excel (DataFrameReader)

Loads Excel files and returns the result as a DataFrame.

Syntax

excel(path, dataAddress=None, headerRows=None, listSheets=None,
      dateFormat=None, timestampFormat=None)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
path	str or list	One or more input paths.
dataAddress	str, optional	The address of the data within the Excel file.
headerRows	int or str, optional	The number of header rows.
listSheets	bool or str, optional	If True, returns the list of sheet names instead of reading data.
dateFormat	str, optional	The date format string.
timestampFormat	str, optional	The timestamp format string.

Returns

DataFrame

Examples

Write a DataFrame into an Excel file and read it back.

Python

import tempfile
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="excel") as d:
    spark.createDataFrame(
        [{"age": 100.1, "name": "Alice"}]
    ).write.mode("overwrite").option("headerRows", 1).excel(d)

    spark.read.excel(d, headerRows=1).show()
    # +-----+------------+
    # |  age|        name|
    # +-----+------------+
    # |100.1|Alice|
    # +-----+------------+