Spreadsheet API

Use Office.cell(iframe) for an iframe that opened a Spreadsheet document. The module identifier is cell; the product name is Spreadsheet.

First complete the distribution, import map, and HTTP server setup in the Editor SDK quickstart. Open this document type in the office-frame iframe. Use the JavaScript blocks below in order in the same module script. Write examples change the document, so run them on a sample or copy.

Object model

The root handle is Cell.Workbook. Object types in the current catalog: Worksheet, Range, Chart, Table, and Filter.

Sheets, tables, and charts

This example overwrites A21:B23 on the first sheet and creates a table. Use a range without existing data and do not create the table repeatedly in the same range. To select a sheet by name, use its actual name from getSheetList().

import { Office } from "@thinkfree.dev/tfo-sdk";

const iframe = document.querySelector("#office-frame");
const cell = Office.cell(iframe);
await cell.whenReady();
const wb = cell.getWorkbook();

console.log(await wb.getSheetList());               // [{ name, active }, …]

const ws = await wb.getWorksheet(0);            // one round trip; the sheet is resolved here
await ws.getRange("A21:B23").setValues([["Name", "Value"], ["a", 1], ["b", 2]]);
await ws.addTable("A21:B23", true);                 // header row = true

const info = await ws.getSheetInfo();               // usedRange and selection as A1 strings

Errors

If a sheet or a path element does not exist, the call that resolves it rejects with SDKError and error.data carries the structured response. Branch on the code instead of parsing the message:

import { SDKError } from "@thinkfree.dev/tfo-sdk";

try {
  const ws = await wb.getWorksheet("Nope");        // rejects here for an unknown sheet
  await ws.getRange("A1").getValues();
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof SDKError && error.data?.success === false) {
    console.warn(error.data.error.code);            // e.g. "SHEET_NOT_FOUND"
  }
}

See Document tools and error handling for the full error table.

API reference

Every object type available on Spreadsheet handles in the current SDK build has its own reference page, generated from the SDK type definitions: a method summary table, then each method's TypeScript signature, parameters, and return value. Navigation methods (getRange, getChart, getFilter, getTable, getObjectById, getDefinedName) return a child handle synchronously; every other method returns a Promise. Pick an object type below or open it from the sidebar.

Generated from the SDK type definitions

Spreadsheet · 6 object types · 156 methods · namespace Cell. This reference is generated from the API document artifact (sdk-api-doc.html) produced with the SDK build. Descriptions are the editor's API comments as published. Pin the SDK and Office versions together and regenerate when either changes.

Object type	Methods	Obtained from
Cell.Workbook	13	app.getDocument() / app.getWorkbook()
Cell.Worksheet	30	Workbook.getWorksheet()
Cell.Range	76	Worksheet.getRange(), Worksheet.getSelection(), Worksheet.getUsedRange(), …
Cell.Chart	22	Workbook.getObjectById(), Worksheet.addChart(), Worksheet.getChart()
Cell.Table	9	Workbook.getTable(), Worksheet.addTable()
Cell.Filter	6	Worksheet.getFilter(), Table.getFilter()

Constant members are listed on the Cell.* page.