javascript - How to copy a row from one google spreadsheet to another google spreadsheet using google apps script?

Question

I wanted to copy a particular row from one spreadsheet to another spreadsheet using google apps script.

Can anyone please help me to get the answer for this.

Answer 1

NOTE: This solution works for copying rows from one sheet to another sheet in the SAME spreadsheet, and does NOT work for copying a row from a sheet to a DIFFERENT spreadsheet.

Check out the documentation here:

http://code.google.com/googleapps/appsscript/service_spreadsheet.html

Let's assume you're working in the spreadsheet where you're copying from.

You'd have to get a handle to the current spreadsheet and the target spreadsheet. You'll need to get the ID for the target spreadsheet. Details are in the link up there.

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var target = SpreadsheetApp.openById("abc1234567");

Next we need to pick the particular sheets within those spreadsheets. Let's say your row is on the sheet named "New Stuff", and you have a sheet in the target spreadsheet named "Archive".

var source_sheet = ss.getSheetByName("New Stuff");
var target_sheet = target.getSheetByName("Archive");

Now, the concept that google apps spreadsheets use are ranges. A range is just a chunk of cells. So we need to determine the from-range and the to-range. Let's say your sheet has 7 columns and you want the 10th row.

var source_range = source_sheet.getRange("A10:G10");
var target_range = target_sheet.getRange("A1:G1");

So we're going to take that row and put it on the first row of the target sheet. Now for the actual copy:

source_range.copyTo(target_range);

And you're done!

Now, this will always clobber the first row of the target sheet. There's plenty you can do to stop that. Instead of always using the first line, you could use the sheet object methods to find the last row, add one after, and then use it as your range.

var last_row = target_sheet.getLastRow();
target_sheet.insertRowAfter(last_row);
var target_range = target_sheet.getRange("A"+(last_row+1)+":G"+(last_row+1));

That way each time you copy a row over, it just gets added to the bottom of the sheet.