chuckreynolds / GoogleTrendsToSheets

This is useful to push Google Trends to Google Sheets. From there it can be used to push it for example to Slack.

This is useful to push Google Trends to Google Sheets. From there it can be used to push it for example to Slack using ifttt.

Example sheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GXd44Uvzu8rROpFIpFemk-ZpIP1o4qZMLgP2OM2s_F4/edit?usp=sharing

Using Google Cloud functions + Google Cloud Scheduler to run it every 15 minutes

Tools used

• https://cloud.google.com/scheduler
• https://cloud.google.com/functions

Setup

In Google Cloud Platform:

You need a project with:

• Google Sheets API
• Google Cloud Functions
• Google Scheduler API

Create a service account json and download it

In Google Sheets

• Add the service accounts email with edit permission to a new created Google Spreadsheet
• Add the sheet id to .env.yaml and/or the local test file. You don't need to go with an .env.yaml in any case
• Add Sheets e.g. DE, US, CH

Test in terminal

Download service account users json and test:

• export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/Users/wio/Documents/GoogleTrendsToSheets/yourServiceAccountsJson.json"
• node local_index.js

Deploy a Cloud Function

Login Google Cloud + Deploy:

• sudo gcloud auth login
• sudo gcloud functions deploy yourFunctionName [e-mail] --env-vars-file .env.yaml --entry-point startit --runtime nodejs12 --trigger-http --allow-unauthenticated
• After deployment you will find your functions here https://console.cloud.google.com/functions/list?project=yourproject
• Test it manually
• After testing add the trigger URL to the cloud scheduler: https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudscheduler?project=yourproject Run e.g. every 15 minutes with */15 * * * *