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Read and update Google Sheets spreadsheets via Python

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Google Sheets Skill

Read and update Google Sheets using Python's gspread library (pre-installed in container).

Credentials

Credentials are pre-configured at /root/.google/credentials.json. No manual setup needed.

Connect

import json
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
import gspread

with open("/root/.google/credentials.json") as f:
    cred_data = json.load(f)

creds = Credentials(
    token=cred_data.get("token"),
    refresh_token=cred_data["refresh_token"],
    token_uri=cred_data["token_uri"],
    client_id=cred_data["client_id"],
    client_secret=cred_data["client_secret"],
)
creds.refresh(Request())

gc = gspread.authorize(creds)

Open a Spreadsheet

# By name
sheet = gc.open("Q1_Content_Budget")

# By URL
sheet = gc.open_by_url("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/SHEET_ID/edit")

# Get the first worksheet
ws = sheet.sheet1

Read Data

# All values
all_data = ws.get_all_values()       # list of lists
all_records = ws.get_all_records()    # list of dicts (header row as keys)

# Specific cell
val = ws.acell("B2").value

# Range
vals = ws.get("A1:D4")               # list of lists

Write Data

# Single cell
ws.update_acell("B2", "new value")

# Range
ws.update("A1:C2", [
    ["Name", "Status", "Amount"],
    ["Campaign A", "Active", "5000"],
])

# Append a row after existing data
ws.append_row(["Campaign B", "Pending", "3000"])

Find Cells

# Find first cell matching value
cell = ws.find("Campaign A")
print(f"Found at row {cell.row}, col {cell.col}")

# Find all matches
cells = ws.findall("Active")

Spreadsheet name and other task-specific details will be provided in the task context.