Google Sheets Python API
Simple interface for working with Google Sheets.
Features:
pip install gspread
Requirements: Python 2.7+ or Python 3+.
Start using gspread:
import gspreadgc = gspread.service_account()
Open a sheet from a spreadsheet in one go
wks = gc.open("Where is the money Lebowski?").sheet1
Update a range of cells using the top left corner address
wks.update('A1', [[1, 2], [3, 4]])
Or update a single cell
wks.update('B42', "it's down there somewhere, let me take another look.")
Format the header
wks.format('A1:B1', {'textFormat': {'bold': True}})
# You can open a spreadsheet by its title as it appears in Google Docs sh = gc.open('My poor gym results') #Creating a Spreadsheet
sh = gc.create('A new spreadsheet')But that new spreadsheet will be visible only to your script's account.
To be able to access newly created spreadsheet you must share it
with your email. Which brings us to…
Sharing a Spreadsheet
sh.share('[email protected]', perm_type='user', role='writer')Selecting a Worksheet
# Select worksheet by index. Worksheet indexes start from zero worksheet = sh.get_worksheet(0)By title
worksheet = sh.worksheet("January")
Most common case: Sheet1
worksheet = sh.sheet1
Get a list of all worksheets
worksheet_list = sh.worksheets()
Creating a Worksheet
worksheet = sh.add_worksheet(title="A worksheet", rows="100", cols="20")Deleting a Worksheet
sh.del_worksheet(worksheet)Getting a Cell Value
# With label val = worksheet.get('B1').first()With coords
val = worksheet.cell(1, 2).value
Getting All Values From a Row or a Column
# Get all values from the first row values_list = worksheet.row_values(1)Get all values from the first column
values_list = worksheet.col_values(1)
Getting All Values From a Worksheet as a List of Lists
list_of_lists = worksheet.get_all_values()Finding a Cell
# Find a cell with exact string value cell = worksheet.find("Dough")print("Found something at R%sC%s" % (cell.row, cell.col))
Find a cell matching a regular expression
amount_re = re.compile(r'(Big|Enormous) dough') cell = worksheet.find(amount_re)
Finding All Matched Cells
# Find all cells with string value cell_list = worksheet.findall("Rug store")Find all cells with regexp
criteria_re = re.compile(r'(Small|Room-tiering) rug') cell_list = worksheet.findall(criteria_re)
Updating Cells
# Update a single cell worksheet.update('B1', 'Bingo!')Update a range
worksheet.update('A1:B2', [[1, 2], [3, 4]])
Update multiple ranges at once
worksheet.batch_update([{ 'range': 'A1:B2', 'values': [['A1', 'B1'], ['A2', 'B2']], }, { 'range': 'J42:K43', 'values': [[1, 2], [3, 4]], }])
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