Headless Web SDK

Univer has an isomorphic feature, which means it can run not only in the browser but also in a Node.js environment. You can develop data processing services based on Headless Univer to generate or modify documents on the server side and interact with Univer Sheets through the Facade API.

In Node.js, use plugin mode and register the plugins you need without browser UI plugins.

Installation

Shell
pnpm add @univerjs/core @univerjs/engine-render @univerjs/engine-formula @univerjs/docs @univerjs/sheets @univerjs/sheets-formula @univerjs/sheets-numfmt

Usage

TypeScript
import { LocaleType, mergeLocales, Univer } from '@univerjs/core'import { FUniver } from '@univerjs/core/facade'import { UniverDocsPlugin } from '@univerjs/docs'import { UniverFormulaEnginePlugin } from '@univerjs/engine-formula'import { UniverRenderEnginePlugin } from '@univerjs/engine-render'import { UniverSheetsPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets'import { UniverSheetsFormulaPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-formula'import { UniverSheetsNumfmtPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt'import SheetsEnUS from '@univerjs/sheets/locale/en-US'import '@univerjs/engine-formula/facade'import '@univerjs/sheets/facade'import '@univerjs/sheets-formula/facade'import '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt/facade'const univer = new Univer({  locale: LocaleType.EN_US,  locales: {    [LocaleType.EN_US]: mergeLocales(      SheetsEnUS,    ),  },})univer.registerPlugin(UniverRenderEnginePlugin)univer.registerPlugin(UniverFormulaEnginePlugin)univer.registerPlugin(UniverDocsPlugin)univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsPlugin)univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsFormulaPlugin)univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsNumfmtPlugin)const univerAPI = FUniver.newAPI(univer)univerAPI.createWorkbook({})

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