README

Efficiently Export Datatable Data In CSV,PDF Format.

Installation

Via Composer

$ composer require lws/exportactions

Usage

This Package Exports the API Data in CSV,PDF Format.You just have to pass url of the API whose data needs to be exported and format you wish to export to (CSV,PDF).

After installation you need to add the following line to config/app.php (No need in case Laravel > 5.5) -

'providers' => [
/*
     * Package Service Providers...
     */
    LWS\ExportActions\ExportServiceProvider::class,
    LWS\ExportActions\CustomEventServiceProvider::class,
]

You need migrate the database using

$ php artisan migrate

Change QUEUE_CONNECTION entry in .env file

QUEUE_CONNECTION=database

This package sets up three routes

• /export- Accepts url and format to Export.
• /progress - Return Progress of Export operation taking long time (usually PDF files),running in Queue.
• /download/{id} - After the Export File Processed in background,You can download the file by passing the job id (id of the job can be found in /progress).

Typical Call to the API to export Data in CSV Format:

this.axios({
  method: "POST",
  data: {
    url: 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/photos', //API url from which you are exporting
    format:"csv"
  },
  url: "http://localhost:8000/export", 
  responseType: 'arraybuffer'
})

Note: This Package return downloadable file as response. i.e If the frontend is running on different PORT the frontend has to take care of making the download in browser.