Reactjs - want to add Excel export button

bvmcode

I've been having issues trying to add an excel export button when working in React. I assume it has something to do with an import. I just want a user to be able to download to excel.

these are my imports
$.DataTable = require('datatables.net');
import 'datatables.net-dt/css/jquery.dataTables.css'

here is where the table is defined. It works except for the buttons

        this.$el.DataTable({
                      dom: 'Bfrtip',
                     data: this.makeArray(),
                     columns: this.getColumns(),
                     pageLength:this.props.json.length,
                     buttons: [
                          {
                               extend: 'excel',
                               text: 'Save current page',
                               fileName:  "data.xlsx",
                               exportOptions: {
                               modifier: {
                                       page: 'current'
                                           }
                                 }
                              }
                         ]
                          });

bvmcode

answered my own question

needed to do add jzip
const jzip = require( 'jzip');
window.JSZip = jzip;