pyexcel-libxlsxw 0.6.0

A wrapper library of libxlsxwpy to write data in xlsx and xlsm format

pyexcel-libxlsxw is a tiny wrapper library to write data in xlsx and xlsm format using libxlsxwriter. You are likely to use it with pyexcel.

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Known constraints

Fonts, colors and charts are not supported.

Installation

You can install pyexcel-libxlsxw via pip:

$ pip install pyexcel-libxlsxw

or clone it and install it:

$ git clone https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-libxlsxw.git
$ cd pyexcel-libxlsxw
$ python setup.py install

Usage

As a standalone library

Write to an xlsx file

Here’s the sample code to write a dictionary to an xlsx file:

>>> from pyexcel_libxlsxw import save_data
>>> data = OrderedDict() # from collections import OrderedDict
>>> data.update({"Sheet 1": [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]})
>>> data.update({"Sheet 2": [["row 1", "row 2", "row 3"]]})
>>> save_data("your_file.xlsx", data)

Here’s the sample code to help you read the data back. You will need to install pyexcel-xls or pyexcel-xlsx.

>>> from pyexcel_io import get_data
>>> data = get_data("your_file.xlsx")
>>> import json
>>> print(json.dumps(data))
{"Sheet 1": [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], "Sheet 2": [["row 1", "row 2", "row 3"]]}

Write an xlsx to memory

Here’s the sample code to write a dictionary to an xlsx file:

>>> from pyexcel_libxlsxw import save_data
>>> data = OrderedDict()
>>> data.update({"Sheet 1": [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]})
>>> data.update({"Sheet 2": [[7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]})
>>> io = StringIO()
>>> save_data(io, data)
>>> # do something with the io
>>> # In reality, you might give it to your http response
>>> # object for downloading

Here’s the sample code to help you read the data back. You will need to install pyexcel-xls or pyexcel-xlsx.

>>> # This is just an illustration
>>> # In reality, you might deal with xlsx file upload
>>> # where you will read from requests.FILES['YOUR_XLSX_FILE']
>>> data = get_data(io, 'xlsx')
>>> print(json.dumps(data))
{"Sheet 1": [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], "Sheet 2": [[7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]}

As a pyexcel plugin

No longer, explicit import is needed since pyexcel version 0.2.2. Instead, this library is auto-loaded. So if you want to read data in xlsx format, installing it is enough.

Let’s assume we have data as the following.

>>> import pyexcel as pe
>>> sheet = pe.get_book(file_name="your_file.xlsx")
>>> sheet
Sheet 1:
+---+---+---+
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
+---+---+---+
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
+---+---+---+
Sheet 2:
+-------+-------+-------+
| row 1 | row 2 | row 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+

Writing to an xlsx file

Here is the sample code:

>>> sheet.save_as("another_file.xlsx")

License

New BSD License

Developer guide

Development steps for code changes

1. git clone https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-libxlsxw.git

2. cd pyexcel-libxlsxw

Upgrade your setup tools and pip. They are needed for development and testing only:

1. pip install –upgrade setuptools pip

Then install relevant development requirements:

1. pip install -r rnd_requirements.txt # if such a file exists

2. pip install -r requirements.txt

3. pip install -r tests/requirements.txt

Once you have finished your changes, please provide test case(s), relevant documentation and update CHANGELOG.rst.

Note

As to rnd_requirements.txt, usually, it is created when a dependent library is not released. Once the dependecy is installed (will be released), the future version of the dependency in the requirements.txt will be valid.

How to test your contribution

Although nose and doctest are both used in code testing, it is adviable that unit tests are put in tests. doctest is incorporated only to make sure the code examples in documentation remain valid across different development releases.

On Linux/Unix systems, please launch your tests like this:

$ make

On Windows systems, please issue this command:

> test.bat

Before you commit

Please run:

$ make format

so as to beautify your code otherwise travis-ci may fail your unit test.

Change log

0.6.0 - 15.10.2020

Updated

1. Variated from pyexcel-xlsxw, this library uses native libxlsxw.