DEPR: deprecated sheetname from ExcelFile.parse (#20938)

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt

@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ Deprecations
   retain the previous behavior, use a list instead of a tuple (:issue:`18314`)
 - ``Series.valid`` is deprecated. Use :meth:`Series.dropna` instead (:issue:`18800`).
 - :func:`read_excel` has deprecated the ``skip_footer`` parameter. Use ``skipfooter`` instead (:issue:`18836`)
+- :meth:`ExcelFile.parse` has deprecated ``sheetname`` in favor of ``sheet_name`` for consistency with :func:`read_excel` (:issue:`20920`).
 - The ``is_copy`` attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future version (:issue:`18801`).
 - ``IntervalIndex.from_intervals`` is deprecated in favor of the :class:`IntervalIndex` constructor (:issue:`19263`)
 - ``DataFrame.from_items`` is deprecated. Use :func:`DataFrame.from_dict` instead, or ``DataFrame.from_dict(OrderedDict())`` if you wish to preserve the key order (:issue:`17320`, :issue:`17312`)

pandas/io/excel.py

@@ -303,20 +303,11 @@ def read_excel(io,
                convert_float=True,
                **kwds):
 
-    # Can't use _deprecate_kwarg since sheetname=None has a special meaning
-    if is_integer(sheet_name) and sheet_name == 0 and 'sheetname' in kwds:
-        warnings.warn("The `sheetname` keyword is deprecated, use "
-                      "`sheet_name` instead", FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
-        sheet_name = kwds.pop("sheetname")
-    elif 'sheetname' in kwds:
-        raise TypeError("Cannot specify both `sheet_name` and `sheetname`. "
-                        "Use just `sheet_name`")
-
     if not isinstance(io, ExcelFile):
         io = ExcelFile(io, engine=engine)
 
-    return io._parse_excel(
-        sheetname=sheet_name,
+    return io.parse(
+        sheet_name=sheet_name,
         header=header,
         names=names,
         index_col=index_col,
@@ -435,7 +426,16 @@ def parse(self,
         docstring for more info on accepted parameters
         """
 
-        return self._parse_excel(sheetname=sheet_name,
+        # Can't use _deprecate_kwarg since sheetname=None has a special meaning
+        if is_integer(sheet_name) and sheet_name == 0 and 'sheetname' in kwds:
+            warnings.warn("The `sheetname` keyword is deprecated, use "
+                          "`sheet_name` instead", FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
+            sheet_name = kwds.pop("sheetname")
+        elif 'sheetname' in kwds:
+            raise TypeError("Cannot specify both `sheet_name` "
+                            "and `sheetname`. Use just `sheet_name`")
+
+        return self._parse_excel(sheet_name=sheet_name,
                                  header=header,
                                  names=names,
                                  index_col=index_col,
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ def _excel2num(x):
             return i in usecols
 
     def _parse_excel(self,
-                     sheetname=0,
+                     sheet_name=0,
                      header=0,
                      names=None,
                      index_col=None,
@@ -585,14 +585,14 @@ def _parse_cell(cell_contents, cell_typ):
         ret_dict = False
 
         # Keep sheetname to maintain backwards compatibility.
-        if isinstance(sheetname, list):
-            sheets = sheetname
+        if isinstance(sheet_name, list):
+            sheets = sheet_name
             ret_dict = True
-        elif sheetname is None:
+        elif sheet_name is None:
             sheets = self.sheet_names
             ret_dict = True
         else:
-            sheets = [sheetname]
+            sheets = [sheet_name]
 
         # handle same-type duplicates.
         sheets = list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(sheets).keys())

pandas/tests/io/test_excel.py

@@ -503,20 +503,35 @@ def test_sheet_name_and_sheetname(self, ext):
         # GH10559: Minor improvement: Change "sheet_name" to "sheetname"
         # GH10969: DOC: Consistent var names (sheetname vs sheet_name)
         # GH12604: CLN GH10559 Rename sheetname variable to sheet_name
+        # GH20920: ExcelFile.parse() and pd.read_xlsx() have different
+        #          behavior for "sheetname" argument
         dfref = self.get_csv_refdf('test1')
-        df1 = self.get_exceldf('test1', ext, sheet_name='Sheet1')    # doc
+        df1 = self.get_exceldf('test1', ext,
+                               sheet_name='Sheet1')  # doc
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, check_stacklevel=False):
             df2 = self.get_exceldf('test1', ext,
                                    sheetname='Sheet1')  # bkwrd compat
 
+        excel = self.get_excelfile('test1', ext)
+        df1_parse = excel.parse(sheet_name='Sheet1')    # doc
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, check_stacklevel=False):
+            df2_parse = excel.parse(sheetname='Sheet1')  # bkwrd compat
+
         tm.assert_frame_equal(df1, dfref, check_names=False)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(df2, dfref, check_names=False)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df1_parse, dfref, check_names=False)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df2_parse, dfref, check_names=False)
 
     def test_sheet_name_both_raises(self, ext):
         with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, "Cannot specify both"):
             self.get_exceldf('test1', ext, sheetname='Sheet1',
                              sheet_name='Sheet1')
 
+        excel = self.get_excelfile('test1', ext)
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, "Cannot specify both"):
+            excel.parse(sheetname='Sheet1',
+                        sheet_name='Sheet1')
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("ext", ['.xls', '.xlsx', '.xlsm'])
 class TestXlrdReader(ReadingTestsBase):