I have got an error on the first answer so I have changed some code line.
Please try my new code, it's working for me.
using OfficeOpenXml;
using OfficeOpenXml.Table;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
public static class ImportExcelReader
{
public static List<T> ImportExcelToList<T>(this ExcelWorksheet worksheet) where T : new()
{
//DateTime Conversion
Func<double, DateTime> convertDateTime = new Func<double, DateTime>(excelDate =>
{
if (excelDate < 1)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Excel dates cannot be smaller than 0.");
}
DateTime dateOfReference = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1);
if (excelDate > 60d)
{
excelDate = excelDate - 2;
}
else
{
excelDate = excelDate - 1;
}
return dateOfReference.AddDays(excelDate);
});
ExcelTable table = null;
if (worksheet.Tables.Any())
{
table = worksheet.Tables.FirstOrDefault();
}
else
{
table = worksheet.Tables.Add(worksheet.Dimension, "tbl" + ShortGuid.NewGuid().ToString());
ExcelAddressBase newaddy = new ExcelAddressBase(table.Address.Start.Row, table.Address.Start.Column, table.Address.End.Row + 1, table.Address.End.Column);
//Edit the raw XML by searching for all references to the old address
table.TableXml.InnerXml = table.TableXml.InnerXml.Replace(table.Address.ToString(), newaddy.ToString());
}
//Get the cells based on the table address
List<IGrouping<int, ExcelRangeBase>> groups = table.WorkSheet.Cells[table.Address.Start.Row, table.Address.Start.Column, table.Address.End.Row, table.Address.End.Column]
.GroupBy(cell => cell.Start.Row)
.ToList();
//Assume the second row represents column data types (big assumption!)
List<Type> types = groups.Skip(1).FirstOrDefault().Select(rcell => rcell.Value.GetType()).ToList();
//Get the properties of T
List<PropertyInfo> modelProperties = new T().GetType().GetProperties().ToList();
//Assume first row has the column names
var colnames = groups.FirstOrDefault()
.Select((hcell, idx) => new
{
Name = hcell.Value.ToString(),
index = idx
})
.Where(o => modelProperties.Select(p => p.Name).Contains(o.Name))
.ToList();
//Everything after the header is data
List<List<object>> rowvalues = groups
.Skip(1) //Exclude header
.Select(cg => cg.Select(c => c.Value).ToList()).ToList();
//Create the collection container
List<T> collection = new List<T>();
foreach (List<object> row in rowvalues)
{
T tnew = new T();
foreach (var colname in colnames)
{
//This is the real wrinkle to using reflection - Excel stores all numbers as double including int
object val = row[colname.index];
Type type = types[colname.index];
PropertyInfo prop = modelProperties.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == colname.Name);
//If it is numeric it is a double since that is how excel stores all numbers
if (type == typeof(double))
{
//Unbox it
double unboxedVal = (double)val;
//FAR FROM A COMPLETE LIST!!!
if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(int))
{
prop.SetValue(tnew, (int)unboxedVal);
}
else if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(double))
{
prop.SetValue(tnew, unboxedVal);
}
else if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(DateTime))
{
prop.SetValue(tnew, convertDateTime(unboxedVal));
}
else if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(string))
{
prop.SetValue(tnew, val.ToString());
}
else
{
throw new NotImplementedException(string.Format("Type '{0}' not implemented yet!", prop.PropertyType.Name));
}
}
else
{
//Its a string
prop.SetValue(tnew, val);
}
}
collection.Add(tnew);
}
return collection;
}
}
How to call this function? please view below code;
private List<FundraiserStudentListModel> GetStudentsFromExcel(HttpPostedFileBase file)
{
List<FundraiserStudentListModel> list = new List<FundraiserStudentListModel>();
if (file != null)
{
try
{
using (ExcelPackage package = new ExcelPackage(file.InputStream))
{
ExcelWorkbook workbook = package.Workbook;
if (workbook != null)
{
ExcelWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets.FirstOrDefault();
if (worksheet != null)
{
list = worksheet.ImportExcelToList<FundraiserStudentListModel>();
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
//save error log
}
}
return list;
}
FundraiserStudentListModel here:
public class FundraiserStudentListModel
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public string Phone { get; set; }
}
