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Google Sheets ACTION

Create Spreadsheet

Create a blank spreadsheet or duplicate an existing spreadsheet. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Sheets account once, then configure and run Create Spreadsheet from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_sheets-create-spreadsheet",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_sheets: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    drive: "Drive",
    title: "Title",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Spreadsheet inputs
Property Type Description
drive Drive string
The drive to create the new spreadsheet in. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.
Optional Dynamic
title Title string
The title of the new spreadsheet
Required
folderId Folder string
The folder you want to save the file to
Optional Dynamic
sheetId Spreadsheet ID string
The Google spreadsheet to copy
Optional Dynamic

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
google_sheets-create-spreadsheet
Version
0.1.19
App
Google Sheets
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes