import gspread

gc = gspread.service_account()

# Open a sheet from a spreadsheet in one go
wks = gc.open("Where is the money Lebowski?").sheet1

# Update a range of cells using the top left corner address
wks.update([[1, 2], [3, 4]], "A1")

# Or update a single cell
wks.update_acell("B42", "it's down there somewhere, let me take another look.")

# Format the header
wks.format('A1:B1', {'textFormat': {'bold': True}})

# You can open a spreadsheet by its title as it appears in Google Docs
sh = gc.open('My poor gym results') # <-- Look ma, no keys!

# If you want to be specific, use a key (which can be extracted from
# the spreadsheet's url)
sht1 = gc.open_by_key('0BmgG6nO_6dprdS1MN3d3MkdPa142WFRrdnRRUWl1UFE')

# Or, if you feel really lazy to extract that key, paste the entire url
sht2 = gc.open_by_url('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Bm...FE&hl')

sh = gc.create('A new spreadsheet')

# But that new spreadsheet will be visible only to your script's account.
# To be able to access newly created spreadsheet you *must* share it
# with your email. Which brings us to…

sh.share('otto@example.com', perm_type='user', role='writer')

# Select worksheet by index. Worksheet indexes start from zero
worksheet = sh.get_worksheet(0)

# By title
worksheet = sh.worksheet("January")

# Most common case: Sheet1
worksheet = sh.sheet1

# Get a list of all worksheets
worksheet_list = sh.worksheets()

worksheet = sh.add_worksheet(title="A worksheet", rows="100", cols="20")

sh.del_worksheet(worksheet)

# With label
val = worksheet.get('B1').first()

# With coords
val = worksheet.cell(1, 2).value

# Get all values from the first row
values_list = worksheet.row_values(1)

# Get all values from the first column
values_list = worksheet.col_values(1)

from gspread.utils import GridRangeType
list_of_lists = worksheet.get(return_type=GridRangeType.ListOfLists)

>>> worksheet.get("A1:B4")
[['A1', 'B1'], ['A2']]

>>> worksheet.get("A1:B4", pad_values=True)
[['A1', 'B1'], ['A2', '']]

>>> worksheet.get("A1:B4", maintain_size=True)
[['A1', 'B1'], ['A2', ''], ['', ''], ['', '']]

# Find a cell with exact string value
cell = worksheet.find("Dough")

print("Found something at R%sC%s" % (cell.row, cell.col))

# Find a cell matching a regular expression
amount_re = re.compile(r'(Big|Enormous) dough')
cell = worksheet.find(amount_re)

# Find all cells with string value
cell_list = worksheet.findall("Rug store")

# Find all cells with regexp
criteria_re = re.compile(r'(Small|Room-tiering) rug')
cell_list = worksheet.findall(criteria_re)

# Update a single cell
worksheet.update_acell('B1', 'Bingo!')

# Update a range
worksheet.update([[1, 2], [3, 4]], 'A1:B2')

# Update multiple ranges at once
worksheet.batch_update([{
    'range': 'A1:B2',
    'values': [['A1', 'B1'], ['A2', 'B2']],
}, {
    'range': 'J42:K43',
    'values': [[1, 2], [3, 4]],
}])

from gspread.utils import ValueRenderOption

# Get formatted cell value as displayed in the UI
>>> worksheet.get("A1:B2")
[['$12.00']]

# Get unformatted value from the same cell range
>>> worksheet.get("A1:B2", value_render_option=ValueRenderOption.unformatted)
[[12]]

# Get formula from a cell
>>> worksheet.get("C2:D2", value_render_option=ValueRenderOption.formula)
[['=1/1024']]

import gspread
from gspread.utils import ValidationConditionType

# Restrict the input to greater than 10 in a single cell
worksheet.add_validation(
  'A1',
  ValidationConditionType.number_greater,
  [10],
  strict=True,
  inputMessage='Value must be greater than 10',
)

# Restrict the input to Yes/No for a specific range with dropdown
worksheet.add_validation(
  'C2:C7',
   ValidationConditionType.one_of_list,
   ['Yes',
   'No',]
   showCustomUi=True
)