How to force refresh URL data in Google Sheets? - google-sheets

How to fetch data every two minutes from an URL, tried different methods to achieve this, couldn't succeed.
=if(Minute(Now())=Minute(Now()),
ImportHtml("https://www.nseindia.com/live_market/dynaContent/live_watch/option_chain/optionKeys.jsp?symbolCode=-10006&symbol=NIFTY&symbol=NIFTY&instrument=-&date=-&segmentLink=7&symbolCount=2&segmentLink=17",
"table",1),"")
Tried above formula, still not updating data.
Need help on this.

this could do the trick... put =NOW() in some cell and setup an update rate in settings:

function getData() {
var sheetName = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("<sheet-name>");
var queryString = Math.random();
var cellFunction = '=IMPORTHTML("<url>?","table",<index>)';
sheetName.getRange('<import-cell>').setValue(cellFunction);
}
Replace with the name of your sheet (the tab name, not the name of the file).
Replace with the URL of your web page.
Replace with the table position on the page, e.g. 1.
Replace with the cell where you want to put your import statement, e.g. A1.
Now make a trigger for getData() to run in each minute.
It will write the IMPORTHTML command every time in the cell in every minute.

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How can I automatically populate a cell in Google Sheets with an image from a Pinterest page?

Let's say I have a Google Sheet with URLs to individual pins on Pinterest in column B. For example: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/146578162860144581/
I'd like to populate cells in column C with the main image from the URL in column B.
Currently I have to do this manually by clicking through to the URL in column B, copy the image URL, and insert image into the cell in column C.
Is there a way to automate this?
Solution
Yes, you can achieve this using the sheet's Google's Apps Script. Below the following piece of code you can find a brief explanation on how this works.
The code
function populateImage() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Get cell values of your link column
var values = sheet.getRange('B1:B5').getValues();
// Range where we want to insert the images
var imgrange = sheet.getRange('C1:C5');
for (i=0;i<5;i++){
// Cell we want to insert the image
var cell = imgrange.getCell(i+1, 1);
// Pin Id which is at the end of each url provided, in this case 146578162860144581
var number = values[i][0].substring(29,values[i][0].length-1);
// Url to make the fetch request to access the json of that pin
var url = 'https://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/pins/info/?pin_ids='+number;
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url);
var json = response.getContentText();
var data = JSON.parse(json);
// Url of the image of the pin
var imgurl =data.data[0].images["237x"].url;
// Insert image from url
cell.setFormula('=image("'+imgurl+'")');
}
}
Result
Explanation
To insert an image in a website in your sheet you will need the image url. This is the most tricky part in this issue. Pinterest does not provide a good way to get this image url by just fetching to the pin url as this request will return HTML data and not json. To achieve this you will need to make a fetch request to this url https://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/pins/info/?pin_ids=PINIDNUMBER. You can find more information about this in this Stack Overflow question, credit goes to #SambhavSharma .
When you fetch following this url you will get the pin's json from which you can retrieve your desired image url (apart from many other data about this pin). With it you can simply insert it in the next column.
I hope this has helped you, let me know if you need anything else or if you did not understand something.

Using API in GoogleSheet

I want to import in google sheet data from https://www.coinspeaker.com/ieo/feed/
function callCoinSpeaker() {
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://www.coinspeaker.com/ieo/feed/");
Logger.log(response.getContentText());
var fact = response.getContentText();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
sheet.getRange(1,1).setValue([fact]);
}
The script works fine, but I don't know how to format the output that is all in a single cell (A1).
I would like to create a code that automatically format the output splitting into column and row. Any example of formatting output from API request?Thanks ALL!
What I think about your issue in when you're making a GET request to your link, the response is back as a string.
To be able to use the data, you should parse your response with the method JSON.parse(fact)
Use Logger.Log(JSON.parse(fact)) to see what is happening.

Increment +1 cells with True value

I'm trying to take a set of names with check boxes next to them and make a system so that you can check some of the names (mark them as "True") and click a button. It would then increment +1 the value next to the names of the people marked true.
Here is a link to a sample sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gf-BrXXR0cAYCn7bMkvvK65R290NXbP9D6aA68c06C8/edit?usp=sharing
If column A, row 2 (Tim's row) is marked true, I want to increment the value in column C, row 2 by one, so Tim would have a running total of tardies next to his name.
I hope this is do-able. Thanks!
(Now I know what you're trying to get)
In order to increment a value via the press of a button, as far as I know you have to use scripts (Tools -> Script Editor). Here's something I threw together:
// editCell takes the cell to edit and it's new value
function editCell(cellName, value) {
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(cellName).setValue(value);
}
// getCell takes the cell's value and returns it
function getCell(cellName) {
return SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(cellName).getValue();
}
// plusOne adds one to the field supplied. It's linked to the button in the sheet
function plusOne() {
editCell("C2",getCell("C2")+1);
}
In order to make it work, you may need to change the targeted Cell (currently C2). You'll also need to create a drawing (Insert -> Drawing) which will act as the button you'll be able to press. Once inserted, click on the three dots on it and click on Link Script. Type in plusOne. When executing it the first time, it'll ask you to authenticate the use of scripts.
That should do the trick. I hope you have some understanding of Java Script though (to modify the code to your needs optimally).
Edit - Expandable version
So, to make every number behind a ticked field increase by one, you can use this version of the code:
// Adds one to every field within "AddArea" that has a tick in front of it. It's linked to the button in the sheet.
function plusOne() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = ss.getRange("AddArea");
var values = range.getValues();
var newValues = [];
for (var i = 0; i < range.getNumRows(); ++i) {
var row = values[i];
if(row[0]) {
newValues.push([true, row[1]+1]);
}
else {
newValues.push([false, row[1]]);
}
}
range.setValues(newValues);
}
You need to define a custom named area, named "AddArea" (Data -> Labeled Areas [or similar]), link the script to a button and allow the script to be run. This was hard but very fun to figure out.
Example Sheet for reference (updated)
Can be achieved with just, for example for C2:
=A2+C2
but you would need to turn on iterative calculation (File > Spreadsheet settings... > Calculation [Max. 1 is adequate]) and I would not really recommend that over a trigger with Google Apps Script.

I can read from google sheet api once but it doesn't update subsequently

I am new to Google Sheets, and I have a Google Sheet that I have set up to dynamically place the present date in cell A1 and the time in cell A2. The sheet is "published to the web", and "Settings/Calculation" is set to Recalculate change every minute.
That all works fine, but I want to be able to read these values from the sheet using an API call. Also works perfectly, the FIRST TIME. Unfortunately, every time I try to call it again, I get the same answer as the first time, even a day later.
I'm using:
=int(hour(now()))&":"&int(minute(now()))&" "&int(SECOND(now()))
as the formula. I should also add that it's a JSON file that I'm reading and it is updating properly on the actual sheet.
I'm sure that I am missing something. Can someone please tell me what it is?
Thanks in advance.
may be you are not reading the JSON correctly. This give me correct result every time I run it.
function myFunction(){
var url = "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/1TtXe1JXKsxHKUWb3bqniHkLQB0Po1fSUqsiib2yMv90/1/public/values?alt=json";
try{
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url)
var str = response.getContentText();
var data = JSON.parse(response);
var entry = data.feed.entry;
sh.getRange(1, 1).setValue(entry[0].content.$t);
sh.getRange(1, 2).setValue(entry[1].content.$t);
}catch(e){
Logger.log(e);
}
}
You need to check the size of "entry" before reading it, I just wanted to show that it works.
Thanks

Need assistance with a basic reset script for google spreadsheets

hello i need some help debugging this simple script i compiled to TRY and reset cells F3 all the way down to F338 in google spreadsheets.
function ClearRange()
{
if('H20' => 1)
{
sheet.getRange('F3:F338').clearContent();
sheet.clearcontent('H20');
}
}
more or less i want it to run on edit, if on edit cell H20 is greater then one (would be awesome if it was anything other then blank but im unsure how to do that) then it would set the range to blank cells. i would then like it to reset cell H20 back to blank or 0 then end the script.
To return the value of a cell, use something like this:
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var cellValue = sheet.getRange('H20').getValue();
You need to manually declare the sheet variable if you want to use .getRange().getValue() or .getDataRange() and a bunch of other stuff.
Also note that just typing in 'H20' doesn't return the cell value, it's just interpreted as a string of text.
To detect if H20 is anything other than blank, you could test if the cell value's length is not 0:
if(sheet.getRange('H20').getValue().length != 0)
To also do a .clearContent() on cell H20, you'll need to do the same thing you did with cells F3:F338:
sheet.getRange('H20').clearContent();
To make the function run on an edit, click on the clock-like icon in the script editor, next to the save icon, and create a new trigger for ClearRange.

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