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How to copy and paste from Excel to a web page with JavaScript?

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Sometimes, we want to copy and paste from Excel to a web page with JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to copy and paste from Excel to a web page with JavaScript.

How to copy and paste from Excel to a web page with JavaScript?

To copy and paste from Excel to a web page with JavaScript, we can paste the data into the page as HTML.

For instance, we write

document.onpaste = (event) => {
  const data = event.clipboardData.getData("text/html");
  //...
};

to set the document.onpaste property to a function that’s called when we paste in some data onto the page.

In the function, we get the pasted data as HTML with

event.clipboardData.getData("text/html")

Then we can do whatever with it after that after assign it to data.

Conclusion

To copy and paste from Excel to a web page with JavaScript, we can paste the data into the page as HTML.

By John Au-Yeung

Web developer specializing in React, Vue, and front end development.

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