download excel files from a backoffice section

Ziad ba 2 posts 72 karma points

Jun 29, 2022 @ 08:43

Hello I still don't have that good experience with Umbraco, but I have an issue with finding the proper code to allow admins to download an excel file that was generated in the C# API controller, tried many different ways using jQuery and JavaScript, and none of them worked, My backend code that was used to get all members just as an example: (used ClosedXML.Excel package)

        public ApiResponse DownloadAllMembersFile()
    {

            var members = Services.MemberService.GetAllMembers();

        using (var workbook = new XLWorkbook())
        {
            var worksheet = workbook.Worksheets.Add("AllMembers");
            var currentRow = 1;

            #region Header
            worksheet.Cell(currentRow, 1).Value = "StudentId";
            worksheet.Cell(currentRow, 2).Value = "Name";
            worksheet.Cell(currentRow, 3).Value = "Email";
            #endregion

            #region Body
            foreach (var member in members)
            {
                currentRow++;
                worksheet.Cell(currentRow, 1).Value = member.Id;
                worksheet.Cell(currentRow, 2).Value = member.Name;
                worksheet.Cell(currentRow, 3).Value = member.Email;
            }
            #endregion

            using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                workbook.SaveAs(stream);
                var content = stream.ToArray();
                return new ApiResponse( true,"done",File(
                    content,
                    "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
                    "AllMembers.xlsx"
                    ));

            }

        }
    }

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Kevin Jump 2343 posts 14890 karma points MVP 8x c-trib

Jun 29, 2022 @ 10:04

Hi,

there is an example of how to download a file in the backoffice here :

https://github.com/KevinJump/DoStuffWithUmbraco/tree/v8/Src/DoStuff.Core/FileDownload

I think if your controller is working the missing bit is the umbRequest Helper in the angularJs bit of the back office :

again example here: https://github.com/KevinJump/DoStuffWithUmbraco/blob/v8/Src/DoStuff.Core/App_Plugins/DoStuff.Dashboard/defaultDashboardController.js#L60-L77

you will probably end up with something like this :

function download() {

    var message = 'Hello from here';
    var count = 100;

    vm.buttonState = 'busy';

    var url = Umbraco.Sys.ServerVariables.doStuffFileDownload.downloadService + 'DownloadText' + "?message=" + message + "&count=" + count;

    umbRequestHelper.downloadFile(url)
        .then(function (result) {
            vm.buttonState = 'success';
            notificationsService.success('Downloaded', 'File downloaded');
        }, function (error) {
            vm.buttonState = 'error';
            notificationsService.error('Error', 'Failed to download');
        });
}

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Robert Graham 8 posts 102 karma points

Nov 29, 2022 @ 22:13

Hi Kevin,

I'm trying to follow your answer and links to examples to be able to export a csv file of members.

var response = new HttpResponseMessage
        {
            Content = new ByteArrayContent(data)
            {
                Headers =
                {
                    ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment")
                    {
                        FileName = "members.csv"
                    },
                    ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/csv")
                }
            }
        };
        response.Headers.Add("x-filename", "members.csv");

        return response;

The byte[] I am passing in is created via a nuget package that reads object collections and creates a csv file. (CsvHelper)

When the file downloads via the back office from my controller.js the file is called download.bin and if I change its name to .txt it seems to only contain the response header information.

umbRequestHelper.downloadFile("backoffice/Maple/MembershipDashboard/Export").then(function ()
{
    localizationService.localize("speechBubbles_memberExportedSuccess").then(function (value) {
        notificationsService.success(value);
    })
}, function (error) {
    localizationService.localize("speechBubbles_memberExportedError").then(function (value) {
        notificationsService.error(value);
    })
});

Any pointers as to why that might be? I'm at a loss.

Cheers

Rob

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Ed Davies 2 posts 72 karma points

May 07, 2024 @ 13:37

Hi Rob,

Just curious if you ever found a fix for this, I'm having the same issues downloading a csv in Umbraco 13?

thanks

Ed

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