Does Google Spreadsheets have a cell function that lets me do HTTP requests like
POST the contents of this cell to http://www.mysite.com/input or
GET the XML at http://www.mysite.com/feed.xml
?
Or can I write a custom function that does so? Or is there a more conventional way of doing what I want to do? (using Spreadsheets to talk to REST APIs)
For getting contents of a cell to your website use the Google Spreadsheet API.
Here you can find a simple example of retrieving JSON feeds from Spreadsheets Data API:
https://developers.google.com/gdata/samples/spreadsheet_sample
Since this link may be moved due goole updates here's a copy of the script element:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/feed/key/worksheet/public/basic?alt=json-in-script&callback=myFunc
... where feed is the type of feed, key is the key of the spreadsheet you want to retrieve, the worksheet is the positional or unique identifier of the worksheet, and myFunc is the name of your callback function that is passed the JSON object.
For getting XML from a web ressource use the function:
IMPORTXML(URL; XPath) e.g.
importXML("http://www.example.com/feed.xml";"/path/inXML")
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I am trying to capture elements of an qmd file (that is xml markup) using Google Sheets importxml. Based on How to use importXML function with a file from Google Drive? I think I've got the file importing correctly but can't seem to capture any of the tags.
Here's what I am trying -
=importXML("https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download","\\identifier")
Here's what the qmd/xml file looks like
<!DOCTYPE qgis PUBLIC 'http://mrcc.com/qgis.dtd' 'SYSTEM'>
<qgis version="3.9.0-Master">
<identifier>Z:/My Drive/Mangoesmapping/Spatial Projects/2019/DSC/132_Ongoing_Asset_Updates/Working/Sewerage_Updates/Sewerage_Manholes_InspectionShafts.TAB</identifier>
<parentidentifier>Sewerage Manhole Infrastructure</parentidentifier>
<language>AUS</language>
<type>dataset</type>
<title>Sewerage Manholes within Douglas Shire Council</title>
<abstract>Sewerage Manholes within Douglas Shire Council. Most data has been updated based on field work, review of existing AsCon files and discussion with council staff responsible for the assets in 2018/2019. In Port Douglas most of the infrastructure has been surveyed in. </abstract>
<keywords vocabulary="gmd:topicCategory">
<keyword>Infrastructure</keyword>
<keyword>Sewerage</keyword>
If I use
=importXML("https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download","*")
I get
But I really would like to just get the elements I want by placing the importxml for each tag in the cell I need it in.
You want to retrieve ### of <identifier>###</identifier> from https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download
I could understand like above. If my understanding is correct, how about this answer?
Issue:
In your question, the formula of =importXML("https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download","\\identifier") uses \\identifier as the xpath. From your data you want to retrieve the values, it seems that you are trying to retrieve ### of <identifier>###</identifier>.
In this case, in order to Selects nodes in the document from the current node that match the selection no matter where they are, // is required to be used instead of \\. This can be seen at the document of here.
Modified formula:
So =importXML("https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download","\\identifier") can be modified as follows.
=importXML("https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download","//identifier")
As other xpath, from your data in your question, you can also use the xpath of /qgis/identifier instead of //identifier. So you can also use the following formula.
=importXML("https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1AI2C8hQnSOuuoyJXizYBszGmpMXW8xxT&export=download","/qgis/identifier")
References:
IMPORTXML
XPath Tutorial
I have a database of elements, each element has its own QR Code. After reading the code I would like to be able to open the worksheet on a specific tab and jump to the appropriate cell (according to the element name). Calling a worksheet through a URL with the #gid parameter allows you to open a tab.... the "range" parameter allows you to jump to a specific cell.... and what if I want to search for an item by name? Something like: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fER4x1p.../edit#gid=82420100&search=element_name.... is it possible?
Google has not introduced this yet
But you can look into Google Script (Googles SpreadSheets macros like) to achieve this.
Also a simpler approach will be to just filter the data, but this will change your requirement obviously. For example you can create a Filter with the name you are looking for and then you will get the URL.
This is the URL to a Sample of this, it should open the
Spreadsheet and filter the data when loaded. This is the Icon to
look for to create the filters
here is some documentation for you to get started on Google App Script, but I don't have a direct link to let you know how to catch the parameters for it to process them. What I can tell you is that this is a much more complicated approach than just a URL because it involves programmatic processing on the Spreadsheet side.
I am trying to implement data from my google spreadsheet into a google-chart element of polymer 1.0.
Is there a simple way to define the source of the data?
I do not want to use cols and rows since my spreadsheet is updating itself frequently.
What I would like is to use something like the data=' ' object to define the url of the spreadsheet and also the range, e.g. C3:C8.
But the docs say i should use a .json format, and I do not know how to get that from google spreadsheet.
This is what I am using:
<google-chart type='line' options='{"title":"Line Chart"}' data=''></google-chart>
Is it possible to use the url and range of the spreadsheet?
I think you will want to use <iron-ajax> and serve the data as content from your Google Apps Script doGet() function hosted by your spreadsheet. Assign the returned data content to a property in your custom element. Then bind your data attribute to that property.
You can pass the range variable as parameters in your <iron-ajax> call that you read in using doGet(params).
I have recently opened a new spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yapaaaFn0mtJF0CMiIil4Y1uYCqS97jIWL4iBZMPAKo/pubhtml
I want to find 'title' which url=http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140327/339912.htm
I read google api doc and tried this:
spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/1yapaaaFn0mtJF0CMiIil4Y1uYCqS97jIWL4iBZMPAKo/0/private/full?sq=url%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peoplenews.tw%2Fnews%2F29813808-befa-45b6-9123-8dcef851af45%27
but it didn't work.
I also tried:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yapaaaFn0mtJF0CMiIil4Y1uYCqS97jIWL4iBZMPAKo/gviz/tq?tq=SELECT%20topic20WHERE%20url%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peoplenews.tw%2Fnews%2F29813808-befa-45b6-9123-8dcef851af45'
but it didn't work either.
are there any way to do this kind of query?
I know this is old, but I just worked through a similar issue.
Querying a google spreadsheet via URL params requires the use of their data visualization query language (nearly identical to SQL).
Your query must be encoded then added as a parameter to the end of your URL (google provides an encoder with its document on this here).
Using your example url (notice no "/pubhtml"):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yapaaaFn0mtJF0CMiIil4Y1uYCqS97jIWL4iBZMPAKo
To query this sheet, you must append this URL with /gviz/tq?tq=YOUR_ENCODED_QUERY_STRING
YOUR_ENCODED_QUERY_STRINGfor your case would be:
SELECT * where B contains "ettoday"
Note #1 - I used "B" and not "url". This is because you must query based on the spreadsheet cell identifier (A-Z), not the label/contents.
Note #2 - I could not get it to work when I queried with a fully quallified URL, so I used contains instead.
After encoding that string we get:
SELECT%20*%20where%20B%20contains%20%22ettoday%22
Slap that onto your URL (with /gviz/tq?tq=) and you have:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yapaaaFn0mtJF0CMiIil4Y1uYCqS97jIWL4iBZMPAKo/gviz/tq?tq=SELECT%20*%20where%20B%20contains%20%22ettoday%22
Which works for me :)
The spreadsheets.google.com query is the old method of accessing the google spreadsheets.
The new method involves the docs.google.com query.
Here is a working one:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1chFDkz5Fqus1ODgtdEGNt4Mq2nxnkKnuqbEB4LaZF6o/gviz/tq
That was retrieved from:
query to new google spreadsheets
Some of the old query parameters still work, such as "?range=A1:B", however not all of them do. Unfortunately, I have not yet found a good reference for the new API. Google claims that all the features of V1 and v2 of the api are available in this new one, but it sure doesn't feel like it to me.
Note: the old query method still works with the old version of google spreadsheets and you should use it if you haven't converted the sheet you are using. The new method is just for sheets that have been converted.
Note2: Google forms no longer seems to work consistently with the old spreadsheets, so you will probably be forced to delete the old sheet and have the form generate a new one which will be the new version and require the new url to query it.
try this
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1yapaaaFn0mtJF0CMiIil4Y1uYCqS97jIWL4iBZMPAKo/gviz/tq?tqx=out:html&tq=SELECT+*+where+B+contains+"http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140327/339912.htm"
tq=SELECT+*+where+B+contains+"http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140327/339912.htm"
SELECT * where B contains "http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140327/339912.htm"
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Scraping data to Google Sheets from a website that uses JavaScript
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Using this webpage as an example http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1688317
On a google spreadsheet, the following DO NOT work with importxml():
//a[contains(#href,"showpost")]/#href
//a[contains(#href,"showcount")]/#href
//*[#id="postcount18545482"]
The last one (//*[#id="postcount18545482"]) was copied directly from Chrome's element viewer.
The following DO work but exclude any results with the word "showcount", "postcount", or "showpost":
//div[contains(#id,"post_message")]/#id
//a[contains(#href,"show")]/#href
//a[contains(#href,"post")]/#href
Is there something special about the word "count" when working with importxml() or XPATH? How can I get the missing entries?
ImportXML function in Google Docs spreadsheet can not process data that is created in a two-step process. For example, when an authentication token must be retrieved first before making the url request, or when the URL tells the server to dynamically create an xml output after which the user is redirected to the output, even when the URL stays the same. You might want to look into Google Apps Scripts (http://code.google.com/googleapps/appsscript/index.html) to handle this case.
Taken from here
In your particular case the anchor parameters get set in the vbulletin_post_loader.js script called after the page container is loaded.
...
pc_obj=fetch_object("postcount"+this.postid);
openWindow("showpost.php?"+(SESSIONURL?"s="+SESSIONURL:"")
+(pc_obj!=null?"&postcount="+PHP.urlencode(pc_obj.name):"")+"&p="+A)
...
In other words, when importXML() scans the page, the nodes containing 'showpost' or 'postcount' in href are not yet on the page:
Looks like importXML() works with static pages only and not able to handle dynamically loaded content.
Try to find another way of obtaining the number of post in a thread.