How to Insert Image in Excel using Python

This brief tutorial provides guidance on how to insert image in Excel using Python. It has the details to set the development environment, a list of programming steps, and a runnable sample code to insert picture in Excel using Python. You will also learn to add the picture using different options to customize the output file.

Steps to Insert Image Into Excel Cell using Python

  1. Set the environment to use Aspose.Cells for Python via Java to insert an image
  2. Create an empty Excel file using the Workbook class for adding an image
  3. Access a worksheet where an image is to be added to a particular cell
  4. Access the default collection of pictures from the selected worksheet
  5. Call the add() method in the PictureCollection class by providing a cell reference and the image
  6. Save the output Excel file with an image in it

These steps provide clear guidance for how to insert image in Excel cell using Python. The process is commenced by creating an empty workbook however you may load an existing workbook followed by selecting the target worksheet. Each worksheet contains a default collection of pictures from which add() method is used to insert an image in this sample code.

Code to Insert Picture into Excel Cell using Python

This code snippet exhibits the process how to insert picture in Excel cell using Python. In this sample code, we have used the add() method overload that requires the starting cell and the file name, however, you may use other overloaded functions to define the complete boundary of the image, and height/width scales. Another method addPictureFromBytes() can also be used to load the image from a byte stream instead of a file if required.

This article has guided us on how to insert photo in Excel using Python. If you want to learn the process to convert an Excel sheet to an image, refer to the article on how to create image of spreadsheet using Python.

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