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Loading from other sources

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   >>> from mock import patch, MagicMock
   >>> import pyexcel as pe
   >>> patcher = patch('pyexcel._compact.request.urlopen')
   >>> urlopen = patcher.start()
   >>> m = MagicMock()
   >>> x = MagicMock()
   >>> x.type.return_value = "text/csv"
   >>> m.info.return_value = x
   >>> m.read.return_value = "1,2,3"
   >>> urlopen.return_value = m

How to load a sheet from a url

Suppose you have excel file somewhere hosted:

>>> sheet = pe.get_sheet(url='http://yourdomain.com/test.csv')
>>> sheet
csv:
+---+---+---+
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
+---+---+---+

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   >>> patcher.stop()