# Export formats

By default, the export format is determined by the extension of the file. If you want to explicitly configure the export format, you can pass it through as 2nd parameter.

# XLSX

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.xlsx', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::XLSX);
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# CSV

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.csv', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::CSV);
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By default the CSV is download with Content Type text/plain, if you want to customize the Content-Type header, you can do so by passing it as 3rd parameter.

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.csv', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::CSV, [
      'Content-Type' => 'text/csv',
]);
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Laravel CSV

You may have a look at our Laravel CSV package as well.

# TSV

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.tsv', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::TSV);
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# ODS

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.ods', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::ODS);
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# XLS

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.xls', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::XLS);
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# HTML

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.html', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::HTML);
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Exporting to PDF

If you'd like to export to PDF, you must now install a PDF rendering library yourself. Please refer to the PhpSpreadsheet Documentation (opens new window) for more information.

# MPDF

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.pdf', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::MPDF);
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# DOMPDF

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.pdf', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::DOMPDF);
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# TCPDF

return Excel::download(new InvoicesExport, 'invoices.pdf', \Maatwebsite\Excel\Excel::TCPDF);
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