feat(python): allow read_excel to load from remote http locations

[alexander-beedie]

Closes #13718.

Small (three line 😅) update to run the path passed to read_excel through the same utility function as read_csv (for paths that begin with the "http" prefix).

import polars as pl

remote_file = "https://atb-archive.nrel.gov/electricity/2020/files/2020-ATB-Data.xlsm"
pl.read_excel(remote_file, sheet_name="LCOE Range")

# shape: (12, 4)
# ┌──────────────────────────────┬───────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
# │ Technology                   ┆ Min       ┆ Difference ┆ Max        │
# │ ---                          ┆ ---       ┆ ---        ┆ ---        │
# │ str                          ┆ f64       ┆ f64        ┆ f64        │
# ╞══════════════════════════════╪═══════════╪════════════╪════════════╡
# │ Natural Gas                  ┆ 29.694559 ┆ 66.110439  ┆ 95.804998  │
# │ Coal                         ┆ 72.223685 ┆ 93.83216   ┆ 166.055844 │
# │ Nuclear                      ┆ 75.832182 ┆ 2.0        ┆ 75.832182  │
# │ Land-Based Wind              ┆ 28.320708 ┆ 98.920068  ┆ 127.240776 │
# │ Offshore Wind                ┆ 84.418738 ┆ 87.135401  ┆ 171.554139 │
# │ …                            ┆ …         ┆ …          ┆ …          │
# │ Solar - PV Dist. Residential ┆ 88.112836 ┆ 48.651903  ┆ 136.764739 │
# │ Solar - CSP                  ┆ 88.836103 ┆ 22.502418  ┆ 111.33852  │
# │ Geothermal                   ┆ 58.400147 ┆ 366.001221 ┆ 424.401367 │
# │ Hydropower                   ┆ 49.315104 ┆ 46.505838  ┆ 95.820942  │
# │ Biopower                     ┆ 86.066784 ┆ 29.196242  ┆ 115.263026 │
# └──────────────────────────────┴───────────┴────────────┴────────────┘

[stinodego]

The walrus here hurts my brain but looks like this would work 👍

[alexander-beedie]

The walrus here hurts my brain but looks like this would work 👍

At least I didn't write a module to Walrus All The Things™ (@MarcoGorelli, you mad scientist 😂)