Update Cell with Google Sheets API

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Getting Started#

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

Configure the Update Cell action
1. Connect your Google Sheets account
2. Optional- Select a Drive
3. Select a Spreadsheet
4. Select a Worksheet Id
5. Configure Cell
6. Configure Cell Value
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.

Update Cell on Google Sheets

Description:Update a cell in a spreadsheet. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets.values/update)

Version:0.1.8

Key:google_sheets-update-cell

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Code#

import common from "../common/worksheet.mjs";

const { googleSheets } = common.props;

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "google_sheets-update-cell",
  name: "Update Cell",
  description: "Update a cell in a spreadsheet. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets.values/update)",
  version: "0.1.8",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleSheets,
    drive: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSheets,
        "watchedDrive",
      ],
      description: "The drive containing the worksheet to update. If you are connected with any [Google Shared Drives](https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9310351), you can select it here.",
    },
    sheetId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSheets,
        "sheetID",
        (c) => ({
          driveId: googleSheets.methods.getDriveId(c.drive),
        }),
      ],
      description: "The spreadsheet containing the worksheet to update",
    },
    worksheetId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSheets,
        "worksheetIDs",
        (c) => ({
          sheetId: c.sheetId,
        }),
      ],
      type: "string",
      label: "Worksheet Id",
    },
    cell: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSheets,
        "cell",
      ],
      label: "Cell",
    },
    newCell: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSheets,
        "cell",
      ],
      label: "Cell Value",
      description: "The new cell value",
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const worksheet = await this.getWorksheetById(this.sheetId, this.worksheetId);
    const request = {
      spreadsheetId: this.sheetId,
      range: `${worksheet?.properties?.title}!${this.cell}:${this.cell}`,
      valueInputOption: "USER_ENTERED",
      resource: {
        values: [
          [
            this.newCell,
          ],
        ],
      },
    };
    return await this.googleSheets.updateSpreadsheet(request);
  },
};

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.
Spreadsheet	`sheetId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Worksheet Id	`worksheetId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Cell	`cell`	`string`	The A1 notation of the cell. E.g., `A1`
Cell Value	`newCell`	`string`	The new cell value

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