A high performance and easy Excel(xlsx,csv) Micro-Helper that avoids OOM and without third party dependencies to create or dynamic/type POCO mapping query etc..

Features

• Avoid large file OOM(out of memoery) by IEnumerable Lazy loading step by step getting one row cells not until all rows read in memory
  e.g: Comparison between MiniExcel Query and ExcelDataReader/EPPlus/ClosedXml of reading large Xlsx File
• Mini (Less than 100KB) and without any third party library dependencies
• Like Dapper dynamic/type mapping query style
• Create excel file or stream by AnonymousType/DapperRows/Enumrable/DataTable/Dictionary

Installation

You can install the package from NuGet

Release Notes

Please Check Release Notes

TODO

Please Check Project · todo

Execute a query and map the results to a strongly typed IEnumerable [Try it]

Recommand to use Stream.Query because of better efficiency.

public class UserAccount
{
    public Guid ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public DateTime BoD { get; set; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
    public bool VIP { get; set; }
    public decimal Points { get; set; }
}

var rows = MiniExcel.Query<UserAccount>(path);

// or

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
    var rows = stream.Query<UserAccount>();

Execute a query and map it to a list of dynamic objects without using head [Try it]

• dynamic key is A.B.C.D..

MiniExcel	1
Github	2

var rows = MiniExcel.Query(path).ToList();

// or 
using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
{
    var rows = stream.Query().ToList();
                
    Assert.Equal("MiniExcel", rows[0].A);
    Assert.Equal(1, rows[0].B);
    Assert.Equal("Github", rows[1].A);
    Assert.Equal(2, rows[1].B);
}

Execute a query with first header row [Try it]

note : same column name use last right one

Input Excel :

Column1	Column2
MiniExcel	1
Github	2

var rows = MiniExcel.Query(useHeaderRow:true).ToList();

// or

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
{
    var rows = stream.Query(useHeaderRow:true).ToList();

    Assert.Equal("MiniExcel", rows[0].Column1);
    Assert.Equal(1, rows[0].Column2);
    Assert.Equal("Github", rows[1].Column1);
    Assert.Equal(2, rows[1].Column2);
}

Query Support LINQ Extension First/Take/Skip ...etc

Query First

var row = MiniExcel.Query(path).First();
Assert.Equal("HelloWorld", row.A);

// or

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
{
    var row = stream.Query().First();
    Assert.Equal("HelloWorld", row.A);
}

Performance between MiniExcel/ExcelDataReader/ClosedXML/EPPlus

Create Excel file [Try it]

note : must be a non-abstract type with a public parameterless constructor .

Anonymous or strongly type:

var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"{Guid.NewGuid()}.xlsx");
MiniExcel.SaveAs(path, new[] {
    new { Column1 = "MiniExcel", Column2 = 1 },
    new { Column1 = "Github", Column2 = 2}
});

Datatable:

var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"{Guid.NewGuid()}.xlsx");
var table = new DataTable();
{
    table.Columns.Add("Column1", typeof(string));
    table.Columns.Add("Column2", typeof(decimal));
    table.Rows.Add("MiniExcel", 1);
    table.Rows.Add("Github", 2);
}

MiniExcel.SaveAs(path, table);

Dapper:

using (var connection = GetConnection(connectionString))
{
    var rows = connection.Query(@"select 'MiniExcel' as Column1,1 as Column2 union all select 'Github',2");
    MiniExcel.SaveAs(path, rows);
}

IEnumerable<IDictionary<string, object>>

var values = new List<Dictionary<string, object>>()
{
    new Dictionary<string,object>{{ "Column1", "MiniExcel" }, { "Column2", 1 } },
    new Dictionary<string,object>{{ "Column1", "Github" }, { "Column2", 2 } }
};
MiniExcel.SaveAs(path, values);

Create File Result :

Column1	Column2
MiniExcel	1
Github	2

SaveAs Stream [Try it]

using (var stream = File.Create(path))
{
    stream.SaveAs(values);
}

SQLite & Dapper Large Size File SQL Insert Avoid OOM (out of memory)

note : please don't call ToList/ToArray methods after Query, it'll load all data into memory

using (var connection = new SQLiteConnection(connectionString))
{
    connection.Open();
    using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
    using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
    {
	   var rows = stream.Query();
	   foreach (var row in rows)
			 connection.Execute("insert into T (A,B) values (@A,@B)", new { row.A, row.B }, transaction: transaction);
	   transaction.Commit();
    }
}

performance:

ASP.NET Core 3.1 or MVC 5 Download Excel Xlsx API Demo

public class ExcelController : Controller
{
    public IActionResult Download()
    {
        var values = new[] {
            new { Column1 = "MiniExcel", Column2 = 1 },
            new { Column1 = "Github", Column2 = 2}
        };
        var stream = new MemoryStream();
        stream.SaveAs(values);
        return File(stream,
            "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
            "demo.xlsx");
    }
}

Excel Type Auto Check

Default system will auto check file path or stream is from xlsx or csv, but if you need to specify type, it can use excelType parameter.

stream.SaveAs(excelType:ExcelType.CSV);
//or
stream.SaveAs(excelType:ExcelType.XLSX);
//or
stream.Query(excelType:ExcelType.CSV);
//or
stream.Query(excelType:ExcelType.XLSX);

Important Note

MiniExcel support parameter IEnumerable lazy loading, If you want to use least memory, please do not call methods such as ToList

e.g : ToList or not memory usage

Limitations and caveats

• Not support xls and encrypted file now

Reference

• ExcelDataReader
• StackExchange/Dapper