Spreadsheet

class gspread.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet(client, properties)

The class that represents a spreadsheet.

accept_ownership(permission_id)

Accept the pending ownership request on that file.

It is necessary to edit the permission with the pending ownership.

Note

You can only accept ownership transfer for the user currently being used.

add_worksheet(title, rows, cols, index=None)

Adds a new worksheet to a spreadsheet.

Parameters
  • title (str) – A title of a new worksheet.

  • rows (int) – Number of rows.

  • cols (int) – Number of columns.

  • index (int) – Position of the sheet.

Returns

a newly created worksheets.

batch_update(body)

Lower-level method that directly calls spreadsheets/<ID>:batchUpdate.

Parameters

body (dict) – Request body.

Returns

Response body.

Return type

dict

New in version 3.0.

property creationTime

Spreadsheet Creation time.

del_worksheet(worksheet)

Deletes a worksheet from a spreadsheet.

Parameters

worksheet (Worksheet) – The worksheet to be deleted.

del_worksheet_by_id(worksheet_id: str)

Deletes a Worksheet by id

duplicate_sheet(source_sheet_id, insert_sheet_index=None, new_sheet_id=None, new_sheet_name=None)

Duplicates the contents of a sheet.

Parameters
  • source_sheet_id (int) – The sheet ID to duplicate.

  • insert_sheet_index (int) – (optional) The zero-based index where the new sheet should be inserted. The index of all sheets after this are incremented.

  • new_sheet_id (int) – (optional) The ID of the new sheet. If not set, an ID is chosen. If set, the ID must not conflict with any existing sheet ID. If set, it must be non-negative.

  • new_sheet_name (str) – (optional) The name of the new sheet. If empty, a new name is chosen for you.

Returns

a newly created gspread.worksheet.Worksheet

New in version 3.1.

export(format='application/pdf')

Export the spreadsheet in the given format.

Parameters
  • file_id (str) – A key of a spreadsheet to export

  • format (ExportFormat) –

    The format of the resulting file. Possible values are:

    ExportFormat.PDF, ExportFormat.EXCEL, ExportFormat.CSV, ExportFormat.OPEN_OFFICE_SHEET, ExportFormat.TSV, and ExportFormat.ZIPPED_HTML.

    See ExportFormat in the Drive API. Default value is ExportFormat.PDF.

Returns bytes

The content of the exported file.

get_worksheet(index)

Returns a worksheet with specified index.

Parameters

index (int) – An index of a worksheet. Indexes start from zero.

Returns

an instance of gspread.worksheet.Worksheet.

Raises

WorksheetNotFound: if can’t find the worksheet

Example. To get third worksheet of a spreadsheet:

>>> sht = client.open('My fancy spreadsheet')
>>> worksheet = sht.get_worksheet(2)
get_worksheet_by_id(id)

Returns a worksheet with specified worksheet id.

Parameters

id (int) – The id of a worksheet. it can be seen in the url as the value of the parameter ‘gid’.

Returns

an instance of gspread.worksheet.Worksheet.

Raises

WorksheetNotFound: if can’t find the worksheet

Example. To get the worksheet 123456 of a spreadsheet:

>>> sht = client.open('My fancy spreadsheet')
>>> worksheet = sht.get_worksheet_by_id(123456)
property id

Spreadsheet ID.

property lastUpdateTime

Spreadsheet last updated time.

list_named_ranges()

Lists the spreadsheet’s named ranges.

list_permissions()

Lists the spreadsheet’s permissions.

list_protected_ranges(sheetid)

Lists the spreadsheet’s protected named ranges

property locale

Spreadsheet locale

named_range(named_range)

return a list of gspread.cell.Cell objects from the specified named range.

Parameters

named_range (str) – A string with a named range value to fetch.

remove_permissions(value, role='any')

Remove permissions from a user or domain.

Parameters
  • value (str) – User or domain to remove permissions from

  • role (str) – (optional) Permission to remove. Defaults to all permissions.

Example:

# Remove Otto's write permission for this spreadsheet
sh.remove_permissions('otto@example.com', role='writer')

# Remove all Otto's permissions for this spreadsheet
sh.remove_permissions('otto@example.com')
reorder_worksheets(worksheets_in_desired_order)

Updates the index property of each Worksheet to reflect its index in the provided sequence of Worksheets.

Parameters

worksheets_in_desired_order – Iterable of Worksheet objects in desired order.

Note: If you omit some of the Spreadsheet’s existing Worksheet objects from the provided sequence, those Worksheets will be appended to the end of the sequence in the order that they appear in the list returned by gspread.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet.worksheets().

New in version 3.4.

share(email_address, perm_type, role, notify=True, email_message=None, with_link=False)

Share the spreadsheet with other accounts.

Parameters
  • value (str, None) – user or group e-mail address, domain name or None for ‘default’ type.

  • perm_type (str) – The account type. Allowed values are: user, group, domain, anyone.

  • role (str) – The primary role for this user. Allowed values are: owner, writer, reader.

  • notify (bool) – (optional) Whether to send an email to the target user/domain.

  • email_message (str) – (optional) The email to be sent if notify=True

  • with_link (bool) – (optional) Whether the link is required for this permission

Example:

# Give Otto a write permission on this spreadsheet
sh.share('otto@example.com', perm_type='user', role='writer')

# Give Otto's family a read permission on this spreadsheet
sh.share('otto-familly@example.com', perm_type='group', role='reader')
property sheet1

Shortcut property for getting the first worksheet.

property timezone

Spreadsheet timeZone

property title

Spreadsheet title.

transfer_ownership(permission_id)

Transfer the ownership of this file to a new user.

It is necessary to first create the permission with the new owner’s email address, get the permission ID then use this method to transfer the ownership.

Note

You can list all permissions using gspread.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet.list_permissions().

Warning

You can only transfer ownership to a new user, you cannot transfer ownership to a group or a domain email address.

update_locale(locale)

Update the locale of the spreadsheet. Can be any of the ISO 639-1 language codes, such as: de, fr, en, … Or an ISO 639-2 if no ISO 639-1 exists. Or a combination of the ISO language code and country code, such as en_US, de_CH, fr_FR, …

Note

Note: when updating this field, not all locales/languages are supported.

update_timezone(timezone)

Updates the current spreadsheet timezone. Can be any timezone in CLDR format such as “America/New_York” or a custom time zone such as GMT-07:00.

update_title(title)

Renames the spreadsheet.

Parameters

title (str) – A new title.

property updated

Deprecated since version 2.0.

This feature is not supported in Sheets API v4.

property url

Spreadsheet URL.

values_append(range, params, body)

Lower-level method that directly calls spreadsheets/<ID>/values:append.

Parameters
Returns

Response body.

Return type

dict

New in version 3.0.

values_batch_get(ranges, params=None)

Lower-level method that directly calls spreadsheets/<ID>/values:batchGet.

Parameters
Returns

Response body.

Return type

dict

values_clear(range)

Lower-level method that directly calls spreadsheets/<ID>/values:clear.

Parameters

range (str) –

The A1 notation of the values to clear.

Returns

Response body.

Return type

dict

New in version 3.0.

values_get(range, params=None)

Lower-level method that directly calls spreadsheets/<ID>/values/<range>.

Parameters
Returns

Response body.

Return type

dict

New in version 3.0.

values_update(range, params=None, body=None)

Lower-level method that directly calls spreadsheets/<ID>/values/<range>.

Parameters
Returns

Response body.

Return type

dict

Example:

sh.values_update(
    'Sheet1!A2',
    params={
        'valueInputOption': 'USER_ENTERED'
    },
    body={
        'values': [[1, 2, 3]]
    }
)

New in version 3.0.

worksheet(title)

Returns a worksheet with specified title.

Parameters

title (str) – A title of a worksheet. If there’re multiple worksheets with the same title, first one will be returned.

Returns

an instance of gspread.worksheet.Worksheet.

Raises

WorksheetNotFound: if can’t find the worksheet

Example. Getting worksheet named ‘Annual bonuses’

>>> sht = client.open('Sample one')
>>> worksheet = sht.worksheet('Annual bonuses')
worksheets()

Returns a list of all worksheets in a spreadsheet.