I've read a lot of stackoverflow and other threads where it's been mentioned how to read excel binary file.
Reference: Read XLSB File in Pandas Python
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_excel('path_to_file.xlsb', engine='pyxlsb')
However, I can not find any solution on how to write it back as .xlsb file after processing using pandas? Can anyone please suggest a workable solution for this using python?
Any help is much appreciated!
I haven't been able to find any solution to write into xlsb files or create xlsb files using python.
But maybe one work around is to save your file as xlsx using any of the many available libraries to do that (such as pandas, xlsxwriter, openpyxl) and then converting that file into a xlsb using xlsb-converter. https://github.com/gibz104/xlsb-converter
CAUTION: This repository uses WIN32COM, which is why this script only supports Windows
Writing xlsb files from python isn't supported in pyxlsb library. Aspose.Cells for Python is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files inclding xlsb file. It is a commercial tool.
It requires Python <=3.13, >=3.8.
Here's the sample code:
import jpype
import asposecells
jpype.startJVM()
from asposecells.api import Workbook, FileFormatType
# Create Workbook object.
workbook = Workbook(FileFormatType.XLSB)
# Access the first worksheet of the workbook.
worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0)
# Get the desired cell(s) of the worksheet and input the value into the cell(s).
worksheet.getCells().get("A1").putValue("ColumnA")
worksheet.getCells().get("B1").putValue("ColumnB")
worksheet.getCells().get("A2").putValue("ValueA")
worksheet.getCells().get("B2").putValue("ValueB")
# Save the workbook as XLSB file.
workbook.save("output.xlsb")
jpype.shutdownJVM()
Other options are writing .xlsx in Python (pandas, openpyxl or xlsxwriter) and then manually saving as .xlsb from Excel or win32com.client (Windows only)
you can read binary file with open_workbook under pyxlsb. Please find below the code:
import pandas as pd
from pyxlsb import open_workbook
path=r'D:\path_to_file.xlsb'
df2=[]
with open_workbook(path) as wb:
with wb.get_sheet(1) as sheet:
for row in sheet.rows():
df2.append([item.v for item in row])
data= pd.DataFrame(df2[1:], columns=df2[0])
