Load local data files to Colaboratory

Question

I just wondering that is it possible to load local data files(like .xlsx or .csv files that on my google drive) into Colaboratory?

Answer 1

First, executing this cell should create an inline "Choose Files" button

from google.colab import files
uploaded = files.upload()

After selecting your file(s), uploaded will be a dictionary of keys (the file names) and values (the encoded file objects). To decode the files for a library such as Pandas, try

import pandas as pd
import io
df = pd.read_csv(io.StringIO(uploaded['filename.csv'].decode('utf-8')))

After this your dataframe df should be ready to go