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blaubner
Calcite | Level 5

Evening,

 

Is it possible to retrieve a google sheet from a private Google Drive using SAS? I found this discussion from a long time ago, but this example is using a google document URL that is public.

 

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2012/12/18/using-sas-to-access-data-stored-on-dropbox/

 

The data that I would like to retrieve is private and requires a username. 

 

I was just introduced to a solution for R, so I'm wondering if SAS has a solution. The goal is to directly connect to the private Google Drive Sheet and bring the data into the SAS work folder. 

 

Is this possible?

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Reeza
Super User

I suspect so but don't have time to develop a solution. 

 

You'll likely need to use the Google Sheets API REST interface and PROC HTTP. 

 

SAS & REST API

https://www.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/sas-global-forum-proceedings/2020/4426-2020.pdf

 

Google Sheets API

https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest

 

 

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