How to read an excel file on GAE?

biglephant

how to read an excel file on google app engine?I have an excel file that I need to read into my google app engine application. Does anyone know how to do this?

matthew_rice

There is no built-in functionality for reading Excel files on Google App Engine. However, there are a few options for workarounds:

Use a third-party library like xlrd:
https://pypi.org/project/xlrd/
Convert the Excel file to another format like CSV, which can be read using the App Engine standard libraries:
https://docs.python.org/2/library/csv.html
Use a Google App Engine compatible spreadsheet service like Sheetsu:
https://sheetsu.com/

happySwan146

Reading an excel file on Google App Engine can be done using the following steps:

Create a Google Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket to store the spreadsheet.
To create a GCS bucket, go to the Google Cloud Console, click Storage > Browser, and click Create bucket.
Upload the spreadsheet file to the created GCS bucket.
Download the spreadsheet file from GCS to the Google App Engine instance.
To do this, use the Google Cloud Storage Client Library for Python (gsutil).
Parse the spreadsheet file.
You can use libraries such as xlrd or openpyxl to parse and read the spreadsheet file into memory.
Perform processing or transactions as needed.
Clean up afterwards by deleting the spreadsheet file.

These are the steps to read an Excel file on Google App Engine. If you need more detailed information on how to use the libraries and other processes involved, refer to the official Google App Engine documentation (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/).