xpr_namespace ](polars.api.register_expr_namespace.html)
    * [ polars.api.register_dataframe_namespace ](polars.api.register_dataframe_namespace.html)
    * [ polars.api.register_lazyframe_namespace ](polars.api.register_lazyframe_namespace.html)
    * [ polars.api.register_series_namespace ](polars.api.register_series_namespace.html)

  * [ Plugins ](../plugins.html)

  * [ SQL Interface ](../sql.html) __
    * [ polars.SQLContext.execute ](polars.SQLContext.execute.html)
    * [ polars.SQLContext.register ](polars.SQLContext.register.html)
    * [ polars.SQLContext.register_globals ](polars.SQLContext.register_globals.html)
    * [ polars.SQLContext.register_many ](polars.SQLContext.register_many.html)
    * [ polars.SQLContext.unregister ](polars.SQLContext.unregister.html)
    * [ polars.SQLContext.tables ](polars.SQLContext.tables.html)

  * [ Exceptions ](../exceptions.html) __
    * [ polars.exceptions.ArrowError ](polars.exceptions.ArrowError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.ColumnNotFoundError ](polars.exceptions.ColumnNotFoundError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.ComputeError ](polars.exceptions.ComputeError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.DuplicateError ](polars.exceptions.DuplicateError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.InvalidOperationError ](polars.exceptions.InvalidOperationError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.NoDataError ](polars.exceptions.NoDataError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.NoRowsReturnedError ](polars.exceptions.NoRowsReturnedError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.PolarsError ](polars.exceptions.PolarsError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.PolarsPanicError ](polars.exceptions.PolarsPanicError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.RowsError ](polars.exceptions.RowsError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.SchemaError ](polars.exceptions.SchemaError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.SchemaFieldNotFoundError ](polars.exceptions.SchemaFieldNotFoundError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.ShapeError ](polars.exceptions.ShapeError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.StructFieldNotFoundError ](polars.exceptions.StructFieldNotFoundError.html)
    * [ polars.exceptions.TooManyRowsReturnedError ](polars.exceptions.TooManyRowsReturnedError.html)

  * [ Testing ](../testing.html) __
    * [ polars.testing.assert_frame_equal ](polars.testing.assert_frame_equal.html)
    * [ polars.testing.assert_frame_not_equal ](polars.testing.assert_frame_not_equal.html)
    * [ polars.testing.assert_series_equal ](polars.testing.assert_series_equal.html)
    * [ polars.testing.assert_series_not_equal ](polars.testing.assert_series_not_equal.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.dataframes ](polars.testing.parametric.dataframes.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.series ](polars.testing.parametric.series.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.column ](polars.testing.parametric.column.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.columns ](polars.testing.parametric.columns.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.create_list_strategy ](polars.testing.parametric.create_list_strategy.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.load_profile ](polars.testing.parametric.load_profile.html)
    * [ polars.testing.parametric.set_profile ](polars.testing.parametric.set_profile.html)

  * [ Metadata ](../metadata.html) __
    * [ polars.build_info ](polars.build_info.html)
    * [ polars.get_index_type ](polars.get_index_type.html)
    * [ polars.show_versions ](polars.show_versions.html)
    * [ polars.thread_pool_size ](polars.thread_pool_size.html)
    * [ polars.threadpool_size ](polars.threadpool_size.html)

  * [ __ ](../../index.html)
  * [ Python API reference ](../index.html)
  * [ Input/output ](../io.html)
  * polars.read_excel 

#  polars.read_excel  #

polars.  read_excel  (

     _ source  :  [ str  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str "\(in Python v3.12\)") |  Path  |  IO  [  [ bytes  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#bytes "\(in Python v3.12\)") ]  |  [ bytes  ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#bytes