From password-protected Excel file to pandas DataFrame

Question

I can open a password-protected Excel file with this:

import sys
import win32com.client
xlApp = win32com.client.Dispatch(\"Excel.Application\")
print \"Excel         


        

Answer 1

from David Hamann's site (all credits go to him) https://davidhamann.de/2018/02/21/read-password-protected-excel-files-into-pandas-dataframe/

Use xlwings, opening the file will first launch the Excel application so you can enter the password.

import pandas as pd
import xlwings as xw

PATH = '/Users/me/Desktop/xlwings_sample.xlsx'
wb = xw.Book(PATH)
sheet = wb.sheets['sample']

df = sheet['A1:C4'].options(pd.DataFrame, index=False, header=True).value
df