Google Docs Spreadsheet to CSV

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# Script to automate downloading CSV files from GoogleDocs
#
# Expects a config file in the same folder called google_docs_to_file.cfg
# with the following format:
#
# [google_credentials]
# email = someone@somewhere.com
# password = ********* 

import re, urllib, urllib2, ConfigParser

config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
config.read('google_docs_to_file.cfg')

class Spreadsheet(object):
	def __init__(self, key, gid=0):
		super(Spreadsheet, self).__init__()
		self.key = key
		self.gid = gid

class Client(object):
	def __init__(self, email, password):
		super(Client, self).__init__()
		self.email = email
		self.password = password

	def _get_auth_token(self, email, password, source, service):
		url = "https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin"
		params = {
			"Email": email, "Passwd": password,
			"service": service,
			"accountType": "HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE",
			"source": source
		}
		req = urllib2.Request(url, urllib.urlencode(params))
		return re.findall(r"Auth=(.*)", urllib2.urlopen(req).read())[0]

	def get_auth_token(self):
		source = type(self).__name__
		return self._get_auth_token(self.email, self.password, source, service="wise")

	def download(self, spreadsheet, gid=0, format="csv"):
		url_format = "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/download/spreadsheets/Export?key=%s&exportFormat=%s&gid=%i"
		headers = {
			"Authorization": "GoogleLogin auth=" + self.get_auth_token(),
			"GData-Version": "3.0"
		}
		req = urllib2.Request(url_format % (spreadsheet.key, format, spreadsheet.gid), headers=headers)
		print "\nDownloading from " + req.get_full_url()
		return urllib2.urlopen(req)



if __name__ == "__main__":
	import getpass
	import csv

	# Conveniently grab this stuff
	def googleDocsToFile(key, gid, destination):
		# Create client and spreadsheet objects
		gs = Client(config.get("google_credentials", "email"), config.get("google_credentials", "password"))
		ss = Spreadsheet(key, gid)

		# Request a file-like object containing the spreadsheet's contents
		csv_file = gs.download(ss)

		# Write to file, and fix line endings too
		print "Writing to " + destination
		f = open(destination, 'wr+')
		for line in csv_file.readlines():
			f.write(line.rstrip('\r\n') + "\r\n")
		f.close()	



	# Run the batch
	print "Starting CSV download batch..."

	# Download the spreadsheet
	googleDocsToFile("KEY_VALUE_FROM_GDOC_URL_HERE", SHEET_GID_HERE, "~/Desktop/Destination_CSV_Here.csv")

	print "... done"