# excel_app/views.py
import xlwt
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
def export_users_xls(request):
response = HttpResponse(content_type='application/ms-excel')
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="users.xls"'
wb = xlwt.Workbook(encoding='utf-8')
ws = wb.add_sheet('Users Data') # this will make a sheet named Users Data
# Sheet header, first row
row_num = 0
font_style = xlwt.XFStyle()
font_style.font.bold = True
columns = ['Username', 'First Name', 'Last Name', 'Email Address', ]
for col_num in range(len(columns)):
ws.write(row_num, col_num, columns[col_num], font_style) # at 0 row 0 column
# Sheet body, remaining rows
font_style = xlwt.XFStyle()
rows = User.objects.all().values_list('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email')
for row in rows:
row_num += 1
for col_num in range(len(row)):
ws.write(row_num, col_num, row[col_num], font_style)
wb.save(response)
return response