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calamine 0.38 can read workbook document properties (Sheets::workbook_properties()), but python-calamine has no way to get them. This PR adds a binding.

API

from python_calamine import CalamineWorkbook

props = CalamineWorkbook.from_path("file.xlsx").workbook_properties
props.creator           # "Test Creator"
props.last_modified_by  # "Last Modifier"
props.created           # datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 15, 8, 30, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
props.custom_properties # {"Department": "Finance", "Reviewed": "true"}

• CalamineWorkbook.workbook_properties is a read-only property, like sheet_names, sheets_metadata and table_names. It returns a new WorkbookProperties class with all of calamine's fields: creator, last_modified_by, created, modified, title, subject, description, keywords, category, content_status, revision, version, application, app_version, company, template, manager (str | None, apart from the two dates below) and custom_properties (dict[str, str]).
• It works for xlsx, xlsb, xls and ods, opened from a path or a file-like object.
• The properties are read when the attribute is accessed, not when the workbook is opened, so opening a file costs nothing extra and a malformed docProps part can't make loading fail. After close() it raises WorkbookClosed, like get_sheet_by_name.
• created and modified are datetime.datetime, timezone-aware when the file stores a UTC offset and naive otherwise. Custom property values stay strings, because calamine returns them without their types.
• WorkbookProperties supports == and has a repr that lists the fields that are set.

Changes

• src/types/workbook_properties.rs: the new WorkbookProperties pyclass, converted from calamine::WorkbookProperties. custom_properties is stored as a BTreeMap, so dict order and repr are deterministic.
• src/types/workbook.rs: SheetsEnum::workbook_properties() and the workbook_properties getter, which releases the GIL while reading, like the other readers.
• .pyi stub, __init__.py exports and a README example.
• Tests in tests/test_workbook_properties.py: all fields from xlsx and ods (workbook_properties.xlsx/.ods, copied from calamine's test suite), the existing any_sheets.* fixtures for all four formats, file-like vs path, missing fields, repr, and a closed workbook.

Checks

• pytest: 68 passed, 1 xfailed.
• pre-commit run --all-files: all hooks pass, including mypy, stubtest, rustfmt and clippy.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Access workbook document properties, including creator, last editor, dates, and custom properties, for XLSX, XLSB, XLS, and ODS files.
  • Properties are read when first accessed; accessing them after closing a workbook raises a WorkbookClosed error.
• Documentation
  • Added an example demonstrating how to read workbook properties.
• Tests
  • Added coverage across supported formats, file-like inputs, missing fields, and closed workbooks.

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Walkthrough

The package now exposes workbook document properties through WorkbookProperties and CalamineWorkbook.workbook_properties. The getter handles file-backed and file-like workbooks. Tests cover XLSX, XLSB, XLS, and ODS files.

Changes: Workbook Properties API

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Properties type and Python exports src/types/workbook_properties.rs, src/types/mod.rs, src/lib.rs, python/python_calamine/__init__.py, python/python_calamine/_python_calamine.pyi	Adds the WorkbookProperties type, converts Calamine metadata into its fields, and exposes the type through the Python module and package.
Workbook getter and validation src/types/workbook.rs, tests/test_workbook_properties.py, README.md, Cargo.toml	Adds the workbook properties getter. Tests cover metadata, supported formats, file-like inputs, representation, and access after closing a workbook. The README adds a usage example, and calamine changes to version 0.38.0.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PythonCaller
  participant CalamineWorkbook
  participant SheetsEnum
  participant Calamine
  PythonCaller->>CalamineWorkbook: Access workbook_properties
  CalamineWorkbook->>SheetsEnum: Read workbook properties
  SheetsEnum->>Calamine: Retrieve metadata
  Calamine-->>SheetsEnum: Return workbook properties
  SheetsEnum-->>CalamineWorkbook: Return converted properties
  CalamineWorkbook-->>PythonCaller: Return WorkbookProperties

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Merge Risk: Low · up to 9203b

The new workbook properties API is mostly sound. Two minor edge cases remain: the type stub allows assigning to read-only fields, and a malformed creation or modification date (such as year 0000) can raise ValueError when read. Both are low impact and can be fixed or followed up shortly.

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_{A rabbit reads the workbook’s lore
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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Declare the metadata fields as read-only properties.

The stub permits props.creator = "Replacement". The Rust class exposes only #[pyo3(get)], so this assignment raises AttributeError at runtime. PyO3 defines get-only fields as read-only. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Declare getter-only @property methods for all 18 fields, including custom_properties. Keep the returned mapping type as dict[str, str].

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Update the metadata declarations around creator in the stub to use getter-only properties for all 18 fields, including custom_properties, so they match the Rust class’s read-only API; preserve custom_properties’ return type as dict[str, str].

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Hi. Thanks for the PR.

Dates and custom values stay strings

What do you think about parsing strings into Python datetime? I think calamine needs the chrono extra for it, but there is a datetime module in the stdlib.

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Good idea @dimastbk - done in 9203b48. created and modified now return datetime.datetime. python-calamine already enables calamine's chrono feature and pyo3's chrono conversion, so the parsing is done with chrono and needs no new dependency.

• xlsx, xlsb and xls store dates in UTC, so those are timezone-aware. The same goes for ods files saved by Excel.
• ods files saved by LibreOffice store no offset, so those dates are naive, and nanoseconds are truncated to microseconds.
• A date stored in another format is None. The xlsx spec allows short forms such as 2024-01, but Excel and LibreOffice always write a full timestamp.

I left custom_properties as strings. calamine returns them without their types, so a date-like value can't be told apart from text.

The i686 manylinux job failed on a CentOS 7 yum mirror error, not on this change.

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Reject dates outside Python's supported year range.

For created="0000-01-01T00:00:00Z", calamine preserves the text and chrono accepts year zero. The conversion therefore stores Some(PropertyDate::Aware(...)). (raw.githubusercontent.com)

When Python reads props.created or calls repr(props), PyO3 constructs a Python datetime and raises ValueError. Python supports only years 1–9999. Validate the year after either parsing branch and return None for unrepresentable dates. Add a regression case for this boundary. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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