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Google Sheets Python Connector

Read, write, and update Google Sheets with Python

Easily connect Python-based data access, visualization, ORM, ETL, AI/ML, and custom apps with Google Sheets!

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Python Connector Libraries for Google Sheets Data Connectivity. Integrate Google Sheets with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl. Easy-to-use Python Database API (DB-API) Modules connect Google Sheets data with Python and any Python-based applications.

Features

Access Google Spreadsheet data as an entire worksheet or from discrete ranges of data within a worksheet
Represent discrete blocks of data as tables through automatic detection or by manually specifying ranges of data
Optionally specify if the first row of data should be used for field names
Read tables that are oriented horizontally or vertically
Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
Connect to live Google Sheets data, for real-time data access with the Google Sheets ADO.NET Provider
Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Google Sheets Connector.

Specifications

Python Database API (DB-API) Modules for Google Sheets with bi-directional access.
Write SQL, get Google Sheets data. Access Google Sheets through standard Python Database Connectivity.
Integration with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl.
Simple command-line based data exploration of Google Sheets GoogleSpreadsheet, and more!
Full Unicode support for data, parameter, & metadata.

CData Python connectors in action!

Watch the video overview for a first hand-look at the powerful data integration capabilities included in the CData Python Connectors.

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Python connectivity with Google Sheets

Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through Python


Connecting to Google Sheets with Python

CData Python Connectors leverage the Database API (DB-API) interface to make it easy to work with Google Sheets from a wide range of standard Python data tools. Connecting to and working with your data in Python follows a basic pattern, regardless of data source:

  • Configure the connection properties to Google Sheets
  • Query Google Sheets to retrieve or update data
  • Connect your Google Sheets data with Python data tools.


Connecting to Google Sheets in Python

To connect to your data from Python, import the extension and create a connection:

Once you import the extension, you can work with all of your enterprise data using the python modules and toolkits that you already know and love, quickly building apps that help you drive business.

import cdata.googlesheets as mod
conn = mod.connect("[email protected]; Password=password;")

#Create cursor and iterate over results
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM GoogleSpreadsheet")
	
rs = cur.fetchall()
	
for row in rs:
print(row)
		
engine = create_engine("googlesheets///Password=password&User=user")

df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT * FROM GoogleSpreadsheet", engine)

df.plot()
plt.show()

Visualize Google Sheets Data with pandas

The data-centric interfaces of the Google Sheets Python Connector make it easy to integrate with popular tools like pandas and SQLAlchemy to visualize data in real-time.

More than read-only: full update/CRUD support

Google Sheets Connector goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Google Sheets Connector as easily as interacting with a database table.

AI-assisted development with CData CLI

Build Google Sheets integrations faster with AI that understands your schema

Schema-aware AI

CData CLI gives AI coding tools access to your Google Sheets schema. No more guessing table names or column types—AI sees the same metadata in your Python Connectors.

Your AI Knows SQL

How to find table names, column names, and how to generate SQL syntax are things that AI knows well from millions of training data. No need for customization, no hallucinations. Your AI acts like a domain specialist to Google Sheets.

More Accurate, More Token-Efficient

With CData CLI's queryable schema detection and highly efficient queries with filters, aggregation, joins with correct pushdown, your AI will achieve more accuracy with less token usage.

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