Find text from Excel files

This REST API searches for text within Excel files.

REST API

POST http://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/cells/search

Request parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Location	Description
file	file	formData (multipart)	The spreadsheet file to upload.
text	string	query string	The text string to search for.
password	string	query string (optional)	Password for opening a protected workbook, if required.
sheetname	string	query string (optional)	Name of the worksheet to limit the search to a specific sheet.

The OpenAPI Specification defines a publicly accessible programming interface and lets you carry out REST interactions directly from a web browser.

You can use the cURL command‑line tool to access Aspose.Cells web services easily. The following example shows how to make calls to the Cloud API with cURL.

Request

curl -v "http://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/cells/search?text=1" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <jwt token>" \
  -F 'file1=@book1.xlsx' \
  -F 'file2=@book2.xlsx'

Response

[
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 10:10:00 AM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 11:10:00 AM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 12:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 1:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 2:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 3:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 4:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 5:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 6:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 7:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 8:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 9:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 10:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "12/31/1899 11:10:00 PM",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet5",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  },
  {
    "Text": "18",
    "link": {
      "Href": "Book1.xlsx/worksheets/Sheet7",
      "Rel": "parent"
    }
  }
]

Cloud SDK Family

Using an SDK is the most efficient way to accelerate development. An SDK abstracts low‑level details, allowing you to focus on your business logic. Please check out the GitHub repository for a complete list of Aspose.Cells Cloud SDKs.

The following code examples demonstrate how to call Aspose.Cells web services using various SDKs:

Replace text in an Excel workbook