How do I rename a (work)sheet in a Google Sheets spreadsheet using the API in Python?

Question

I have been trying/looking to solve this problem for a long while. I have read the documentation for gspread and I cannot find that there is a way to rename a worksheet. Any of you know how to? I would massively appreciate it! There is indeed worksheet.title which gives the name of the worksheet, but I cannot find a way to rename the actual sheet.

Thank you in advance!

Solution 1

This is an extraction of a library which I've coded personally:

def _batch(self, requests):
    body = {
        'requests': requests
    }
    return self._service.spreadsheets().batchUpdate(spreadsheetId=self.spreadsheetId, body=body).execute()

def renameSheet(self, sheetId, newName):
    return self._batch({
        "updateSheetProperties": {
            "properties": {
                "sheetId": sheetId,
                "title": newName,
            },
            "fields": "title",
        }
    })

I think that with a little effort, you can implement it into your code and obtain what you want. In order to make the batchUpdate call, you will need the spreadsheetId as well as the initialized service as explained in the Python QUickstart - Google Sheet API

Solution 2

Your answer can be solved via a HTTP request from Python.

Link is here

You need to send some sort of metadata for the worksheet via HTTP.

For example, get the ID of the worksheet using Python, and send the following info:

<entry>
  <id>
    https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/worksheets/key/private/full/worksheetId
  </id>
  <updated>2007-07-30T18:51:30.666Z</updated>
  <category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006"
    term="http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006#worksheet"/>
  <title type="text">Income</title>
  <content type="text">Expenses</content>
  <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006#listfeed"
    type="application/atom+xml" href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/key/worksheetId/private/full"/>
  <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006#cellsfeed"
    type="application/atom+xml" href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/key/worksheetId/private/full"/>
  <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"
    href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/worksheets/key/private/full/worksheetId"/>
  <link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"
    href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/worksheets/key/private/full/worksheetId/version"/>
  <gs:rowCount>45</gs:rowCount>
  <gs:colCount>15</gs:colCount>
</entry>

The website has a Java and .NET solution as well. (This is for the legacy version 3)

For the newer version, you can use a batch update via a POST http request from Python as well.

link is here

The data for the request is

{
  "requests": [{
      "updateSpreadsheetProperties": {
          "properties": {"title": "My New Title"},
          "fields": "title"
        }
    }]
}

to be sent via POST to https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/spreadsheetId:batchUpdate

In both requests, replace the spreadsheetId in the URL with the ID of the Google Sheet you are editing.

Notice the change from v3 to v4 in the URLs.

If you are using a version 3 application and want to migrate, the link to that is here

EDIT

A commentor noted that the second request does not change name of a worksheet. The link I added shows the way to change intricate properties of a worksheet, I will be updating my answer soon.

Solution 3

Although the title says using the API, the question details OP wanted to use gspread API (instead of using direct calls to Google Spreadsheets API).

I am surprised that there is no answer to this yet. Perhaps gspread had not a method for this when the question was posted, but now it is as simple as using update_title method:

import gspread

# authenticate:
gc = gspread.service_account()
# choose a gspread method to open your spreadsheet and your worksheet:
wsh = gc.open_by_key(spreadsheetId).worksheet("old_WorkSheetName")
# update your worksheet name:
wsh.update_title("new_WorksheetName")

That's it.

Solution 4

You could achieve the same with the gspread port for api v4: pygsheets (author here).

The corresponding code using pygsheets would be:

import pygsheets

gc = pygsheets.authorize()

# open spreadsheet and then worksheet
sh = gc.open('my new spreadsheet')
wks = sh.sheet1
wks.title = 'new title'

Solution 5

This can also be implemented with Google API methods only.

Here is a json-free solution.

sheetsService = getSheetsService();
// create a SheetProperty object and put there all your parameters (new title, sheet id, something else)
SheetProperties title = new SheetProperties().setSheetId(0).setTitle("Main");
// make a request with this properties
UpdateSheetPropertiesRequest rename = new UpdateSheetPropertiesRequest().setProperties(title);
// set fields you want to update
rename.setFields("title");
// as requestBody.setRequests gets a list, you need to compose an list from your request
List<Request> requests = new ArrayList<>();
// convert to Request
Request request = new Request().setUpdateSheetProperties(rename);
requests.add(request);
BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest requestBody = new BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest();
requestBody.setRequests(requests);
// now you can execute batchUpdate with your sheetsService and SHEET_ID
sheetsService.spreadsheets().batchUpdate(SHEET_ID, requestBody).execute();

Here you can find more info on sheetProperties

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