Example: Inserting images into a worksheet

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# An example of inserting images into a worksheet using the XlsxWriter
# Python module.
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
# Copyright 2013-2023, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
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import xlsxwriter


# Create an new Excel file and add a worksheet.
workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook("images.xlsx")
worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

# Widen the first column to make the text clearer.
worksheet.set_column("A:A", 30)

# Insert an image.
worksheet.write("A2", "Insert an image in a cell:")
worksheet.insert_image("B2", "python.png")

# Insert an image offset in the cell.
worksheet.write("A12", "Insert an image with an offset:")
worksheet.insert_image("B12", "python.png", {"x_offset": 15, "y_offset": 10})

# Insert an image with scaling.
worksheet.write("A23", "Insert a scaled image:")
worksheet.insert_image("B23", "python.png", {"x_scale": 0.5, "y_scale": 0.5})

workbook.close()