Okay so i am using the FileUploader module to upload my file from angular to my REST API:
var uploader = $scope.uploader = new File
You can also use this node module called js-xlsx
1) Install module
npm install xlsx
2) Import module + code snippet
var XLSX = require('xlsx')
var workbook = XLSX.readFile('Master.xlsx');
var sheet_name_list = workbook.SheetNames;
var xlData = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_json(workbook.Sheets[sheet_name_list[0]]);
console.log(xlData);