Return openpyxl workbook object as HttpResponse in django. Is it possible?

Question

I need to provide an excel formatted data from django\'s database to visitors.

The only way I can think of is with these steps:

1. Extract data from database.

Answer 1

Since save_virtual_workbook will be obsolete, I used stream insted.

from openpyxl import Workbook
from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile

def exportToExcel(request):
   workbook = Workbook()
   ...

   with NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp:
      workbook.save(tmp.name)
      tmp.seek(0)
      stream = tmp.read()

   response = HttpResponse(content=stream, content_type='application/ms-excel', )
   response['Content-Disposition'] = f'attachment; filename=ExportedExcel-{datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M")}.xlsx'
   return response