#node spreadsheet this is a solution to read excel files in node js based on PHPExcel from phpexcel.codeplex.com php based is better then nothing

#example var spreadsheet=require('node_spreadsheet') spreadsheet.read(__dirname+"/Book1.xls",function(obj){console.log(obj);}); output: [ [ 'phonecol', 'ansicol', 'utfcol', 'numcol', 'datecol' ] , [ '0547412345' , 'asfasd' , '\u05d2\u05d3\u05db\u05e9\u05d3\u05d2\u05e9\u05d3\u05d2' , 12312 , Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:55:00 GMT ] ]

#requirements: this piece of software is based on php5-cli so you need to install it first. like :

sudo aptitude install php5-cli