Google APIs

Published: 2025-03-20

Google Sheets 🔗

Foreword 🔗

It’s been a journey trying to decide what would be the most sustainable way to interact with Google’s API for “Google Sheets”. Seems that currently Google is currently developing a client library for rust but it isn’t done yet. My current use case isn’t amenable to a still experimental API thus I decided to use the next best one. Byron setup a repo to generate clients based on Google’s discovery service. He really did a very good job with it and it seems to at present be the best option. I also considered one created by the Oxide Computer Company but decided to use the one Byron created as his also came with a CLI that I could use to better understand how to use it.

Using google_sheets4 🔗

Sources:

• Medium Article by Chris Grounds
• Auto generated CLI created by Byron

WIP The project I was going to use this on has been paused but already started the notes so saving them.