how to read an excel file on google app engine

Question

I am looking for java alternative for python library. Here is the question how to read an excel file on google app engine

Answer 1

Take a look at the blog posting 'How to generate excel files on GAE?'. It discusses using the JExcelAPI library in GAE. JExcelAPI supports both writing and read of Excel documents, and doesn't seem to have a dependency on the JRE classes that cause issues with the use of Apache POI.