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LibreOfficeKit API in action: new API to access LibreOffice functionalities
- geokon 2y agoI don't work in this space at all but how does this stacks up to Apache POI? The mini-GUI functionality seems cool
- grandinj 2y agoIts a ton heavier, because you need a full LibreOffice install effectively, but it does a lot more than Apache POI, so it depends on whether your use-case warrants the extra features.
- robertlagrant 2y agoIt would be good to see scripting language access - I can imagine people might want to use Python or similar to automate document creation.
- iuafhiuah 2y agoRelated but not quite the same interface. Libreoffice already supports Python in macros, and you can run Libreoffice headless on the command line. https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/en-US/text/sbasic/python/main0000.html https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/en-US/text/sbasic/python/ma... I've used this functionality to automate running Python scripts to update speadsheets using Libreoffice Calc in a container so non-devs can have their cake and eat it.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThanks! I've had a little look at this, but it seems so inside-out to me. I'd just like to run commands to make a spreadsheet, add sheet, add content to cell in sheet, that sort of thing. I might take another look though if you got it to work.
- no_time 2y agoVery nice. Maybe the freedesktop world can finally replicate how Windows is able to embed a mini excel viewer into the filepicker.
- catapart 2y agoAlright, so if I pull this into WASM, I can finally have a fully featured rich text editor on the web? If so, I'm sold!
- grandinj 2y agoThere are people working on compiling Libreoffice to WASM, but it is a separate effort
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