Azure Bicep - load excel file in Bicep - json

Question

I would like to load the values from excel file, they are only names inside it and I have a lot of them. So I don't want to copy all of them and place them in an array. I want some solution if it's possible like [loadJsonContent].

Answer 1

I want some solution if it's possible like [loadJsonContent].
If you want built-in File function for bicep, the answer is NO.
From the official document, File functions for Bicep only have three:
loadFileAsBase64
Loads the file as a base64 string.
loadJsonContent
Loads the specified JSON file as an Any object.
loadTextContent
Loads the content of the specified file as a string.
I think your requirement needs to achieve via writing code.
By the way, you didn't clearly define the excel file, xlsx or csv? And if possible, please provide a sample file format so that we can provide specific code.
For example, I have a Student.xlsx file like this(CSV file is also this structure.):
Then I can use this Python code to parse and get the data I want:
import os
import openpyxl
import csv
#get the student name from 'Student Name' of sheet 'Tabelle1' of the file 'XLSX_Folder/Student.xlsx'
def get_student_name(file_path, sheet_name, col):
student_name = []
#if file_path ends with '.xlsx'
if file_path.endswith('.xlsx'):
wb = openpyxl.load_workbook(file_path)
sheet = wb[sheet_name]
#get all the values under the column 'Student Name'
for i in range(col, sheet.max_row+1):
student_name.append(sheet.cell(row=i, column=col).value)
print('This is xlsx file.')
return student_name
elif file_path.endswith('.csv'):
#get all the values under the column 'Student Name', except the first row
with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
for row in reader:
if reader.line_num == 1:
continue
student_name.append(row[col-1])
print('This is csv file.')
return student_name
print('This is csv file.')
else:
print('This is other format file.')
XLSX_file_path = 'XLSX_Folder/Student.xlsx'
CSV_file_path = 'CSV_Folder/Student.csv'
sheet_name = 'Tabelle1'
col = 2
print(get_student_name(XLSX_file_path, sheet_name, col))
print(get_student_name(CSV_file_path, sheet_name, col))
Result:
After that, parse your bicep file and put the above data into your bicep file.
The above code is just a demo, you can write your own code with the develop language you like. Anyway, no built-in feature of your requirement.