jupyterexcel: A Python repository from luozhijian

jupyterexcel Package

This is a python package to make Jupyter.ipynb file a web api with json result. You can call Jupyter from Excel Formula or Ribbon CallBack Functions SourceCode in JupyterExcel

Before install, please download JupyterExcelTesting.xlsm to try its formula function and excel ribbon. If you think it works, you can modify the url in the sheet to your jupyter page and save it as "Addin" file.

This Jupyter Excel web api can be connected with Excel addin which call this web api. Excel formula will generate a web api url and through winhttp to get json result. It now works Mac Excel by using VBA-Web.

Installation

pip install jupyterexcel

then run

jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyterexcel

Server setting

Please follow config jupyter server or use command

    jupyter notebook --generate-config 
	    if the file alraady there, please do not override.  Remember the file path

and change following values:

c.NotebookApp.token = 'ABCD'   #now, it has to use token mode. In the url in Excel, if it is not token, it will cause page forward to ask password, the excel will not work
c.NotebookApp.allow_origin = '*'  #allow any origin to access your server.  You can ignore following 3 connections,if you connect only from local computer
c.NotebookApp.allow_remote_access = True  #if you like to set to access from other computer
c.NotebookApp.ip = '0.0.0.0'   #allow all ip address to connect to this instance 
c.NotebookApp.iopub_data_rate_limit = 32000000  #it might be good to change to a high number, if you will pass out large amount of data. (bytes/sec) Maximum rate at which stream output can be sent on iopub before

Example

The following screenshot shows the sample notebook file with a function sum. You can download TestingJupyter.ipynb or create your own. The following is an instance I hosted in google cloud platform, you can open and add a function of yours.
http://www.jupyterexcel.com:8888/Excel/TestingJupyter.ipynb?token=ABCD&functionname=sum&1=11&2=8&3=6
http://www.jupyterexcel.com:8888/notebooks/TestingJupyter.ipynb?token=ABCD please change 34.67.24.96 to your computer name or localhost

The following screenshot shows how excel Formula works.

The following screenshot Shows how Ribbon Call Back function works

Future Development Plan

Make Excel client side more easier to use, such as generate Excel formula proxy
Able to support R, Julia ....
It might only support one notebook page

Reference