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Automating Google Sheets API

Approach

The common approach is:

  • create a Google Cloud project
  • enable Google Sheets API
  • create a Service Account
  • share the spreadsheet with the service account email
  • gspreadgspread
  • google-api-python-clientgoogle-api-python-client

Minimal example (gspread)

gspread_basic.py
import gspread
 
# Requires a service account JSON key file.
# client = gspread.service_account(filename="service_account.json")
# sheet = client.open("My Sheet").sheet1
# sheet.update("A1", "Hello from Python")
gspread_basic.py
import gspread
 
# Requires a service account JSON key file.
# client = gspread.service_account(filename="service_account.json")
# sheet = client.open("My Sheet").sheet1
# sheet.update("A1", "Hello from Python")

Notes

  • Never commit service account JSON keys to git.
  • Prefer environment variables or secret managers.

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