pyexcel-xls 0.2.0

A wrapper library to read, manipulate and write data in xls format. It reads xlsx and xlsm format

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pyexcel-xls - Let you focus on data, instead of xls format
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**pyexcel-xls** is a tiny wrapper library to read, manipulate and write data in xls format and it can read xlsx and xlsm fromat. You are likely to use it with `pyexcel <https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel>`_.

Known constraints
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Fonts, colors and charts are not supported.

Installation
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You can install it via pip:

.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install pyexcel-xls


or clone it and install it:

.. code-block:: bash

$ git clone http://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-xls.git
$ cd pyexcel-xls
$ python setup.py install

Usage
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As a standalone library
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Write to an xls file
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Here's the sample code to write a dictionary to an xls file:

.. code-block:: python

>>> from pyexcel_xls 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.xls", data)

Read from an xls file
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Here's the sample code:

.. code-block:: python

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

Write an xls to memory
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Here's the sample code to write a dictionary to an xls file:

.. code-block:: python

>>> from pyexcel_xls 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



Read from an xls from memory
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Continue from previous example:

.. code-block:: python

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


As a pyexcel plugin
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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 xls format,
installing it is enough.

Any version under pyexcel 0.2.2, you have to keep doing the following:

Import it in your file to enable this plugin:

.. code-block:: python

from pyexcel.ext import xls

Please note only pyexcel version 0.0.4+ support this.

Reading from an xls file
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Here is the sample code:

.. code-block:: python

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

Writing to an xls file
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Here is the sample code:

.. code-block:: python

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

Reading from a IO instance
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You got to wrap the binary content with stream to get xls working:

.. code-block:: python

>>> # This is just an illustration
>>> # In reality, you might deal with xls file upload
>>> # where you will read from requests.FILES['YOUR_XLS_FILE']
>>> xlsfile = "another_file.xls"
>>> with open(xlsfile, "rb") as f:
... content = f.read()
... r = pe.get_book(file_type="xls", file_content=content)
... print(r)
...
Sheet 1:
+---+---+---+
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
+---+---+---+
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
+---+---+---+
Sheet 2:
+-------+-------+-------+
| row 1 | row 2 | row 3 |
+-------+-------+-------+


Writing to a StringIO instance
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You need to pass a StringIO instance to Writer:

.. code-block:: python

>>> data = [
... [1, 2, 3],
... [4, 5, 6]
... ]
>>> io = StringIO()
>>> sheet = pe.Sheet(data)
>>> io = sheet.save_to_memory("xls", io)
>>> # then do something with io
>>> # In reality, you might give it to your http response
>>> # object for downloading

License
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New BSD License

Developer guide
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Development steps for code changes

#. git clone https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-xls.git
#. cd pyexcel-xls
#. pip install -r rnd_requirements.txt # if such a file exists
#. pip install -r requirements.txt
#. pip install -r tests/requirements.txt


In order to update test envrionment, and documentation, additional setps are
required:

#. pip install moban
#. git clone https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-commons.git
#. make your changes in `.moban.d` directory, then issue command `moban`

What is rnd_requirements.txt
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Usually, it is created when a depdent 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.

What is pyexcel-commons
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Many information that are shared across pyexcel projects, such as: this developer guide, license info, etc. are stored in `pyexcel-commons` project.

What is .moban.d
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`.moban.d` stores the specific meta data for the library.

How to test your contribution
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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 test

On Windows systems, please issue this command::

> test.bat

Known Issues
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* If a zero was typed in a DATE formatted field in xls, you will get "01/01/1900".
* If a zero was typed in a TIME formatted field in xls, you will get "00:00:00".

Change log
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0.2.0 - 01.06.2016
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Added
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#. By default, `float` will be converted to `int` where fits. `auto_detect_int`, a flag to switch off the automatic conversion from `float` to `int`.
#. 'library=pyexcel-xls' was added so as to inform pyexcel to use it instead of other libraries, in the situation where there are more than one plugin for a file type, e.g. xlsm


Updated
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#. support the auto-import feature of pyexcel-io 0.2.0
#. xlwt is now used for python 2 implementation while xlwt-future is used for python 3

0.1.0 - 17.01.2016
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Added
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#. Passing "streaming=True" to get_data, you will get the two dimensional array as a generator
#. Passing "data=your_generator" to save_data is acceptable too.