[DEPRECATED] Redash to Google Sheets

This repo is not maintained. It also has a complex setup and requires configuration in a lot of different places.

Please use the python-based redash-uploader (https://github.com/MoveOnOrg/redash-uploader)

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This Node.js script fetches Redash query results and inserts them into a specified Google Sheet via API.

Google Sheets Node.js API Reference

Getting started

1. Create a new Google API Project.

2. Enable Sheets API in your new project.

3. Create Service Account Key:

   • Under Credentials click Create credentials.
   • Select Service account key.
   • Create New service account if needed (for Role, the limited Project > Viewer works).
   • Key type should be JSON.
   • Click Create and download the credentials.json file.

• If you already have a Service Account Key created, but do not have the Private Key, you will need to create another by selecting the existing Service Account, select Edit, and then + Create Key to generate another credentials.json file.

4. Copy .env.example to .env then copy/paste client_email => GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL and private_key => GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY (do not modify this at all).

5. Add the value of GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL with Edit permissions to any Google Sheet(s) that will be used with this script.

6. Run npm i from within the project directory root.

7. Copy config.example.js to config.js and enter appropriate redashCsvUrl, spreadsheetId, and sheetId values. It's an array of config objects so you can run multiple query to spreadsheet syncs. redashCsvUrl should probably be an http:// URL, unless you want to edit this program so it can use the VPN certificate.

   • See Redash docs for getting "Results in CSV format" query URL with API Key

   • See Spreadsheet ID and Sheet ID in the Google docs.

8. Run npm test.

   • If your Redash instance is hosted behind a VPN you will need to be logged in or the tests will timeout.

   • Otherwise, if tests fail your .env and config.js values likely need to be fixed.

9. To run script locally or in traditional server deployment, run npm start.

Amazon Lambda

Running npm run prepare-lambda-script from within a working local install will generate a redash-to-google-sheets.zip file that can be uploaded and run on Amazon Lambda. This file is built using Webpack in order to tree-shake and minify.

Make sure to:

1. Set your Lambda Node.js version to v8.10.0

2. Enter your GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL and GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY values into your Lambda Environment Variables. The .env file is not contained in the deployment .zip file.

3. The config.js file is also not deployed to Lambda, so you will need to add event.config containing a single object with config values (see above). Each query to spreadsheet sync needs to be it's own event configuration.

4. Configure Lambda to have access to VPN resources if Redash is hosted behind VPN.