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Google Sheets Sheets API

Operations on individual sheets within a spreadsheet

Google Sheets Sheets API is one of 5 APIs that Google Sheets publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Sheets. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a changelog, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4.

1 operations 1 paths 9 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v4
Base URL
https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Google Sheets Sheets API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 5 scopes. An API key is passed in the query as key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication for accessing user spreadsheets.
  • apiKey — API key for accessing public spreadsheets without user authentication.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Sheets 1

Operations on individual sheets within a spreadsheet

POST
/spreadsheets/{spreadsheetId}/sheets/{sheetId}:copyTo
Google Sheets Copy a Sheet to Another Spreadsheet
copySheet 2 params body → 200401403404429

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SheetProperties (10 properties), GridProperties (7 properties), DataExecutionStatus (4 properties), Color (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SheetProperties
object
Properties of a sheet.
10 properties
Color
object
Represents a color in the RGBA color space. Values are in the range [0, 1].
4 properties
DataSourceSheetProperties
object
Additional properties of a DATASOURCE sheet.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
An error response from the API.
1 property
DataSourceColumn
object
A column in a data source.
2 properties
DataExecutionStatus
object
The data execution status.
4 properties
ColorStyle
object
A color value.
2 properties
DataSourceColumnReference
object
An unique identifier that references a data source column.
1 property
GridProperties
object
Properties of a grid.
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-sheets-sheets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Google Sheets publishes across the network.

Google Apps Script Spreadsheet Service
Google Sheets developerMetadata API
Google Sheets Spreadsheets API
Google Sheets Values API
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