Excel Online Python Connector
Read, write, and update Excel Online with Python
Easily connect Python-based data access, visualization, ORM, ETL, AI/ML, and custom apps with Microsoft Excel Online!
Python Connector Libraries for Excel Online Data Connectivity. Integrate Excel Online with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl. Easy-to-use Python Database API (DB-API) Modules connect Excel Online data with Python and any Python-based applications.
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CData Python connectors in action!
Watch the video overview for a first hand-look at the powerful data integration capabilities included in the CData Python Connectors.
Watch the Python Connector Video OverviewPython connectivity with Microsoft Excel Online
Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through Python
Connecting to Excel Online with Python
CData Python Connectors leverage the Database API (DB-API) interface to make it easy to work with Excel Online from a wide range of standard Python data tools. Connecting to and working with your data in Python follows a basic pattern, regardless of data source:
- Configure the connection properties to Excel Online
- Query Excel Online to retrieve or update data
- Connect your Excel Online data with Python data tools.

Connecting to Excel Online in Python
To connect to your data from Python, import the extension and create a connection:
Once you import the extension, you can work with all of your enterprise data using the python modules and toolkits that you already know and love, quickly building apps that help you drive business.
import cdata.excelonline as mod
conn = mod.connect("[email protected]; Password=password;")
#Create cursor and iterate over results
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM Workbooks")
rs = cur.fetchall()
for row in rs:
print(row)
engine = create_engine("excelonline///Password=password&User=user")
df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT * FROM Workbooks", engine)
df.plot()
plt.show()
Visualize Excel Online Data with pandas
The data-centric interfaces of the Excel Online Python Connector make it easy to integrate with popular tools like pandas and SQLAlchemy to visualize data in real-time.
More than read-only: full update/CRUD support
Excel Online Connector goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Excel Online Connector as easily as interacting with a database table.
AI-assisted development with CData CLI
Build Excel Online integrations faster with AI that understands your schema
Schema-aware AI
CData CLI gives AI coding tools access to your Excel Online schema. No more guessing table names or column types—AI sees the same metadata in your Python Connectors.
Your AI Knows SQL
How to find table names, column names, and how to generate SQL syntax are things that AI knows well from millions of training data. No need for customization, no hallucinations. Your AI acts like a domain specialist to Excel Online.
More Accurate, More Token-Efficient
With CData CLI's queryable schema detection and highly efficient queries with filters, aggregation, joins with correct pushdown, your AI will achieve more accuracy with less token usage.
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