pyxform is a Python library that makes writing XForms for ODK Collect and enketo easy by converting XLS(X) spreadsheets into XForms. It is used as a library in a number of tools including the ODK online converter and Ona.

XLS(X) documents used as input must follow to the XLSForm standard and the resulting output follows the ODK XForms standard.

• formhub.org uses the repo here: https://github.com/modilabs/pyxform

pyxform is a major rewrite of xls2xform.

For those who want to convert forms at the command line, the latest official release of pyxform can be installed using pip:

pip install pyxform

The xls2xform command can then be used:

xls2xform path_to_XLSForm output_path

Note that you must uninstall any globally installed pyxform instance in order to use local modules.

From the command line:

python setup.py develop
python pyxform/xls2xform.py path_to_XLSForm output_path

Consider using a virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper to make dependency management easier and keep your global site-packages directory clean:

pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualenvwrapper
mkvirtualenv local_pyxform                     # or whatever you want to name it
(local_pyxform)$ python setup.py develop       # install the local files
(local_pyxform)$ python pyxform/xls2xform.py --help
(local_pyxform)$ xls2xform --help              # same effect as previous line
(local_pyxform)$ which xls2xform.              # ~/.virtualenvs/local_pyxform/bin/xls2xform

To leave and return to the virtual environment:

(local_pyxform)$ deactivate                    # leave the virtualenv
$ xls2xform --help
# -bash: xls2xform: command not found
$ workon local_pyxform                         # reactivate the virtualenv
(local_pyxform)$ which xls2xform               # & we can access the scripts once again
~/.virtualenvs/local_pyxform/bin/xls2xform

pip can install from any GitHub repository:

pip install git+https://github.com/XLSForm/pyxform.git@master#egg=pyxform

You can then run xls2xform from the commandline:

xls2xform path_to_XLSForm output_path

To make sure the install worked out, you can do the following:

pip install nose==1.0.0

cd your-virtual-env-dir/src/pyxform

nosetests

To check out the documentation for pyxform do the following:

pip install Sphinx==1.0.7

cd your-virtual-env-dir/src/pyxform/docs

make html

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