Create Spreadsheet with Google Sheets API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Spreadsheet with the Google Sheets API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Spreadsheet action
1. Connect your Google Sheets account
2. Optional- Select a Drive
3. Configure Title
4. Optional- Select a Folder
5. Optional- Select a Spreadsheet ID
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Spreadsheet on Google Sheets

Description:Create a blank spreadsheet or duplicate an existing spreadsheet. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets/create)

Version:0.1.16

Key:google_sheets-create-spreadsheet

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Code#

import googleSheets from "../../google_sheets.app.mjs"; export default { key: "google_sheets-create-spreadsheet", name: "Create Spreadsheet", description: "Create a blank spreadsheet or duplicate an existing spreadsheet. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets/create)", version: "0.1.16", annotations: { destructiveHint: false, openWorldHint: true, readOnlyHint: false, }, type: "action", props: { googleSheets, drive: { propDefinition: [ googleSheets, "watchedDrive", ], description: "The drive to create the new spreadsheet in. If you are connected with any [Google Shared Drives](https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9310351), you can select it here.", }, title: { type: "string", label: "Title", description: "The title of the new spreadsheet", }, folderId: { propDefinition: [ googleSheets, "folderId", (c) => ({ drive: c.drive, }), ], description: "The folder you want to save the file to", optional: true, }, sheetId: { propDefinition: [ googleSheets, "sheetID", (c) => ({ driveId: googleSheets.methods.getDriveId(c.drive), }), ], description: "The Google spreadsheet to copy", optional: true, }, }, async run({ $ }) { const { googleSheets, sheetId, folderId, title, drive, } = this; const { copySpreadsheet, createSpreadsheet, getSpreadsheet, updateFile, isMyDrive, } = googleSheets; let response; if (sheetId) { response = await copySpreadsheet(sheetId, title); } else { response = await createSpreadsheet({ resource: { properties: { title, }, }, }); } const spreadsheetId = response?.spreadsheetId || response?.id; const summary = `Successfully created spreadsheet with ID: ${spreadsheetId}`; if (!folderId && isMyDrive(drive)) { $.export("$summary", summary); return response; } const spreadsheet = await updateFile(spreadsheetId, { addParents: folderId || drive, }); $.export("$summary", summary); return getSpreadsheet(spreadsheet.id); }, };

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Sheets	`googleSheets`	`app`	This component uses the Google Sheets app.
Drive	`drive`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Title	`title`	`string`	The title of the new spreadsheet
Folder	`folderId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Spreadsheet ID	`sheetId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

Google Sheets uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Sheets account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Sheets and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Sheets API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive