excelerate

Excelerate

Excelerate is a gem that adds a modern Ruby API to the classic ParseExcel library. ParseExcel does a wonderful job of pulling the data out of an Excel file, but its usability is lacking. Excelerate is intended to address those woes.

Installation

Install via standard gem installation:

gem install excelerate

Add to Gemfile:

gem 'excelerate'

Usage

Open a file via URL:

Excelerate.open 'http://example.com/example.xls'

Open a local file:

Excelerate.open 'example.xls'

Select a worksheet:

workbook = Excelerate.open(file)
first_sheet = workbook.first
second_sheet = workbook[1]

Get column headers:

first_sheet.column_headers

Loop through all cells:

first_sheet.each_cell { |cell| puts cell }

Loop through rows or columns:

first_sheet.rows.each { |row| puts row }
first_sheet.columns.each { |row| puts columns }

Grab an individual row or column:

first_sheet.row(4)
first_sheet.column(4)

Other Features

• attr_reader for instance variables
• Can open files, strings, or URLs

To do

• Make it work on Heroku by default

Contributing

Just issue a pull request!

License

Released under the MIT license:

• http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT