Get sheet by name using openpyxl

Question

I am writing some data into an Excel file, but I don’t know how to adjust the code in order to be able to control which sheet I am writing into:

from openpyxl import load_workbook

wb = load_workbook(filename)
active_ws = wb.active

Instead of wb.active, how can I say something like Sheets('Data') (this is how the VBA syntax would look like...)?

Answer 1

You should use wb[sheetname]

from openpyxl import load_workbook
wb2 = load_workbook('test.xlsx')
ws4 = wb2["New Title"]

PS: You should check if your sheet in sheet names wb.sheetnames

print(wb2.sheetnames)
['Sheet2', 'New Title', 'Sheet1']

Answer 2

import openpyxl

n = 0
wb = openpyxl.load_workbook('D:\excel.xlsx')
sheets = wb.sheetnames
ws = wb[sheets[n]]

The reference: How to switch between sheets in Excel openpyxl Python to make changes

Answer 3

Fix your openpyxl version. Upgrading from 2.3.2 to 2.4.10 will fix this issue. Do this:

pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org openpyxl==2.4.10

Answer 4

The above solution works but just to point out that the excel file should be "Excel Workbook (.xlsx)" and not the "Strict Open XML Spreadsheet (.xlsx)"

workbook = openpyxl.load_workbook(file.xlsx)
sheet = workbook[sheet_name]