msotr v0.4.7

MSOTR

This module is in very early development

Description

Replace MS Office template placeholders with specified content

Requirements

Placeholders in Office document must be encased in "{" and "}"

JSON used for replacing content do not need the curly braces Special nodes:

• XLSX
  • used for PPTX embedded charts and related tables
• TABLES
  • Used for PPTX tables
  • Template Requires Header Row and two rows
  • Placeholder name must be somewhere in the table

Either URL or Local are required to import template

Sample

JSON Sample format in "sample.json"

Element Requirements

• XLSX Element requirements

  • Name - Placeholder name
  • Workbook - Workbook name for referencing embedded Excel file
  • Data - See sample for format

• TABLES Element requirements

  • Name - Placeholder name
  • Headers - Array of strings
  • Data - 2 dimentional array of string

CLI Usage

node ./dist/msotr.js "\path\to\input.json" "\path\to\template.pptx" "\path\to\output.pptx"

Function Parameters

• URL (Optional) - URL of template file
• Local (Optional) - local path of template file
• Replacements (Required) - JSON containing all placeholder names and values to replace with
• Out (Optional) - path to export filled template. If omitted, the function will return the filled template as Buffer