Updating Cols in google Sheets - python-3.x

Question

I am trying to copy columns from one sheet to another sheet. I get the columns in response from source sheet. I need to insert them into the sheet. Since methods like insertDimension and insertRange cannot do it. I used request = service.spreadsheets().values().update(spreadsheetId=to_spreadsheet_id, range=range_, valueInputOption = "USER_ENTERED", body={"values": response}) but it gives me error like this :- googleapiclient.errors.HttpError: <HttpError 400 when requesting https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/1sERXk6YshuNOKi4ggp11a36uf5SGutLg7DAP5vitOoQ/values/Working%20Analysis%21G2?valueInputOption=USER_ENTERED&alt=json returned "Invalid values[1][0]: struct_value {
fields {
key: "effectiveFormat"
value {
struct_value {
fields {
key: "backgroundColor"
value {
struct_value {
fields {
key: "blue"
value {
number_value: 1.0
}
}
fields {
key: "green"
value {
number_value: 1.0
}
Its a very long text......
AND if I use other way which is commented in the code block I get the following error
Details: "Invalid requests[0].updateCells: Attempting to write row: 15000, beyond the last requested row of: 14999">
def copy_column(service, from_spreadsheet_id, to_spreadsheet_id, from_sheet='Analysis', to_sheet_id, from_column='F', from_column_till='K', to_column='G'):
request = service.spreadsheets().get(spreadsheetId=from_spreadsheet_id, ranges=[
from_sheet + "!" + from_column + ":" + from_column_till], includeGridData=True)
response = request.execute()["sheets"][0]["data"][0]["rowData"]
range_ = "Working Analysis!G2"
print(response)
# value_range_body = {
# "requests": {
# "insertDimension": {
# "range": {
# "sheetId": to_sheet_id,
# "dimension": "COLUMNS",
# "startIndex": 6,
# "endIndex": 11
# },
# "inheritFromBefore": True
# }
# }
# }
# request_1 = service.spreadsheets().batchUpdate(spreadsheetId=to_spreadsheet_id, body=value_range_body)
# response_1 = request_1.execute()
# body = {
# "requests": {
# "updateCells": {
# "rows": response,
# "fields": "userEnteredFormat, userEnteredValue",
# # "start":{
# # "sheetId": to_sheet_id,
# # "rowIndex": 1,
# # "columnIndex": 6
# # },
# "range": {
# "sheetId": to_sheet_id,
# "startRowIndex": 1,
# "startColumnIndex": 6,
# "endColumnIndex": 13
# },
# }
# }
# }
request = service.spreadsheets().values().update(spreadsheetId=to_spreadsheet_id,
range=range_, valueInputOption = "USER_ENTERED", body={"values": response})
response = request.execute()
return print('Done')

Answer 1

I think that the response values from service.spreadsheets().get() cannot be directly used to service.spreadsheets().values().update(). From your commented script, I guessed that you might want to copy not only the values but also the cell format.
In this case, how about the following modification?
Modified script:
sheetId = "###" # Please set the sheet ID of the sheet "Working Analysis"
request = service.spreadsheets().get(spreadsheetId=from_spreadsheet_id, ranges=[from_sheet + "!" + from_column + ":" + from_column_till], includeGridData=True)
response = request.execute()["sheets"][0]["data"][0]["rowData"]
requests = {
"requests": [
{
"updateCells": {
"start": {"sheetId": sheetId, "rowIndex": 1, "columnIndex": 6},
"rows": response,
"fields": "*",
}
}
]
}
request = service.spreadsheets().batchUpdate(spreadsheetId=to_spreadsheet_id, body=requests)
response = request.execute()
print("Done")
For example, if you want to copy only the values, you can use service.spreadsheets().values().update() as follows.
request = service.spreadsheets().values().get(spreadsheetId=from_spreadsheet_id, range=from_sheet + "!" + from_column + ":" + from_column_till)
response = request.execute()["values"]
range_ = "Working Analysis!G2"
request = service.spreadsheets().values().update(spreadsheetId=to_spreadsheet_id, range=range_, valueInputOption="USER_ENTERED", body={"values": response})
response = request.execute()
return print("Done")
References:
Method: spreadsheets.batchUpdate
Method: spreadsheets.values.get