xls2db is a python program that takes an excel spreadsheet following a certain schema into an sqlite database that can be opened using python's sqlite3 module. It can also be used as a module.
Because fuck you, that's why.
But seriously: I was getting sick of doing data entry for this toy project of mine using cursor.execute()'s, so I figured I'd try entering the data into an excel spreadsheet, converting it into the db, and then manipulating it from there. Crazy, I know.
As a script:
xls2db infile.xls outfile.db
As a module:
from xls2db import xls2db
xls2db("infile.xls", "outfile.db")
Alternately, you can use an instance of xlrd.Book instead of an .xls
filename, and you can use an instance of sqlite3.Connection instead of an
sqlite database filename. For example:
from xls2db import xls2db
import xlrd
import sqlite3 as sqlite
db = sqlite.connect(":memory:")
xls2db(xlrd.open_workbook("infile.xls"), db)
Each worksheet represents a table with that name. Each table is written with headers corresponding to column names/types/etc. expected in an sqlite database, and the rest of the rows are, well, rows. For example, I have data in a worksheet called "links" that looks like this:
src string dst string dir string kitchen outside West kitchen w_hwy East w_hwy ctr_hwy East ctr_hwy e_hwy East e_hwy living East w_hwy w_bath North ctr_hwy e_bath North w_hwy josh_bdr South ctr_hwy guest_bdr South e_hwy james_bdr South
If you're familiar with sql, this probably makes sense. Somewhat.
sudo pip install -U xls2db
- xlrd
- xlwt
- plac (for command line args)
I haven't written any yet, because I'm lazy.
I suspect most of you are stabbing your eyes out with rusty nails. If you're not, however, why not give it a try? Help me track down some bugs? Fix anything that seems like it's begging for sql injection?
MIT.