Append row to Google Spreadsheet

Node.js module that makes it simple to append new rows to a spreadsheet.

• Integrates with Google Spreadsheet API v3
• Authorization is done by OAuth 2.0 and JSON Web Token (JWT).
• Uses ES6 generator functions for simple flow control.

See more instruction here in this great blog post: Accessing Google Spreadsheets from Node.js.

Installation

npm install google-spreadsheet-append

Create a Service Account and share spreadsheet

1. Create a new project in Google Developers Console
2. APIs > Enable Drive API & SDK
3. Credentials > "Create new Client ID"
4. Download private key and convet to PEM format: openssl pkcs12 -in downloaded-key-file.p12 -out your-key-file.pem -nodes
5. Copy the email address in Credentials > "Service Account"
6. Share a spreadsheet with service account email address
7. Copy the file ID from the spreadsheet URL: "https://docs.google.com/a/gmail.com/spreadsheets/d/{fileId}/edit"

Example usage

var moment = require('moment');
var Spreadsheet = require('google-spreadsheets-append');
var spreadsheet = Spreadsheet({
	auth: {
		email: "[email protected]",
		keyFile: "privatekey.pem"
	},
	fileId: {fileId}
});

// append new row
yield spreadsheet.add({timestamp: moment().format("M/D/YYYY HH:mm:ss"), email: "[email protected]"});

Run tests

Set environment variables (see steps above):

export EMAIL=<service account email>
export KEYFILE=<key file>
export FILEID=<spreadsheet file id>

then run the tests:

npm test

If you want to enable debug output, then run the tests like this:

DEBUG=spreadsheet,google-oauth-jwt npm test

If you want to pass the private key in single-line string in the KEY variable, then first add newlines like this and copy the output.

awk 1 ORS='\\n' privatekey.pem

export EMAIL=<service account email>
export KEY=<key string with newlines>
export FILEID=<spreadsheet file id>
npm test

MIT License

Copyright © 2014 Andreas Rimbe [email protected]

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