How to create multiple sheets in a spreadsheet by gspread and python? - python

I am new to Python and wanna practice using gspread and python to deal with spreadsheets. Now I already knew how to connect google spreadsheet with gspread, but still cannot figure out how to create multiple sheets at once.
My expectation:
Create multiple sheets naming by Employees' names at once
So every employee can use their own sheet
Thanks in advance!
employee_name = ['Jonny','Emma', ...]

You can do this, for example:
import gspread
from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials
# Set up the credentials and client
scopes = ['https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds']
credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name('credentials.json', scopes)
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
# Open the spreadsheet
spreadsheet = client.open("My Spreadsheet")
# Get the list of employee names
employee_names = ['Jonny', 'Emma', ...]
# Iterate over the list of names and create a sheet for each of the employee
for name in employee_names:
spreadsheet.add_worksheet(title=name, rows=100, cols=20)
This is going to open the sheet, get the list of employees and loop over the list and in that way, you create a new sheet for each employee with the name of the actual employee as the sheet title. Hope it helps
References:
https://docs.gspread.org/en/v5.7.0/

From your following reply,
Actually, I think 2nd is just the consequence of the 1st request, so sorry for making misunderstanding! my thought is that I can use: worksheet = sh.add_worksheet(title="A worksheet", rows=100, cols=20) to create a worksheet, but i don't know how to create multiple worksheets.
I understood that you wanted to add multiple sheets in a Google Spreadsheet using gspread for python. In this case, how about the following sample script?
Sample script:
client = # Please use your client.
employee_names = ["Jonny", "Emma",,,] # Please set the sheet names.
spreadsheetId = "###" # Please set your spreadsheet ID.
requests = [
{
"addSheet": {
"properties": {
"title": e,
"gridProperties": {"rowCount": 100, "columnCount": 20},
}
}
}
for e in employee_names
]
spreadsheet = client.open_by_key(spreadsheetId)
spreadsheet.batch_update({"requests": requests})
In this sample script, the multiple sheets can be inserted by one API call by creating a request body. If sh.add_worksheet() is used, multiple API calls are required to be used. So, I proposed the above script.
Although I used "gridProperties": {"rowCount": 100, "columnCount": 20} from your showing script, in this case, even when "gridProperties": {"rowCount": 100, "columnCount": 20} is not used, the sheets are inserted as the default rows (1000) and columns (26).
References:
Method: spreadsheets.batchUpdate
AddSheetRequest

Related

Read GoogleSheet with multiple sheets into pandas

I want to read google sheet with multiple sheets into a (or several) pandas dataframe.
I don't know the sheet names, or the number of sheets in advance.
The trivial attempt fails:
def main():
path = r"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-MlSisrAxhOyKhrz6S08PG68j667Ym7jGExOyytpCSM/edit?usp=sharing"
pd.read_excel(path)
fails with
ValueError: Excel file format cannot be determined, you must specify an engine manually.
Trying any format doesn't work.
All answers to this question refer to .csv, meaning a single sheet, or knowing the sheet name in advance.
Same goes for the 1st Google hit for "read google sheet python pandas".
Is there a standard way of doing this?
When your Spreadsheet is publicly shared, in your situation, how about the following sample script?
Sample script:
import openpyxl
import pandas as pd
import requests
from io import BytesIO
spreadsheetId = "###" # Please set your Spreadsheet ID.
url = "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/export?exportFormat=xlsx&id=" + spreadsheetId
res = requests.get(url)
data = BytesIO(res.content)
xlsx = openpyxl.load_workbook(filename=data)
for name in xlsx.sheetnames:
values = pd.read_excel(data, sheet_name=name)
# do something
In this sample script, the publicly shared Spreadsheet is exported as a XLSX data. And, the exported XLSX data is opened, the sheet names are retrieved. And then, each sheet is put into the dataframe.
If you want to retrieve the specific sheets, please filter the sheet names from xlsx.sheetnames.
Note:
If your Spreadsheet is not publicly shared, this thread might be useful. Ref

Using gspread to extract sheet ID

Can't seem to find any answer to this, but are there any functions/methods which can get a worksheet ID?
Currently, my code looks like this:
scope = ['https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds','https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
....code to authorize credentials goes here....
sheet = client.open(str(self.googleSheetFile)).worksheet(str(self.worksheet))
client.import_csv('abcdefg1234567abcdefg1234567', contents)
but I don't want to hardcode the abcdefg1234567abcdefg1234567. Is there anything I can do, like sheet.id()?
I believe your goal as follows.
In order to use import_csv, you want to retrieve the Spreadsheet ID from sheet = client.open(str(self.googleSheetFile)).worksheet(str(self.worksheet)).
You want to achieve this using gspread with python.
In this case, you can retrieve the Spreadsheet ID from client.open(str(self.googleSheetFile)). So please modify your script as follows.
From:
sheet = client.open(str(self.googleSheetFile)).worksheet(str(self.worksheet))
client.import_csv('abcdefg1234567abcdefg1234567', contents)
To:
spreadsheet = client.open(str(self.googleSheetFile))
sheet = spreadsheet.worksheet(str(self.worksheet))
client.import_csv(spreadsheet.id, contents)
Note:
When I saw the document of gspread, it says as follows. So please be careful this.
This method removes all other worksheets and then entirely replaces the contents of the first worksheet.
This modified script supposes that you have already been able to get and put values for Google Spreadsheet using Sheets API with gspread.
Reference:
import_csv(file_id, data)

Writing a Json file, cell by cell into a google spreadsheet

I am in the process of automating a process, in which I need to upload some data to a Google spreadsheet.
The data is originally located in a pandas dataframe, which is converted to a JSON file for upload.
I am getting to the upload, but i get all the data into each cell, so that cell A1 contains all data from the entire Pandas dataframe, in fact each cell in the spreadsheet contains all the data :/
Of course, what I want to have happen is to place what is cell A1 in the dataframe, as A1 in the Google spreadsheet and so forth down to cell J173.
I am thinking I need to put in some sort of loop to make this happen, but I am not sure how JSON files work, so I am not succeeding in creating this loop.
I hope one of you can help
Below is the code
#Converting data to a json file for upload
csv_data = csv_data.to_json()
#Updating data
cell_list = sheet.range('A1:J173')
for cell in cell_list:
cell.value = csv_data
sheet.update_cells(cell_list)
Windows 10
Python 3.8
You want to put the data of dataframe to Google Spreadsheet.
In your script, csv_data of csv_data.to_json() is the dataframe.
You want to achieve this using gspread with python.
From your script, I understood like this.
You have already been able to get and put values for Google Spreadsheet using Sheets API.
Pattern 1:
In this pattern, the method of values_update of gspread is used.
Sample script:
spreadsheetId = "###" # Please set the Spreadsheet ID.
sheetName = "Sheet1" # Please set the sheet name.
csv_data = # <--- please set the dataframe.
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
values = [csv_data.columns.values.tolist()]
values.extend(csv_data.values.tolist())
spreadsheet.values_update(sheetName, params={'valueInputOption': 'USER_ENTERED'}, body={'values': values})
Pattern 2:
In this pattern, the library of gspread-dataframe is used.
Sample script:
from gspread_dataframe import set_with_dataframe # Please add this.
spreadsheetId = "###" # Please set the Spreadsheet ID.
sheetName = "Sheet1" # Please set the sheet name.
csv_data = # <--- please set the dataframe.
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
spreadsheet = client.open_by_key(spreadsheetId)
worksheet = spreadsheet.worksheet(sheetName)
set_with_dataframe(worksheet, csv_data)
References:
values_update
gspread-dataframe

GSpread how to duplicate sheet

After googling and searching on Stackoveflow, I think I can't find a guide on how to duplicate existing sheet(existing Template sheet) and saving it into another sheet.
as per docs, there is duplicate_sheet but I can't manage to do a working example, anyone that can guide me with this?
import gspread
from gspread.models import Cell, Spreadsheet
scope = [
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.readonly",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive",
]
json_key_absolute_path = "key.json"
credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(json_key_absolute_path, scope)
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
spreadsheet_client = Spreadsheet(client)
spreadsheet_client.duplicate_sheet("18Qk5bzuA7JOBD8CTgwvKYRiMl_35it5AwcFG2Bi5npo", new_sheet_name="timcard2")
worksheet = client.open("timcard2")
worksheet.share("my_email#google.com", perm_type='user', role='writer')
You want to copy the source Spreadsheet as new Spreadsheet.
You want to achieve this using gspread with python.
You have already been able to get and put values for Google Spreadsheet using Sheets API.
If my understanding is correct, how about this answer?
Issue and solution:
It seems that duplicate_sheet method of gspread is used for copying a sheet in the source Spreadsheet to the same source Spreadsheet. Ref In order to copy the source Spreadsheet as new Spreadsheet, pleas use the method of copy() of Class Client.
Sample script:
Please modify your script as follows.
From:
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
spreadsheet_client = Spreadsheet(client)
spreadsheet_client.duplicate_sheet("18Qk5bzuA7JOBD8CTgwvKYRiMl_35it5AwcFG2Bi5npo", new_sheet_name="timcard2")
worksheet = client.open("timcard2")
worksheet.share("my_email#google.com", perm_type='user', role='writer')
To:
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
client.copy("18Qk5bzuA7JOBD8CTgwvKYRiMl_35it5AwcFG2Bi5npo", title="timcard2", copy_permissions=True)
worksheet = client.open("timcard2")
worksheet.share("my_email#google.com", perm_type='user', role='writer')
When you run the script, the Spreadsheet which has the spreadsheet ID of 18Qk5bzuA7JOBD8CTgwvKYRiMl_35it5AwcFG2Bi5npo is copied as the spreadsheet name of timcard2. And, the permission information of the source Spreadsheet is also copied.
Note:
In this case, when copy_permissions=True is used, the permission information is also copied. So although I'm not sure about your actual situation, it might not be required to use worksheet.share("my_email#google.com", perm_type='user', role='writer'). Please be careful this.
References:
duplicate_sheet
copy(file_id, title=None, copy_permissions=False)
Added:
You want to copy one of sheets in Google Spreadsheet.
I could understand like above. For this, the sample script is as follows.
Sample script:
client = gspread.authorize(credentials)
client.copy("18Qk5bzuA7JOBD8CTgwvKYRiMl_35it5AwcFG2Bi5npo", title="timcard2", copy_permissions=True)
ss = client.open("timcard2")
ss.share("my_email#google.com", perm_type='user', role='writer')
delete_sheets = ["Sheet2", "Sheet3", "Sheet4"] # Please set the sheet names you want to delete.
for s in delete_sheets:
ss.del_worksheet(ss.worksheet(s))
In this sample, the sheets of "Sheet2", "Sheet3", "Sheet4" are deleted from the copied Spreadsheet.
Reference:
del_worksheet(worksheet)

Finding the file_id of a spreadsheet using gspread

I'm trying to clear up some space in my Google service account. I've been using it to handle spreadsheets and I want to delete some spreadsheets that I have created earlier. To delete a spreadsheet, there if function as gc.del_spreadsheet(file_id) in gspread. However, I could not find a way to retrieve the files ids of the spreadsheets that I want to delete.
I could not find a way to open the google drive of the service account like a google drive of a personal account. Therefore, I used the following code to list all the spreadsheets in the account as of now. The code outputs the spreadsheet title but not the file id which is required to delete the spreadsheet.
def upload_to_google_sheets():
scope = ['https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name("client.json", scope)
gc = gspread.authorize(credentials)
print('authorized')
titles_list = []
for spreadsheet in gc.openall():
titles_list.append(spreadsheet.title)
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
pp.pprint(titles_list)
upload_to_google_sheets()
The final objective is to delete spreadsheets using gspread del_spreadsheet function which requires "file_id".
You want to retrieve Spreadsheet title and Spreadsheet ID using gspread.
If my understanding is correct, how about this modification?
From:
titles_list.append(spreadsheet.title)
To:
titles_list.append({'title': spreadsheet.title, 'id': spreadsheet.id})
The object spreadsheet of for spreadsheet in gc.openall(): includes the Spreadsheet ID.
In order to retrieve Spreadsheet ID, in your script, please use spreadsheet.id.
By this modification, you can retrieve the following result.
[ { 'id': '### Spreadsheet ID1 ###',
'title': '### Spreadsheet name1 ###'},
{ 'id': '### Spreadsheet ID2 ###',
'title': '### Spreadsheet name2 ###'},
,
,
,
]
Reference:
gspread
If I misunderstood your question and this was not the result you want, I apologize.

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