How to Insert a Table into a Word Document in Node.JS

As in our last few posts, this article will be discussing a tool that you can use for editing documents online using Node.JS. After running the Begin Editing function as shown in a previous post, you can use this API to insert a data table into your Word document. The request configuration is as follows:

{
  "InputFileBytes": "string",
  "InputFileUrl": "string",
  "TableToInsert": {
    "TableID": "string",
    "Path": "string",
    "Width": "string",
    "WidthType": "string",
    "TableRows": [
      {
        "RowIndex": 0,
        "Path": "string",
        "RowCells": [
          {
            "CellIndex": 0,
            "Path": "string",
            "Paragraphs": [
              {
                "ParagraphIndex": 0,
                "Path": "string",
                "ContentRuns": [
                  {
                    "RunIndex": 0,
                    "Path": "string",
                    "TextItems": [
                      {
                        "TextIndex": 0,
                        "Path": "string",
                        "TextContent": "string"
                      }
                    ],
                    "Bold": true,
                    "Italic": true,
                    "Underline": "string",
                    "FontFamily": "string",
                    "FontSize": "string"
                  }
                ],
                "StyleID": "string"
              }
            ],
            "CellShadingColor": "string",
            "CellShadingFill": "string",
            "CellShadingPattern": "string",
            "CellWidthMode": "string",
            "CellWidth": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "TopBorderType": "string",
    "TopBorderSize": 0,
    "TopBorderSpace": 0,
    "TopBorderColor": "string",
    "BottomBorderType": "string",
    "BottomBorderSize": 0,
    "BottomBorderSpace": 0,
    "BottomBorderColor": "string",
    "LeftBorderType": "string",
    "LeftBorderSize": 0,
    "LeftBorderSpace": 0,
    "LeftBorderColor": "string",
    "RightBorderType": "string",
    "RightBorderSize": 0,
    "RightBorderSpace": 0,
    "RightBorderColor": "string",
    "CellHorizontalBorderType": "string",
    "CellHorizontalBorderSize": 0,
    "CellHorizontalBorderSpace": 0,
    "CellHorizontalBorderColor": "string",
    "CellVerticalBorderType": "string",
    "CellVerticalBorderSize": 0,
    "CellVerticalBorderSpace": 0,
    "CellVerticalBorderColor": "string",
    "StartBorderType": "string",
    "StartBorderSize": 0,
    "StartBorderSpace": 0,
    "StartBorderColor": "string",
    "EndBorderType": "string",
    "EndBorderSize": 0,
    "EndBorderSpace": 0,
    "EndBorderColor": "string",
    "TableIndentationMode": "string",
    "TableIndentationWidth": 0
  },
  "InsertPlacement": "string",
  "InsertPath": "string"
}

Run this command to install the SDK:

npm install cloudmersive-convert-api-client --save

Or, you can add this snippet to your package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "cloudmersive-convert-api-client": "^2.4.8"
  }

Then, you can call the function:

var CloudmersiveConvertApiClient = require('cloudmersive-convert-api-client');
var defaultClient = CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.ApiClient.instance;
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
var Apikey = defaultClient.authentications['Apikey'];
Apikey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';
var apiInstance = new CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.EditDocumentApi();
var reqConfig = new CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.InsertDocxTablesRequest(); // InsertDocxTablesRequest | Document input request
var callback = function(error, data, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
  }
};
apiInstance.editDocumentDocxInsertTable(reqConfig, callback);

Make sure to run the Finish Editing function (tutorial previously posted) after you have added your content to complete the operation.

You can retrieve the API Key for this function at no cost and with no commitment on the Cloudmersive website. This will give you access to 800 monthly calls across our entire API library.