I have uploaded an excel and need to read it and get the count of the number of rows in it. I have tried the below codes but it doesn't seen to work out. I have been getting so many errors like,"_fs.readFileSync is not a function" "f.slice is not a function" and currently I am stuck at "input.replace is not a function". Please let me know where am I going wrong or what actually needs to be done Component.ts <pre> proceedUpload(){ if(this.file != null) { var workbook = XLSX.read(this.file); var firstSheet = workbook.SheetNames[0]; var excelRows = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(workbook.Sheets[firstSheet]); var number = excelRows.length(); if( number > 0 ) { this.uploadMessage = true; } else { this.uploadMessage = false; } let formData: FormData = new FormData(); formData.append('Files', this.file); this.http.post("Url", formData).map(res => res.json()) .catch(error => Observable.throw(error)) .subscribe( data => console.log('success'), error => console.log(error) ) } else { alert("Please upload a file!") } </pre> Component.html <div *ngIf="uploadMessage"> <p>{{number}} uploaded!!</p> </div> Continue reading...