XlsxWriter

XlsxWriter

XlsxWriter is a Python module for writing files in the Excel 2007+ XLSX file format.

XlsxWriter can be used to write text, numbers, formulas and hyperlinks to multiple worksheets and it supports features such as formatting and many more, including:

• 100% compatible Excel XLSX files.
• Full formatting.
• Merged cells.
• Defined names.
• Charts.
• Autofilters.
• Data validation and drop down lists.
• Conditional formatting.
• Worksheet PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP/WMF/EMF images.
• Rich multi-format strings.
• Cell comments.
• Integration with Pandas and Polars.
• Textboxes.
• Support for adding Macros.
• Memory optimization mode for writing large files.

It supports Python 3.4+ and PyPy3 and uses standard libraries only.

Here is a simple example:

.. code-block:: python

import xlsxwriter

Create an new Excel file and add a worksheet.

workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook('demo.xlsx') worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

Widen the first column to make the text clearer.

worksheet.set_column('A:A', 20)

Add a bold format to use to highlight cells.

bold = workbook.add_format({'bold': True})

Write some simple text.

worksheet.write('A1', 'Hello')

Text with formatting.

worksheet.write('A2', 'World', bold)

Write some numbers, with row/column notation.

worksheet.write(2, 0, 123) worksheet.write(3, 0, 123.456)

Insert an image.

worksheet.insert_image('B5', 'logo.png')

workbook.close()

.. image:: https://raw.github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/master/dev/docs/source/_images/demo.png

See the full documentation at: https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io

Release notes: https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io/changes.html