How to Read an Existing Excel File Directly from M-Files via API?

Question

I&rsquo;m working on integrating M-Files with an external Python application. I want to read the contents of an existing Excel file stored in M-Files directly through the API, ideally without having to download the file to local storage first. 
 Is it possible to access and read the Excel file&rsquo;s data directly via the M-Files REST or COM API? If so, could you please share some guidance or sample code? 
 Thanks in advance for your help!

Craig Hawker · Answer

We don't have any Python samples, but the following might be useful: 
 
 Authenticating to the M-Files Web Service (REST API) - how to authenticate 
 M-Files Web Service: Object file - how to download the contents of a file as a stream, if you know the various IDs 
 Libraries.MFWSClient/MFaaP.MFWSClient/MFWSVaultObjectFileOperations.cs at master &middot; M-Files/Libraries.MFWSClient - A C# example implementation of helper methods to interact with files.

How to Read an Existing Excel File Directly from M-Files via API?

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