Getting a hyperlink URL from an Excel document

Question

I am reading an Excel file using xlrd. In one column I have a company name which is formatted as a hyperlink (meaning there is a URL behind it). When I get the cell value I only get the company name. How can I also get the URL behind it?

Below is the code for reading an Excel file using the xlrd module (assume files are imported).

mainData_book = xlrd.open_workbook("IEsummary.xls", formatting_info=True)
mainData_sheet = mainData_book.sheet_by_index(0) # Get the first sheet 0
start = 1
end = 101
for counter in range(start, end):
    rowValues = mainData_sheet.row_values(counter, start_colx=0, end_colx=8)
    company_name = rowValues[0] #how i can get link here also??

Answer 1

In xlrd 0.7.2 or newer, you can use hyperlink_map:

import xlrd
mainData_book = xlrd.open_workbook("IEsummary.xls", formatting_info=True)
mainData_sheet = mainData_book.sheet_by_index(0)
for row in range(1, 101):
    rowValues = mainData_sheet.row_values(row, start_colx=0, end_colx=8)
    company_name = rowValues[0]

    link = mainData_sheet.hyperlink_map.get((row, 0))
    url = '(No URL)' if link is None else link.url_or_path
    print(company_name.ljust(20) + ': ' + url)