brunogoncalooliveira / brexcel

Converts excel to a python dict and vice-versa

brexcel

MOTIVATION

Recently, I had to parse lots of excel files that were sent by bussiness departs and some IT apps. I had to parse these excel files and enrich them with other data (metrics, documentation, etc).

My main motivation to create this python module was to automate the parse and creation of excel files.

I never packaged a python project so... my second motivation is to package a python project.

What brexcel does

Simply:

• reads an excel file into a dict
• writes a dict into an excel file

Reading excel files

# coding=utf8
from brexcel.rexcel import RExcel
from pprint import pprint

f = RExcel('ISO3166-2.xlsx')
arr = f.getDictByField('Code', ['Name'])

pprint(arr)

Writing excel files

from brexcel.wexcel import WExcel

arr = [{'Name': u'root node',  'top_id': '',  'id': '1'},
       {'Name': u'First Leaf',  'top_id': '1',  'id': '2'},
       {'Name': u'Second leaf inside root node',  'top_id': '1',  'id': '3'},
       {'Name': u'another root node',  'top_id': '',  'id': '4'}]

f = WExcel(arr)
f.header_order = ['id', 'top_id', 'Name']
f.header_alias = {'id': 'id', 'top_id': 'Top Node'}
f.SaveExcelAs('myfilename.xlsx', 'Sheet1')

The above will create an excel file like this:

id	Top Node	Name
1		root node
2	1	First Leaf
3	1	Second leaf inside root node
4		another root node

Be free to ask any question in brexcel group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/brexcel

Note:

• See the test files inside tests folder.