Generate Excel for a SQL query

[shubhamshah1412]

Greetings,
I am using a Java Spring boot application that is supposed to respond with an excel based on request. My current approach involves reading data using jdbc drivers, storing them in appropriate data structures, writing them to an excel which will be returned on the output stream.
Was curious to know if we have any provision to directly generate the excel for a given query using some API, libraries etc which I can return on the output stream.

[Kaniz_Fatma]

Hi @shubhamshah1412, Yes, some libraries can help you generate an Excel file directly from a query in a Spring Boot application. One such library is Apache POI123.

With this method, you can effortlessly produce and retrieve an Excel document from your Spring Boot endpoint. Include the essential dependencies for Apache POI in your project's build file.

I trust this information is beneficial to you! Don't hesitate to reach out if you require further assistance. 😊

[shubhamshah1412]

Thanks for putting this together @Kaniz_Fatma ,
I see that this approach will help to generate an excel after receiving the data from data bricks in the form of resultSet which has to be parsed.
I believe this approach is the appropriate way to generate excel then.
Please correct my understanding if incorrect.

[Kaniz_Fatma]

Hi @shubhamshah1412, Yes, If you have any specific questions or need further clarification on implementing this approach, feel free to ask!