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May 5, 2023 16:15
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To watch and observe a Google Sheet in GoLang, you can use the Google Sheets API to access the sheet and the time package to set up a timer to check for changes periodically. Here's an example code snippet that demonstrates this:
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package main | |
import ( | |
"context" | |
"fmt" | |
"log" | |
"time" | |
"google.golang.org/api/sheets/v4" | |
"google.golang.org/api/option" | |
) | |
func main() { | |
// Set up the Google Sheets API client. | |
ctx := context.Background() | |
creds, err := google.FindDefaultCredentials(ctx, sheets.Scope) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatalf("Unable to retrieve credentials: %v", err) | |
} | |
client, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx, sheets.Scope, option.WithCredentials(creds)) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatalf("Unable to create Google Sheets API client: %v", err) | |
} | |
sheetsService, err := sheets.New(client) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatalf("Unable to create Google Sheets API service: %v", err) | |
} | |
// Specify the spreadsheet ID and sheet range. | |
spreadsheetID := "<your spreadsheet ID>" | |
sheetRange := "<your sheet name>" | |
// Set up a timer to check for changes every 5 seconds. | |
ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second) | |
defer ticker.Stop() | |
// Loop indefinitely to watch for changes. | |
for { | |
select { | |
case <-ticker.C: | |
// Call the Google Sheets API to get the latest data from the sheet. | |
resp, err := sheetsService.Spreadsheets.Values.Get(spreadsheetID, sheetRange).Do() | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatalf("Unable to retrieve data from sheet: %v", err) | |
} | |
// Print the data to the console. | |
fmt.Printf("Data: %v\n", resp.Values) | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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