GoogleSheets Exporter for Scrapy

Scrapy feed export storage backend for GoogleSheets.

Requirements

• Python 3.8+

Installation

Install the Google Sheets Exporter for Scrapy via pip:

pip install git+https:/scrapy-plugins/scrapy-feedexporter-google-sheets

Usage

Follow these steps to use the Google Sheets Exporter with Scrapy:

• Add this storage backend to the Scrapy settings FEED_STORAGES dict, as follows:

  # settings.py
  FEED_STORAGES = {'gsheets': 'scrapy_google_sheets_exporter.gsheets_exporter.GoogleSheetsFeedStorage'}

• Configure authentication by providing Google service account credentials as a dictionary in the Scrapy settings GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS.

  For example:

  # settings.py
  GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS = { 
        "type": "service_account", 
        "project_id": "project_id here", 
        "private_key_id": "private_key_id here", 
        "private_key": "private_key here", 
        "client_email": "[email protected]", 
        "client_id": "client_id here", 
        "auth_uri": "auth_uri here", 
        "token_uri": "token_uri here", 
        "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "auth_provider_x509_cert_url here", 
        "client_x509_cert_url": "client_x509_cert_url here" 
  }

• Share the Google Sheet file with the service account's email (available in GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS as client_email) and give it Editor access.

• Configure the Scrapy settings FEEDS by passing the Google Sheet file URI where the feed should be exported.

  For example:

  # settings.py
  FEEDS = {
      "gsheets://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/{spreadsheet_key}/edit#gid={worksheet_id}": {
          "format": "csv",  # mandatory
          "overwrite": True
      }
  }

  • You can get the spreadsheet_key and worksheet_id from the URL of the shared Google Sheet file
    • e.g: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fWJgq5yuOdeN3YnkBZiTD0VhB1MLzBNomz0s9YwBREo/edit#gid=1261678709
  • IMPORTANT: If the worksheet id is not provided (i.e.: there is no /edit#gid={worksheet_id} in the end of the URL), this exporter will export data to the first worksheet as default.

Feed Options

• This feed exporter only supports csv format. This setting is mandatory, there is no fallback value.
• The overwrite feed option (default = False) determines whether data should be appended to the existing rows in the worksheet or overwrite the data in the worksheet completely, when set to True.
• If you are using this exporter in append mode (i.e., overwrite = False), please make sure that the fields to be exported match the data already present in the worksheet. This can be achieved by passing the feed option fields or configuring the FEED_EXPORT_FIELDS setting.
• If you prefer not to export the CSV headers to the worksheet (for example, when using the exporter in append mode), please include the following feed option: -"item_export_kwargs": {"include_headers_line": False}
• This exporter does not support the batch_item_count feed option. Instead, please use batch_size (number of items in each batch) if you want to insert rows in batches into the spreadsheet. Please note that the batch will be capped at a size of 2 MB, in line with Google's recommendation.