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A wrapper library that provides one API to read, manipulate and writedata in different excel formats
Last release 3 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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12 years old
58 releases · first in 2014
fix: honor negative indices in delete_rows and delete_columns by @gaoflow with @Copilot in #308
Full Changelog: v0.7.5...v0.7.6
Fixed
#307: honor negative indices in delete_rows and delete_columns
What's Changed Release 0.7.5 by @chfw in #306 Full Changelog : v0.7.4...v0.7.5
One column per quarter.
Updated
migrate to pytest as nose is deprecated beyond python 3.9
Fixed
#296: provide thread-safe support for free_resources() and append
github copilot has found and correct lots of typos within the docs and docstrings. and it has contributed to the fix of 296.
error messages where dest_* params are missing in save_as and isave_as
Fixed
#257: provide meaningful error messages where dest_* params are missing in save_as and isave_as
What's Changed release 0.7.3 by @chfw in #291 Full Changelog : v0.7.2...v0.7.3
What's Changed release 0.7.2 by @chfw in #289 Full Changelog : v0.7.1...v0.7.2
Fixed #. #272 _: remove chardet as a requirement Updated #. various typos and linted the code
documentation page seems to be a copy of pyexcel.get_sheet
Updated #. #243 _: fix small typo. #. add chardet as explicit dependency
Updated
#243: fix small typo.
add chardet as explicit dependency
the table matrix on set_value. sheet['AA1'] = 'test' will work in this release.
Updated
#233: dynamically resize the table matrix on set_value. sheet['AA1'] = 'test' will work in this release.
Updated #. update queryset source to work with pyexcel-io 0.6.0
Updated
update queryset source to work with pyexcel-io 0.6.0
Updated #. #219 _: book created from dict no longer discards order.
Updated
#219: book created from dict no longer discards order.
trailing whitespace for column names
fixed
#214: remove leading and trailing whitespace for column names
removed
python 2 compatibility have been permanently removed.
Queryset sources was updated to work with pyexcel-io.
Queryset sources was updated to work with pyexcel-io.
Meaning: if you pass on a query set to pyexcel, you would expect this version to keep our promise, given that you have installed pyexcel-io 0.6.2
fixed
#109: Control the column order when write the data output
dropped out in 0.6.0 as compulsary dependency. end user may experience it when a sheet/table is printed in a shell. otherwise, new user of pyexcel won
fixed
#203: texttable was dropped out in 0.6.0 as compulsary dependency. end user may experience it when a sheet/table is printed in a shell. otherwise, new user of pyexcel won't see it. As of release date, no issues were created
data source. The real fix lies in pyexcel-io v0.5.19. this release just put the version requirement in.
updated
#185: fix a bug with http data source. The real fix lies in pyexcel-io v0.5.19. this release just put the version requirement in.
dest_force_file_type on save_as and save_book_as
updated
#182: support dest_force_file_type on save_as and save_book_as
{IndexError}list index out of range // XLSX can't be opened
updated
#176: get_sheet {IndexError}list index out of range // XLSX can't be opened
updated #. #174 _: include examples in tarbar
updated
#174: include examples in tarbar
updated #. #169 _: remove pyexcel-handsontalbe in test #. add tests, and docs folder in distribution
updated
#169: remove pyexcel-handsontalbe in test
add tests, and docs folder in distribution
scan_plugins_regex, which lml 0.7 complains about
updated
#157: Please use scan_plugins_regex, which lml 0.7 complains about
updated dependency on pyexcel-io to 0.5.11
updated #. to require pyexcel-io 0.5.9.1 and use lml at least version 0.0.2
updated
to require pyexcel-io 0.5.9.1 and use lml at least version 0.0.2
save_as will set the sheet name in the output
added #. pyexcel-io#46 _, expose bulk_save to developer.
added
pyexcel-io#46, expose bulk_save to developer.
setup_requires, introduced by 0.5.5.
setup_requires, introduced by 0.5.5.
out of range error because there is only one row.
fixed
#100, Sheet.to_dict() gets out of range error because there is only one row.
updated
Updated the baseline of pyexcel-io to 0.5.1.
records in iget_records, isave_as and save_as.
Updated #. embeded the enabler for pyexcel-htmlr. http source does not support text/html as mime type.
Updated
embeded the enabler for pyexcel-htmlr. http source does not support text/html as mime type.
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pyexcel.deprecated.load_book_from_django_models and pyexcel.deprecated.load_from_django_model were removed
Added
Sheet.top() and Sheet.top_left() for data browsing
add html as default rich display in Jupyter notebook when pyexcel-text and pyexcel-chart is installed
add svg as default rich display in Jupyter notebook when pyexcel-chart and one of its implementation plugin(pyexcel-pygal, etc.) are is installed
new dictionary source supported: a dictionary of key value pair could be read into a sheet.
added dynamic external plugin loading. meaning if a pyexcel plugin is installed, it will be loaded implicitly. And this change would remove unnecessary info log for those who do not use pyexcel-text and pyexcel-gal
save_book_as before 0.5.0 becomes isave_book_as and save_book_as in 0.5.0 convert BookStream to Book before saving.
#83, file closing mechanism is enfored. free_resource is added and it should be called when iget_array, iget_records, isave_as and/or isave_book_as are used.
Updated
array is passed to pyexcel.Sheet as reference. it means your array data will be modified.
Removed
pyexcel.Writer and pyexcel.BookWriter were removed
pyexcel.load_book_from_sql and pyexcel.load_from_sql were removed
pyexcel.deprecated.load_from_query_sets, pyexcel.deprecated.load_book_from_django_models and pyexcel.deprecated.load_from_django_model were removed
Removed plugin loading code and lml is used instead
Updated #. #80 _: remove pyexcel-chart import from v0.4.x
Updated
#80: remove pyexcel-chart import from v0.4.x
save_to_memory() should have returned a stream instance which has been reset to zero if possible. The exception is sys.stdout, which cannot be reset.
Updated
#68: regression save_to_memory() should have returned a stream instance which has been reset to zero if possible. The exception is sys.stdout, which cannot be reset.
#74: Not able to handle decimal.Decimal
Removed
remove get_{{file_type}}_stream functions from pyexcel.Sheet and pyexcel.Book introduced since 0.4.3.
get direct access the underneath stream in responding to file type attributes, such as sheet.xls. it helps provide a custom stream to external world,
Added
'.stream' attribute are attached to ~pyexcel.Sheet and ~pyexcel.Book to get direct access the underneath stream in responding to file type attributes, such as sheet.xls. it helps provide a custom stream to external world, for example, Sheet.stream.csv gives a text stream that contains csv formatted data. Book.stream.xls returns a xls format data in a byte stream.
Updated
Better error reporting when an unknown parameters or unsupported file types were given to the signature functions.
words, only sheet with column names could be saved to database. sheet with row names cannot be saved. The alternative is to transpose the sheet, then
Updated
Raise exception if the incoming sheet does not have column names. In other words, only sheet with column names could be saved to database. sheet with row names cannot be saved. The alternative is to transpose the sheet, then name_columns_by_row and then save.
fix iget_records where a non-uniform content should be given, e.g. [["x", "y"], [1, 2], [3]], some record would become non-uniform, e.g. key 'y' would be missing from the second record.
skip_empty_rows is applicable when saving a python data structure to another data source. For example, if your array contains a row which is consisted of empty string, such as ['', '', '' ... ''], please specify skip_empty_rows=False in order to preserve it. This becomes subtle when you try save a python dictionary where empty rows is not easy to be spotted.
#69: better documentation for save_book_as.
save_to_memory() should have returned a stream instance.
Updated
#68: regression save_to_memory() should have returned a stream instance.
case-insensitive for file_type. xls and XLS are treated in the same way
Added
Flask-Excel#19 allow sheet_name parameter
pyexcel-xls#11 case-insensitive for file_type. xls and XLS are treated in the same way
Updated
#66: export_columns is ignored
Update dependency on pyexcel-io v0.3.0
sheet(hence book with empty sheet) as texttable
Updated
#63: cannot display empty sheet(hence book with empty sheet) as texttable
Updated #. #62 _: optional module import error become visible.
Updated
#62: optional module import error become visible.
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better memory performance, especially dealing with large csv files.
Added:
file type setters for Sheet and Book, and its documentation
iget_records returns a generator for a list of records and should have better memory performance, especially dealing with large csv files.
iget_array returns a generator for a list of two dimensional array and should have better memory performance, especially dealing with large csv files.
Enable pagination support, and custom row renderer via pyexcel-io v0.2.3
Updated
Take isave_as out from save_as. Hence two functions are there for save a sheet as
#60: encode 'utf-8' if the console is of ascii encoding.
#59: custom row renderer
#56: set cell value does not work
pyexcel.transpose becomes pyexcel.sheets.transpose
iterator functions of pyexcel.Sheet were converted to generator functions
pyexcel.Sheet.enumerate()
pyexcel.Sheet.reverse()
pyexcel.Sheet.vertical()
pyexcel.Sheet.rvertical()
pyexcel.Sheet.rows()
pyexcel.Sheet.rrows()
pyexcel.Sheet.columns()
pyexcel.Sheet.rcolumns()
pyexcel.Sheet.named_rows()
pyexcel.Sheet.named_columns()
~pyexcel.Sheet.save_to_memory and ~pyexcel.Book.save_to_memory return the actual content. No longer they will return a io object hence you cannot call getvalue() on them.
Removed:
content and out_file as function parameters to the signature functions are no longer supported.
SourceFactory and RendererFactory are removed
The following methods are removed
pyexcel.to_array
pyexcel.to_dict
pyexcel.utils.to_one_dimensional_array
pyexcel.dict_to_array
pyexcel.from_records
pyexcel.to_records
pyexcel.Sheet.filter has been re-implemented and all filters were removed:
pyexcel.filters.ColumnIndexFilter
pyexcel.filters.ColumnFilter
pyexcel.filters.RowFilter
pyexcel.filters.EvenColumnFilter
pyexcel.filters.OddColumnFilter
pyexcel.filters.EvenRowFilter
pyexcel.filters.OddRowFilter
pyexcel.filters.RowIndexFilter
pyexcel.filters.SingleColumnFilter
pyexcel.filters.RowValueFilter
pyexcel.filters.NamedRowValueFilter
pyexcel.filters.ColumnValueFilter
pyexcel.filters.NamedColumnValueFilter
pyexcel.filters.SingleRowFilter
the following functions have been removed
add_formatter
remove_formatter
clear_formatters
freeze_formatters
add_filter
remove_filter
clear_filters
freeze_formatters
pyexcel.Sheet.filter has been re-implemented and all filters were removed:
pyexcel.formatters.SheetFormatter
been made as compulsory requirement
Updated:
#58: texttable should have been made as compulsory requirement
Updated: #. For python 2, writing to sys.stdout by pyexcel-cli raise IOError.
Updated:
For python 2, writing to sys.stdout by pyexcel-cli raise IOError.
Hence, adding support for sys.stdin and sys.stdout.
Updated:
For python 3, do not seek 0 when saving to memory if sys.stdout is passed on. Hence, adding support for sys.stdin and sys.stdout.
supported, e.g. get_sheet(cannot_find_me_option="will be thrown out as NotImplementedError")
Updated:
Explicit imports, no longer needed
Depends on latest setuptools 18.0.1
NotImplementedError will be raised if parameters to core functions are not supported, e.g. get_sheet(cannot_find_me_option="will be thrown out as NotImplementedError")
format is a string it is displayed as a float
Added:
add pyexcel-text file types as attributes of pyexcel.Sheet and pyexcel.Book, related to #31
auto import pyexcel-text if it is pip installed
Updated:
code refactoring done for easy addition of sources.
bug fix #29, Even if the format is a string it is displayed as a float
pyexcel-text is no longer a plugin to pyexcel-io but to pyexcel.sources, see pyexcel-text#22
Removed:
pyexcel.presentation is removed. No longer the internal decorate @outsource is used. related to #31
Updated #. adopt pyexcel-io yield key word to return generator as content #. pyexcel.save_as and pyexcel.save_book_as get performance improvements
Updated
adopt pyexcel-io yield key word to return generator as content
pyexcel.save_as and pyexcel.save_book_as get performance improvements
Added #. Support pyramid-excel which does the database commit on its own.
Added
Support pyramid-excel which does the database commit on its own.
Added #. get excel data from a http url
Added
get excel data from a http url
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Added #. added csvz and tsvz format
Added
added csvz and tsvz format
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