将JSON请求转换为Java Google Sheet API V4

Question

In google Sheet API guide ,

I read that a find request (find the cell with value 'X') can be formatted as follows in JSON:

{
  "find": string,
  "replacement": string,
  "matchCase": boolean,
  "matchEntireCell": boolean,
  "searchByRegex": boolean,
  "includeFormulas": boolean,

  // Union field scope can be only one of the following:
  "range": {
    object(GridRange)
  },
  "sheetId": number,
  "allSheets": boolean,
  // End of list of possible types for union field scope.
}

requests can be made in the form of this URL https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/spreadsheetId .......

But I'm not able to translate that to JAVA code

The closest I've found was this code in one of the forums:

    requests.add(new Request().setFindReplace(new FindReplaceRequest().setFind(entry.getKey())
            .setMatchEntireCell(true)
            .setMatchCase(true)
            .setReplacement(entry.getValue())
            .setRange(new GridRange()
                    .setSheetId(0)
                    .setStartRowIndex(row)
                    .setEndRowIndex(row + 1))));
}



String cellReq = (new FindReplaceRequest().setFind("samuel")).getFind();

which lack a response that I expect from the API, letting me know which cell in the sheet has the value I'm trying to find.

thanks

Answer 1

It looks like you only partially copied the example from the Guide on this page: https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/guides/batchupdate#example

You need to place the FindReplaceRequest inside a BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest (in the requests field) and send it in a Spreadsheets.BatchUpdate call.

The full example is:

List<Request> requests = new ArrayList<>();
// Change the spreadsheet's title.
requests.add(new Request()
        .setUpdateSpreadsheetProperties(new UpdateSpreadsheetPropertiesRequest()
                .setProperties(new SpreadsheetProperties()
                        .setTitle(title))
                .setFields("title")));
// Find and replace text.
requests.add(new Request()
        .setFindReplace(new FindReplaceRequest()
                .setFind(find)
                .setReplacement(replacement)
                .setAllSheets(true)));
// Add additional requests (operations) ...

BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest body =
        new BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest().setRequests(requests);
BatchUpdateSpreadsheetResponse response =
        service.spreadsheets().batchUpdate(spreadsheetId, body).execute();
FindReplaceResponse findReplaceResponse = response.getReplies().get(1).getFindReplace();
System.out.printf("%d replacements made.", findReplaceResponse.getOccurrencesChanged());