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Excel Export with xlwt

Author:
sspross
Posted:
October 12, 2010
Language:
Python
Version:
1.2
Score:
2 (after 4 ratings)

how to generate a (real) excel file as an HTTP response with xlwt

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import xlwt

def tool_excel_export(self, request, obj, button):
    response = HttpResponse(mimetype="application/ms-excel")
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=file.xls'
    
    wb = xlwt.Workbook()
    ws = wb.add_sheet('Sheetname')
    
    ws.write(0, 0, 'Firstname')
    ws.write(0, 1, 'Surname')
    ws.write(1, 0, 'Hans')
    ws.write(1, 1, 'Muster')

    wb.save(response)
    return response

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Comments

LuckiDog (on June 9, 2011):

IE seems to require that file.xls be "file.xls" Or it will puke saying it can't save the file if your url ends in a slash.

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redglyph (on April 7, 2012):

The following is also missing:

from django.http import HttpResponse

Finally, the MIME type is wrong, it should be like this:

response = HttpResponse(mimetype="application/vnd.ms-excel")

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