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)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "google_sheets-update-formatting",
"configured_props": {
"google_sheets": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"drive": "Drive",
"sheetId": "Spreadsheet ID"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "google_sheets",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "google_sheets-update-formatting",
arguments: {
drive: "Drive",
sheetId: "Spreadsheet ID",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| 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
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗