Google Sheets input
Options
Service account tab
| option | description |
|---|---|
JSON credential key file | Lets you specify or browse for spreadsheets existing in the service account drive or for the ones that are shared with the service account email. |
Application Name | Your application name for the service account in the Google Developer Console. |
Timeout | lets you specify an https timeout (in minutes, defaults to 5). |
Impersonation | lets you impersonate your service account. Check the Google docs for more information. |
Click the Test Connection button to verify your specified JSON credential key file for your service account can use the Google Drive and Spreadsheets APIs and has access to your Google Spreadsheets. On success, you will see a Google Drive API: Success! message.
Spreadsheet tab
| option | description |
|---|---|
Spreadsheet Key | specify the key for the Google Spreadsheet you want to read from. Click the "Browse" button to get a list of available spreadsheets. |
Worksheet Id | specify the worksheet id (title) for the sheet in your Google Spreadsheet you want to read from. Click the "Browse" button to get the list of available worksheets in the selected Google Spreadsheet. |
Fields tab
Lets you select from the fields of the sheet.
Fields name are always defined in the first line of the google spreadsheet.
Get Fields lets you get fields and guess their types, format, precision, decimal and group delimiter as well as trim type.
The columns below appear on many field tables. They are field metadata: they control how Hop converts a string to a typed value, and how a typed value is written back to a string. They do not change the value stored in a database.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
Format / Conversion mask | Number or date pattern used to parse and print the value. See Formatting numbers and dates. |
Length | String: maximum characters. Number / BigNumber: significant digits. Integer: display width (leading zeros when writing). Date: length of the printed string (for example |
Precision | Decimal digits after the radix for Number and BigNumber. Not used for String, Date or Boolean. |
Decimal | Character that separates the integer and fractional parts. |
Group / Grouping | Thousands grouping symbol. |
Currency | Optional currency symbol used when the format mask contains a currency sign ( |
Value | A single constant, entered as a string and parsed with Type, Format, Decimal, Group and Currency. Not a comma-separated list of values. Use Data Grid when you need several different rows. |
Set empty string? | When the constant is empty, emit an empty string ( |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Name of the output field. Taken from the first row of the sheet when you click Get Fields. |
Type | Hop data type used to parse the cell text. See Data types. |
Trim type | How to trim whitespace from the cell text before conversion: none, left, right, or both. |