Spreadsheet

class gspread.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet(client, properties)

The class that represents a spreadsheet.

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.

creationTime

Spreadsheet Creation time.

del_worksheet(worksheet)

Deletes a worksheet from a spreadsheet.

Parameters:worksheet (Worksheet) – The worksheet to be deleted.
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 (str) –

    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)
id

Spreadsheet ID.

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

locale

Spreadsheet locale

named_range(named_range)

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

Parameters:name (str) – A string with a named range value to fecth.
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 Worksheets 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(value, 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')

# Transfer ownership to Otto
sh.share('otto@example.com', perm_type='user', role='owner')
sheet1

Shortcut property for getting the first worksheet.

timezone

Spreadsheet timeZone

title

Spreadsheet title.

update_locale(locale)

Update the locale of the spreaddsheet. 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.
updated

Deprecated since version 2.0.

This feature is not supported in Sheets API v4.

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.