I have a Google spreadsheet file on Google Drive. Google Drive Web has the possibility of uploading an Excel file and importing it into the existing file as a new worksheet.
I want to do the same by using the Google Drive or Google Spreadsheet APIs, but I didn't find how to do it with the API documentation.
I know how to upload an Excel file and convert it to a Google spreadsheet using the google_drive gem, but how do I combine two spreadsheets into one?
UPD: if someone will look for the answer on this question I created Google-Apps-Script as @eddyparkinson suggested
// Script-as-app template.
function doGet(e) {
if (typeof e.parameter.src === 'undefined' || !e.parameter.dst === 'undefined') {
return result({ status: 404, message: 'src or dst parameter is not defined. Use next format: ?src=key&dst=key[&src_sheet=0 or sheet name]' });
}
Logger.log('src is "%s", dst is "%s"', e.parameter.src, e.parameter.dst);
var source = SpreadsheetApp.openById(e.parameter.src);
if (typeof source === 'undefined') {
return result({ status: 404, message: 'The source spreadsheet (key: "'+ e.parameter.src +'") has not been found.' });
}
var destination = SpreadsheetApp.openById(e.parameter.dst);
if (typeof destination === 'undefined') {
return result({ status: 404, message: 'The destination spreadsheet (key: "'+ e.parameter.dst +'") has not been found.' });
}
var sourceSheet;
if (typeof e.parameter.src_sheet !== 'undefined') {
Logger.log('src_sheet is "%s"', e.parameter.src_sheet);
var sheetIndex = parseInt(e.parameter.src_sheet);
Logger.log('sheetIndex is %s', sheetIndex);
if (isNaN(sheetIndex)) {
Logger.log('getSheetByName');
sourceSheet = source.getSheetByName(e.parameter.src_sheet);
if (typeof sourceSheet === 'undefined') {
return result({ status: 404, message: 'The src_sheet name is not exist in the source spreadsheet.' });
}
}
else {
var sheets = source.getSheets()
if (sheetIndex >= sheets.length) {
return result({ status: 404, message: 'The src_sheet index is out of range of sheets.' });
}
sourceSheet = sheets[sheetIndex];
}
}
else {
sourceSheet = source.getSheets()[0];
}
sourceSheet.copyTo(destination);
return result({ status: 200 });
}
var resultData;
function result(value) {
resultData = value;
return HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('status').evaluate();
}
where I wait for src and dst keys of spreadsheets.
In ruby I use google_drive gem to upload files and call Google App Scripts
def self.upload_to_google_drive()
session = GoogleDrive.login('email', 'password')
f1 = session.upload_from_file('parsed/xlsx/#CAR06022540.xlsx', "#CAR06022540")
f2 = session.upload_from_file('parsed/xlsx/#CAR06031629.xlsx', "#CAR06031629")
url = "https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbzOeZJ4LuvBxFqyi1WDpzNiKbhkjp33D9yWTOTLlq3g56sCqJ_e/exec?src=#{f1.key}&dst=#{f2.key}"
# call Google-apps-script
result = session.request(:get, url)
puts result
end
