# Reading .xlsx file from sharepoint v7.9

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**Created:** [April 24, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xlsx-file-from-sharepoint-v7-9/58781 "2022-04-24T03:32:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richita\_Pandey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@Richita\_Pandey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richita_Pandey)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xlsx-file-from-sharepoint-v7-9/58781/1 "2022-04-24T03:32:43Z")

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Hi All,

I am trying to find a method to read .xlsx file from SharePoint. Would need your help to do it effectively.

Trying to access HTTP

```auto
url = system.net.httpPut("Share point link here")
print url 

```

and getting error

```auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<buffer>", line 15, in <module>
IOError: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: SharePoint Here

```

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xlsx-file-from-sharepoint-v7-9/58781/2 "2022-04-24T12:10:45Z")

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httpPut would _ **send** _ a file to a target server. Try httpGet.

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**Author:** ![Richita\_Pandey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@Richita\_Pandey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richita_Pandey)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xlsx-file-from-sharepoint-v7-9/58781/3 "2022-04-25T04:02:07Z")

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Hi,  
I am receiving same error here

```auto
url=system.net.httpGet("https link here")

```

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-xlsx-file-from-sharepoint-v7-9/58781/4 "2022-04-25T13:04:18Z")

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Well, that response means “forbidden”. You will need to show more details for us to help you, but you will at least need to authenticate to Sharepoint. v7.9 has a less than optimal implementation–the `httpClient` tool in v8.x is probably needed. Or perhaps using an ancient (python 2.5.2 compatible) version of the python `requests` module.