CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

read excel spark

def readExcel(file: String): DataFrame = sqlContext.read
    .format("com.crealytics.spark.excel")
    .option("location", file)
    .option("useHeader", "true")
    .option("treatEmptyValuesAsNulls", "true")
    .option("inferSchema", "true")
    .option("addColorColumns", "False")
    .load()

val data = readExcel("path to your excel file")

data.show(false)