Google Sheets CRUD Operations

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{
  "id": "5",
  "name": "Append, lookup, update, and read data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "On clicking 'execute'",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "position": [
        450,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {},
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Google Sheets2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        1450,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "key": "ID",
        "range": "A:D",
        "options": {
          "valueInputMode": "USER_ENTERED",
          "valueRenderMode": "UNFORMATTED_VALUE"
        },
        "sheetId": "1remFwo--5ehUgIU7UUndKldPI0Xm93e1T3DldD9GOg0",
        "operation": "update",
        "authentication": "oAuth2"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Set1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        1250,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "number": [
            {
              "name": "Rent",
              "value": "={{$node[\"Google Sheets1\"].json[\"Rent\"]+100}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "ID",
              "value": "={{$node[\"Google Sheets1\"].json[\"ID\"]}}"
            }
          ],
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "Name",
              "value": "={{$node[\"Google Sheets1\"].json[\"Name\"]}}"
            },
            {
              "name": "City",
              "value": "={{$node[\"Google Sheets1\"].json[\"City\"]}}"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {},
        "keepOnlySet": true
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Google Sheets1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        1050,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "range": "A:D",
        "options": {
          "valueRenderMode": "UNFORMATTED_VALUE",
          "returnAllMatches": true
        },
        "sheetId": "1remFwo--5ehUgIU7UUndKldPI0Xm93e1T3DldD9GOg0",
        "operation": "lookup",
        "lookupValue": "Berlin",
        "lookupColumn": "City",
        "authentication": "oAuth2"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Google Sheets",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        850,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "range": "A:D",
        "options": {
          "valueInputMode": "USER_ENTERED"
        },
        "sheetId": "1remFwo--5ehUgIU7UUndKldPI0Xm93e1T3DldD9GOg0",
        "operation": "append",
        "authentication": "oAuth2"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Google Sheets3",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
      "position": [
        1650,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "range": "A:D",
        "options": {
          "valueRenderMode": "FORMATTED_VALUE"
        },
        "sheetId": "1remFwo--5ehUgIU7UUndKldPI0Xm93e1T3DldD9GOg0",
        "authentication": "oAuth2"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleSheetsOAuth2Api": "<your credential>"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Set",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
      "position": [
        650,
        450
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "values": {
          "number": [
            {
              "name": "ID",
              "value": "={{Math.floor(Math.random()*1000)}}"
            }
          ],
          "string": [
            {
              "name": "Name",
              "value": "John's Place"
            },
            {
              "name": "Rent",
              "value": "$1,000"
            },
            {
              "name": "City",
              "value": "Berlin"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {},
        "keepOnlySet": true
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "active": false,
  "settings": {},
  "connections": {
    "Set": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Sheets",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Set1": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Sheets2",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Google Sheets": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Sheets1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Google Sheets1": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Set1",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Google Sheets2": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Google Sheets3",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "On clicking 'execute'": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Set",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• googleSheetsOAuth2Api

About this workflow

Append, lookup, update, and read data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet. Uses manualTrigger, googleSheets. Event-driven trigger; 7 nodes.

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