Python openpyxl — Read data from spreadsheet

Python script that will read cell data within an existing Excel spreadsheet using the openpyxl library. Openpyxl is a library that allows us to interact with Excel files in Python. It provides a range of tools for reading, writing, manipulating, and formatting Excel data. This makes it a useful tool for data analysis and reporting tasks.

In the above example we retrieve the values in cells A5 and B5 and assign them to ourname and role variables respectively. An image of our spreadsheet can be seen below. If you found this post useful please be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for daily coding content.