be passed to the SheetJS `read` method:
```js
async function workbook_dl_axios(url) {
const res = await axios(url, {responseType:'arraybuffer'});
const workbook = XLSX.read(res.data);
return workbook;
}
```
<details>
<summary><b>Live Download demo</b> (click to show)</summary>
This demo uses `axios` to download https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers and
show the data in an HTML table.
:::caution pass
If the live demo shows a message
```
ReferenceError: axios is not defined
```
please refresh the page. This is a known bug in the documentation generator.
:::
```jsx live
function SheetJSAxiosDL() {
const [__html, setHTML] = React.useState("");
/* Fetch and update HTML */
React.useEffect(() => { (async() => {
if(typeof axios != "function") return setHTML("ReferenceError: axios is not defined");
/* Fetch file */
const res = await axios("https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers", {responseType: "arraybuffer"});
/* Parse file */
const wb = XLSX.read(res.data);
const ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
/* Generate HTML */
setHTML(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html(ws));
})(); }, []);
return ( <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html }}/> );
}
```
</details>
#### superagent
[`superagent`](https://ladjs.github.io/superagent/) is a network request library
with a "Fluent Interface". Calling the `responseType` method with
`"arraybuffer"` will ensure the final response object is an `ArrayBuffer`:
```js
/* set up an async GET request with superagent */
superagent
.get(url)
.responseType('arraybuffer')
.end(function(err, res) {
/* parse the data when it is received */
var data = new Uint8Array(res.body);
var workbook = XLSX.read(data, {type:"array"});
/* DO SOMETHING WITH workbook HERE */
});
```
<details>
<summary><b>Live Download demo</b> (click to show)</summary>
This demo uses `superagent` to download https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers
and show the data in an HTML table.
:::caution pass
If the live demo shows a message
```
ReferenceError: superagent is not defined
```
please refresh the page. This is a known bug in the documentation generator.
:::
```jsx live
function SheetJSSuperAgentDL() {
const [__html, setHTML] = React.useState("");
/* Fetch and update HTML */
React.useEffect(() => { (async() => {
if(typeof superagent == "undefined" || typeof superagent.get != "function")
return setHTML("ReferenceError: superagent is not defined");
/* Fetch file */
superagent
.get("https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers")
.responseType("arraybuffer")
.end((err, res) => {
/* Parse file */
const wb = XLSX.read(res.body);
const ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
/* Generate HTML */
setHTML(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html(ws));
});
})(); }, []);
return ( <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html }}/> );
}
```
</details>
## NodeJS Demos
These examples show how to download data in NodeJS.
### HTTPS GET
The `https` module provides a low-level `get` method for HTTPS GET requests:
```js title="SheetJSHTTPSGet.js"
var https = require("https"), XLSX = require("xlsx");
https.get('https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.xlsx', function(res) {
var bufs = [];
res.on('data', function(chunk) { bufs.push(chunk); });
res.on('end', function() {
var buf = Buffer.concat(bufs);
var wb = XLSX.read(buf);
/* print the first worksheet to console */
var ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
console.log(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_csv(ws));
});
});
```
:::note Tested Deployments
This demo was tested in the following environments:
| NodeJS | Date | Workarounds |
|:-----------|:-----------|:-------------------------------|
| `0.10.48` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `0.12.18` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `4.9.1` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `6.17.1` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `8.17.0` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `10.24.1` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `12.22.12` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `14.21.3` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `16.20.2` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `18.20.3` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `20.15.0` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `22.3.0` | 2024-06-21 | |
The `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` workaround sets the value to `'0'`:
```js title="Legacy NodeJS Certificate has Expired Bypass (prepend to script)"
process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
```
:::
<details>
<summary><b>Complete Example</b> (click to show)</summary>
1) Install the [NodeJS module](/docs/getting-started/installation/nodejs)
<CodeBlock language="bash">{`\
npm i --save https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-${current}/xlsx-${current}.tgz`}
</CodeBlock>
2) Copy the `SheetJSHTTPSGet.js` code snippet to a file `SheetJSHTTPSGet.js`
3) Run the script:
```bash
node SheetJSHTTPSGet.js
```
If successful, the script will print CSV contents of the test file.
:::caution pass
For older versions of NodeJS, the script will fail due to a certificate error.
The error can be suppressed by prepending the following line to the script:
```js title="SheetJSHTTPSGet.js (add to top)"
process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
```
**It is strongly encouraged to upgrade to a newer NodeJS version!**
:::
</details>
### fetch
:::info pass
Experimental support for `fetch` was introduced in NodeJS `16.15.0`. It will be
considered stable in NodeJS LTS version `22`.
:::
The `fetch` implementation has the same return types as the browser version:
```js
async function parse_from_url(url) {
const res = await fetch(url);
if(!res.ok) throw new Error("fetch failed");
const ab = await res.arrayBuffer();
const workbook = XLSX.read(ab);
return workbook;
}
```
:::note Tested Deployments
This demo was tested in the following environments:
| NodeJS | Date |
|:-----------|:-----------|
| `18.20.3` | 2024-06-21 |
| `20.15.0` | 2024-06-21 |
| `22.3.0` | 2024-06-21 |
:::
<details>
<summary><b>Complete Example</b> (click to show)</summary>
1) Install the [NodeJS module](/docs/getting-started/installation/nodejs)
<CodeBlock language="bash">{`\
npm i --save https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-${current}/xlsx-${current}.tgz`}
</CodeBlock>
2) Save the following to `SheetJSFetch.js`:
```js title="SheetJSFetch.js"
var XLSX = require("xlsx");
async function parse_from_url(url) {
const res = await fetch(url);
if(!res.ok) throw new Error("fetch failed");
const ab = await res.arrayBuffer();
const workbook = XLSX.read(ab);
return workbook;
}
(async() => {
const wb = await parse_from_url('https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers');
/* print the first worksheet to console */
var ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
console.log(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_csv(ws));
})();
```
3) Run the script:
```bash
node SheetJSFetch.js
```
If successful, the script will print CSV contents of the test file.
</details>
### Wrapper Libraries
The latest releases of NodeJS support `fetch` natively. Before `fetch` support
was added to the platform, third party modules wrapped the native APIs.
#### request
:::danger pass
`request` has been deprecated and should only be used in legacy deployments.
:::
Setting the option `encoding: null` passes raw buffers:
```js title="SheetJSRequest.js"
var XLSX = require('xlsx'), request = require('request');
var url = 'https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.xlsx';
/* call `request` with the option `encoding: null` */
// highlight-next-line
request(url, {encoding: null}, function(err, res, data) {
if(err || res.statusCode !== 200) return;
/* if the request was successful, parse the data */
// highlight-next-line
var wb = XLSX.read(data);
/* print the first worksheet to console */
var ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
console.log(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_csv(ws));
});
```
:::note Tested Deployments
This demo was tested in the following environments:
| NodeJS | Date | Workarounds |
|:-----------|:-----------|:-------------------------------|
| `0.10.48` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `0.12.18` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `4.9.1` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `6.17.1` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `8.17.0` | 2024-06-21 | `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` |
| `10.24.1` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `12.22.12` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `14.21.3` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `16.20.2` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `18.20.3` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `20.15.0` | 2024-06-21 | |
| `22.3.0` | 2024-06-21 | |
The `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` workaround sets the value to `'0'`:
```js title="Legacy NodeJS Certificate has Expired Bypass (prepend to script)"
process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
```
:::
<details>
<summary><b>Complete Example</b> (click to show)</summary>
1) Install the [NodeJS module](/docs/getting-started/installation/nodejs)
<CodeBlock language="bash">{`\
npm i --save https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-${current}/xlsx-${current}.tgz request@2.88.2`}
</CodeBlock>
2) Copy the `SheetJSRequest.js` code snippet to a file `SheetJSRequest.js`
3) Run the script:
```bash
node SheetJSRequest.js
```
If successful, the script will print CSV contents of the test file.
:::caution pass
For older versions of NodeJS, the script will fail due to a certificate error.
The error can be suppressed by prepending the following line to the script:
```js title="SheetJSRequest.js (add to top)"
process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
```
**It is strongly encouraged to upgrade to a newer NodeJS version!**
:::
</details>
#### axios
When the `responseType` is `"arraybuffer"`, `axios` actually captures the data
in a NodeJS Buffer. The SheetJS `read` method handles NodeJS Buffer objects:
```js title="SheetJSAxios.js"
const XLSX = require("xlsx"), axios = require("axios");
async function workbook_dl_axios(url) {
const res = await axios(url, {responseType:'arraybuffer'});
/* at this point, res.data is a Buffer */
const workbook = XLSX.read(res.data);
return workbook;
}
```
:::note Tested Deployments
This demo was tested in the following environments:
| NodeJS | Axios | Date |
|:-----------|:-------|:-----------|
| `10.24.1` | 0.28.1 | 2024-06-21 |
| `12.22.12` | 1.7.2 | 2024-06-21 |
| `14.21.3` | 1.7.2 | 2024-06-21 |
| `16.20.2` | 1.7.2 | 2024-06-21 |
| `18.20.3` | 1.7.2 | 2024-06-21 |
| `20.15.0` | 1.7.2 | 2024-06-21 |
| `22.3.0` | 1.7.2 | 2024-06-21 |
:::
<details>
<summary><b>Complete Example</b> (click to show)</summary>
1) Install the [NodeJS module](/docs/getting-started/installation/nodejs)
<CodeBlock language="bash">{`\
npm i --save https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-${current}/xlsx-${current}.tgz axios@1.7.2`}
</CodeBlock>
2) Save the following to `SheetJSAxios.js`:
```js title="SheetJSAxios.js"
const XLSX = require("xlsx"), axios = require("axios");
async function workbook_dl_axios(url) {
const res = await axios(url, {responseType:'arraybuffer'});
/* at this point, res.data is a Buffer */
const workbook = XLSX.read(res.data);
return workbook;
}
(async() => {
const wb = await workbook_dl_axios('https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.numbers');
/* print the first worksheet to console */
var ws = wb.Sheets[wb.SheetNames[0]];
console.log(XLSX.utils.sheet_to_csv(ws));
})();
```
3) Run the script:
```bash
node SheetJSAxios.js
```
If successful, the script will print CSV contents of the test file.
</details>
## Other Platforms
Other demos show network operations in special platforms:
- [React Native "Fetching Remote Data"](/docs/demos/mobile/reactnative#fetching-remote-data)
- [NativeScript "Fetching Remote Files"](/docs/demos/mobile/nativescript#fetching-remote-files)
- [AngularJS "Remote Files"](/docs/demos/frontend/angularjs#remote-files)
- [Dojo Toolkit "Parsing Remote Files"](/docs/demos/frontend/dojo#parsing-remote-files)
[^1]: See [`read` in "Reading Files"](/docs/api/parse-options)
[^2]: See [`sheet_to_html` in "Utilities"](/docs/api/utilities/html#html-table-output)
[^3]: See [`dataType` in `jQuery.ajax`](https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/) in the official jQuery documentation.
[^4]: See [the official `jquery.binarytransport.js` repo](https://github.com/henrya/js-jquery/tree/master/BinaryTransport) for more details.
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