Parse CSV - Excel API

PDF4me Parse CSV enables you to parse CSV content into Excel workbooks with encoding and delimiter options. This API service accepts CSV data (as string or Base64) and produces an Excel document. The API receives CSV content through REST API calls, utilizing Base64 encoding for secure transmission where applicable. This solution is ideal for data import, ETL workflows, and CSV-to-Excel conversion.

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Key Features

• CSV to Excel: Convert CSV data into Excel workbook format
• Encoding and Delimiter: Support for different encodings and field delimiters

REST API Endpoint

• Method: POST
• Endpoint: office/ApiV2Excel/ExcelParseCsv

REST API Parameters

Important: Parameters marked with an asterisk (*) are required. All requests use document, docContent, and csvParseToExcelAction. CSV content, output file name, delimiter, encoding, etc. are properties of the action object.

Required Parameters (root level)

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
document*	Object	Document reference with Name (e.g. output file name or placeholder). For CSV parse, docContent may contain CSV data as Base64	{ "Name": "output.xlsx" }
docContent*	String (Base64)	CSV content encoded in Base64 (or as required by the API)	Base64-encoded CSV string
csvParseToExcelAction*	Object	Action configuration. Must contain csvContent and/or outputFileName; delimiter, encoding, cultureName optional	See Payload example below

Optional Parameters (inside csvParseToExcelAction)

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
delimiter	String	Field delimiter (e.g., ",", ";", "\t"). Default: ","	,
encoding	String	Character encoding (e.g., "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1")	UTF-8
cultureName	String	Culture code for number/date parsing	en-US

Output

The API returns the generated Excel document as a Base64-encoded string in JSON format (document, fileName, success, errorMessage).

Request Example

Header

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic YOUR_BASE64_ENCODED_API_KEY

Payload (Basic)

{
  "document": { "Name": "output.xlsx" },
  "docContent": "TmFtZSxBZ2UKSm9obiwzMApKYW5lLDI4",
  "csvParseToExcelAction": {
    "outputFileName": "output.xlsx",
    "delimiter": ",",
    "encoding": "UTF-8"
  }
}

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