RIristic·Jun 4, 2016
I have just updated the example_client and README. Combined they should resolve your suggestion.
Here is the example client: https://github.com/robsco-git/spreadsheet_server/blob/master...
In Show HN: Spreadsheet_serverrobsco-git
spreadsheet_server
Python2016–2017
robsco-git / spreadsheet_server
spreadsheet_server
A python server harnessing the calculational ability of LibreOffice Calc (thanks to 'pyoo'). It provides 'instant' access to the cell ranges of a set of spreadsheets.
2Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
138GitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
A python server harnessing the calculational ability of LibreOffice Calc (thanks to 'pyoo'). It provides 'instant' access to the cell ranges of a set of spreadsheets.
GitHub
Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.
No classified warning is attached to this page. Read the discussions before treating silence as approval.
Also in these discussions
No other repository is repeatedly linked in the same discussions.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:04:58 PM UTC.
No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by month5 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-06-02 22:37:39 UTC to 2017-11-03 02:54:17 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2016 | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jul 2016 | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2016 | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2016 | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2016 | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2016 | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2016 | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2017 | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2017 | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2017 | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesThe example_client may help answer your question: https://github.com/robsco-git/spreadsheet_server/blob/master...
I don't quite follow your question but I'll give it a shot. Here is a high level version of how I am currently using the tool: A user is presented with a bunch of input variables on a web page that are then set by the user. These variables are sent to the server and the server sets the relevant cells using spreadsheet_server. Resultant values from other cells are retrieved by spreadsheet_server and then sent back to the web page and presented to the user in the form of a graph or table etc.
Pretty much all of the logic to get from input to output is handled in the spreadsheet by LibreOffice.
In Show HN: Spreadsheet_server