bilalelidrissi171 / sheets-downloader

I came up with using Python. It can fetch data from Google Sheets, Excel, or a CSV file and download the file by using the link in one cell and naming it based on the name in another cell. This makes bulk downloading and naming files a breeze!

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sheets-downloader Program

Introduction

This program is used to fetch data from a Google Sheet, Excel or CSV File and download it

Dependencies

Before you run this program, you need to install the following:

• Python
• pip

You also need to install the following libraries using pip:

• os-sys
• Google-auth
• Google-api-python-client
• requests
• pandas

Format of Data

The format of the data in file should be like this:

Name of File	Link of File
name1	https://***
name2	https://***
name3	https://***

Google Cloud Console Setup

If you want to get data from a Google Sheet, you need to set up the Google Cloud Console. Follow these steps:

• Go to https://console.cloud.google.com.
• Sign in with your Google account, or create a new account.
• Choose or create a project.
• Navigate to the "APIs & Services" dashboard and click on the "Library" tab.
• Search for the "Google Sheets API" and click on it.
• Click the "Enable" button to enable the API.
• Navigate to the "Credentials" tab and click on the "Create credentials" button.
• Select "Service account" as the type of credentials.
• Give the service account a name and select a role (e.g. "Editor").
• Click the "Create" button to generate a JSON key file.
• Download the JSON file and use its path in the os.environ["GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"] line of your code.
• Share the Google Sheet file with the public and get its link.

If you want to get data from a Excel or CSV file skip this setups

Running the Program

To run the program, simply use the following command:

  git clone https://github.com/bilalelidrissi171/sheets-downloader.git
  cd sheets-downloader
  python sheets-downloader.py

Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome and appreciated! Here are two ways to contribute:

Fork

• Fork the project on GitHub

• Clone the project to your local machine git clone https://github.com/bilalelidrissi171/sheets-downloader.git

• Create a new branch git checkout -b new-feature

• Make your changes

• Commit your changes git commit -m 'Added new feature'

• Push to the remote branch git push origin new-feature

• Submit a pull request

Issue

• If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open a new issue

License

MIT