GlennJong / googlesheet-to-json

Convert Google sheet to nested objects and also to arrays.

Google sheet content converter

Convert Google sheet content to JSON file. Easily convert to nested objects and arrays.
It helps manage some text content on Google sheet, and it's easy to output.

Setting

Enter sheet_id and api_key on package.json first, and make sure the sheet has the Viewer access rights enabled.
You can also change the output path.

// package.json
  ...
  "converter": {
    "sheet_id": (sheet_id),
    "api_key": (googleapi key),
    "path": "public/json/"
  }
  ...

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Command line

Convert sheet content to JSON file.

npm run convert

Start with React to preview the result of conversion.

npm run start

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Example

Nested Objects

	A	B	C
1	foo	bar
2	parent	child_a	Peter
3	parent	child_b	Tom

output:

{
  "foo": "bar",
  "parent": {
    "child_a": "Peter",
    "child_b": "Tom"
  }
}

Arrays

Use # to mark the index of the array.

	A	B	C	D
1	store	fruit#0	apple
2	store	fruit#1	banana
3	store	food#0	name	hot dog
4	store	food#0	price	10
5	store	food#1	name	soda
6	store	food#1	price	5

output:

{
  "store": {
    "fruit": [
      "apple",
      "banana"
    ],
    "food": [
      {
        "name": "hot dog",
        "price": "10"
        },
      {
        "name": "soda",
        "price": "5"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Settings

// package.json
  "scripts": {
    ...
    "convert": "node jsonConverter.js"
  },
  ...
  "converter": {
    "sheet_id": (sheet_id),
    "api_key": (googleapi key),
    "path": "public/json/"
  }
  ...

Dependence

  "devDependencies": {
    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1"
  }