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Google Sheets ACTION

Update Formatting

Update the formatting of a cell in a spreadsheet. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • Destructive
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Sheets account once, then configure and run Update Formatting 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-update-formatting",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_sheets: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    drive: "Drive",
    sheetId: "Spreadsheet ID",
  },
})

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.

Update Formatting inputs
Property Type Description
drive Drive string
The drive containing the worksheet to update. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.
Optional Dynamic
sheetId Spreadsheet ID string
The spreadsheet containing the worksheet to update
Required Dynamic
worksheetId Worksheet ID integer
Select a worksheet or provide a worksheet ID
Required Dynamic
range Range string
The range of cells to update. E.g., A1:A10
Required
backgroundColorRedValue Background Color Red Value string
The amount of red in the color as a value in the interval [0, 1]
Optional
backgroundColorGreenValue Background Color Green Value string
The amount of green in the color as a value in the interval [0, 1]
Optional
backgroundColorBlueValue Background Color Blue Value string
The amount of blue in the color as a value in the interval [0, 1]
Optional
textColorRedValue Text Color Red Value string
The amount of red in the color as a value in the interval [0, 1]
Optional
textColorGreenValue Text Color Green Value string
The amount of green in the color as a value in the interval [0, 1]
Optional
textColorBlueValue Text Color Blue Value string
The amount of blue in the color as a value in the interval [0, 1]
Optional
fontSize Font Size integer
The size of the font
Optional
bold Bold boolean
Whether the font should be bold
Optional
italic Italic boolean
Whether the font should be italic
Optional
strikethrough Strikethrough boolean
Whether the font should be strikethrough
Optional
horizontalAlignment Horizontal Alignment string
The horizontal alignment of the text
Optional
topBorderStyle Top Border Style string
The style of the top border
Optional
bottomBorderStyle Bottom Border Style string
The style of the bottom border
Optional
leftBorderStyle Left Border Style string
The style of the left border
Optional
rightBorderStyle Right Border Style string
The style of the right border
Optional
innerHorizontalBorderStyle Inner Horizontal Border Style string
The style of the inner horizontal border
Optional
innerVerticalBorderStyle Inner Vertical Border Style string
The style of the inner vertical border
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-update-formatting
Version
0.0.5
App
Google Sheets
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
Yes
Open world
Yes