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Microsoft’s Excel API, which lets developers access excel data, is available

2 pointsby altstaralmost 9 years ago

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osullivjalmost 9 years ago
This looks very much like the REST API that MS released back in 2011 for the SharePoint hosted Excel Services [1]. Obviously that configuration required a SharePoint deployment on your own server. It looks like this new offering [2] [3] simply makes that functionality available on the MS Cloud for .xls[x] that are stored on OneDrive. IIRC the 2011 SharePoint Excel Services didn&#x27;t support VBA or addins which are often critical for the heaviest spreadsheets that are most in need of serverization. I can&#x27;t find any mention of addins or VBA in the docs for this new REST API, so I&#x27;m guessing those aren&#x27;t supported.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;library&#x2F;office&#x2F;ee556413.aspx" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;library&#x2F;office&#x2F;ee556413.asp...</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.office.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;08&#x2F;03&#x2F;announcing-the-general-availability-of-the-microsoft-excel-api-to-expand-the-power-of-office-365&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.office.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;08&#x2F;03&#x2F;announcing-the-general-a...</a> [3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;graph.microsoft.io&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;docs&#x2F;api-reference&#x2F;v1.0&#x2F;resources&#x2F;excel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;graph.microsoft.io&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;docs&#x2F;api-reference&#x2F;v1.0&#x2F;res...</a>