Parse JSON into multiple sheets using Fetch() Google sheets

Question

I am trying to import a json file using Fetch() to populate multiple Google sheets I have been trying for a few hours but I do not know enough to do this

The json is dynamic so its data is always changing but its structure remains the same my json looks like

{
    "connections": [
    {
      "Id": 131527,
      "From": 49647,
      "To": 49644,
      "Name From": "Horus Max",
      "Name To": "Bob allison",
      "Initial Date": "9/21/2020 15:20",
      "Last Date": "9/21/2020 15:20",
      "Type": "",
      "Weight": 0,
      "Checkbox ZZZ": "",
      "Text Area": "",
      "Radio AAA": "value one AAA",
      "Select bbb": "value one sss"
    },
    { 

    },
    ],
   "elements": [
    {
      "Id": 49645,
      "Type": "Person",
      "Label": "Sally Yager",
      "First Name": "Sally",
      "Last Name": "Yager",
      "Description": "",
      "Segment": "555",
      "Image": null,
      "Project Name": "test222",
      "Initial Date": "09/29/2020 17:44",
      "Last Date": "09/29/2020 17:47",
      "Issues Checkbox": [
        "Option 1",
        "Option 6"
      ],
      "IssuesRadio": "Option 3",
      "Notes": "222"
    },
    {
    }
    ],
    "name": "My project name"
}

I need the elements data passed into a sheet called elements and the Connections data parsed into a sheet called Connections

Elements sheet

Connections sheet

What I get

I have

//=fetchdata("https://sum-app.net/projects/14312620200623668/download_data/kumu_json")
async function fetchdata(url) {
  var response = await UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
  var responseText = await response.getContentText();
  var responseJson = JSON.parse(responseText);
  
  // Return something to display in the Google Sheet.  
  var rows = [Object.keys(responseJson)]; // Retrieve headers.
  var temp = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < rows[0].length; i++) {
    temp.push(responseJson[rows[0][i]]); // Retrieve values.
  }
  rows.push(temp);
  return temp
}

Here is a Google sheet with what I get and the desired outcome https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14vxiueXsUzFtkw22RHA7qVFE--PFVSwfj4zJIU7I3nk/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks

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Tanaike Tanaike · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-30T00:29:16

Modification points:

It is not required to use await to UrlFetchApp and the response.
I think that in your script, each object and value from the top of response values are retrieved by temp.push(responseJson[rows[0][i]]);. responseJson.connections, responseJson.elements and responseJson.name are retrieved. By this, when =fetchdata("https://sum-app.net/projects/14312620200623668/download_data/kumu_json") is put to a cell, only test222 is shown. I think that this is the reason of your issue. For example, when temp.push(responseJson[rows[0][i]]); is modified to temp.push(JSON.stringify(responseJson[rows[0][i]]));, all values can be seen. But I think that this it not the result you expect.
In your goal, when you want to use the custom function, it is required to separate the script for "elements" sheet and "Connections" sheet.

When above points are reflected to your script, it becomes as follows.

Sample script:

Please copy and paste the folloiwng scripts. When you use this, please put =GETCONNECTIONS("https://sum-app.net/projects/14312620200623668/download_data/kumu_json") and =GETELEMENTS("https://sum-app.net/projects/14312620200623668/download_data/kumu_json") to the sheet of "connections" and "elements", respectively.

// =GETCONNECTIONS("https://sum-app.net/projects/14312620200623668/download_data/kumu_json")
function GETCONNECTIONS(url) {
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
  var responseText = response.getContentText();
  var responseJson = JSON.parse(responseText);
  var connectionKeys = Object.keys(responseJson.connections[0]);
  
  // At JSON object, the order of keys are not guaranteed. So the following array including the keys might be suitable.
//  var connectionKeys = ["Id","From","To","Name From","Name To","Initial Date","Last Date","Type","Weight","Checkbox ZZZ","Text Area","Radio AAA","Select bbb"];
  var data = responseJson.connections.map(e => connectionKeys.map(f => e[f]));
  data.unshift(connectionKeys);
  return data;
}

// =GETELEMENTS("https://sum-app.net/projects/14312620200623668/download_data/kumu_json")
function GETELEMENTS(url) {
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
  var responseText = response.getContentText();
  var responseJson = JSON.parse(responseText);
  var elementKeys = Object.keys(responseJson.elements[0]);

  // At JSON object, the order of keys are not guaranteed. So the following array including the keys might be suitable.
//  var elementKeys = ["Id","Type","Label","First Name","Last Name","Description","Segment","Image","Project Name","Initial Date","Last Date","Issues Checkbox","IssuesRadio","Notes"];
  var data = responseJson.elements.map(e => elementKeys.map(f => e[f]));
  data.unshift(elementKeys);
  return data;
}

Parse JSON into multiple sheets using Fetch() Google sheets

2 Answers

Modification points:

Sample script: