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Google Sheets ACTION

New Spreadsheet

Create a new Google Spreadsheet with an optional worksheet name and column headers. Returns the spreadsheet ID and URL. Use the spreadsheet ID with other tools to read/write data.
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Sheets account once, then configure and run New 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-new-spreadsheet",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_sheets: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    title: "Title",
    sheetName: "Worksheet Name",
  },
})

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.

New Spreadsheet inputs
Property Type Description
title Title string
The title of the new spreadsheet.
Required
sheetName Worksheet Name string
Name for the first worksheet. Default: Sheet1.
Optional
headers Column Headers string[]
Column headers to add as row 1. Example: ["Name", "Email", "Score"].
Optional

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-new-spreadsheet
Version
0.0.17
App
Google Sheets
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes