The latest google api docs document how to write to a spreadsheet with python but it's a little difficult to navigate to. Here is a link to an example of how to append.
The following code is my first successful attempt at appending to a google spreadsheet.
import httplib2
import os
from apiclient import discovery
import oauth2client
from oauth2client import client
from oauth2client import tools
try:
import argparse
flags = argparse.ArgumentParser(parents=[tools.argparser]).parse_args()
except ImportError:
flags = None
# If modifying these scopes, delete your previously saved credentials
# at ~/.credentials/sheets.googleapis.com-python-quickstart.json
SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets'
CLIENT_SECRET_FILE = 'client_secret.json'
APPLICATION_NAME = 'Google Sheets API Python Quickstart'
def get_credentials():
"""Gets valid user credentials from storage.
If nothing has been stored, or if the stored credentials are invalid,
the OAuth2 flow is completed to obtain the new credentials.
Returns:
Credentials, the obtained credential.
"""
home_dir = os.path.expanduser('~')
credential_dir = os.path.join(home_dir, '.credentials')
if not os.path.exists(credential_dir):
os.makedirs(credential_dir)
credential_path = os.path.join(credential_dir,
'mail_to_g_app.json')
store = oauth2client.file.Storage(credential_path)
credentials = store.get()
if not credentials or credentials.invalid:
flow = client.flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRET_FILE, SCOPES)
flow.user_agent = APPLICATION_NAME
if flags:
credentials = tools.run_flow(flow, store, flags)
else: # Needed only for compatibility with Python 2.6
credentials = tools.run(flow, store)
print('Storing credentials to ' + credential_path)
return credentials
def add_todo():
credentials = get_credentials()
http = credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http())
discoveryUrl = ('https://sheets.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?'
'version=v4')
service = discovery.build('sheets', 'v4', http=http,
discoveryServiceUrl=discoveryUrl)
spreadsheetId = 'PUT YOUR SPREADSHEET ID HERE'
rangeName = 'A1:A'
# https://developers.google.com/sheets/guides/values#appending_values
values = {'values':[['Hello Saturn',],]}
result = service.spreadsheets().values().append(
spreadsheetId=spreadsheetId, range=rangeName,
valueInputOption='RAW',
body=values).execute()
if __name__ == '__main__':
add_todo()