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Seed a Range Only If Empty

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Recipe · 2 steps

Seed a Range Only If Empty

Write seed values into a range only when that range is currently empty.

  1. Read the target range and branch on whether it already contains any values.
  2. Write the supplied seed values into the empty range using USER_ENTERED interpretation.
What you'll need to have ready
  • accessToken: OAuth 2.0 bearer access token with the spreadsheets scope.
  • spreadsheetId: The ID of the spreadsheet to seed.
  • range: The A1 notation range to check and conditionally seed.
  • values: A two-dimensional array of seed cell values to write when the range is empty.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow google-sheets:seed-if-empty, 2 operations: getValues → updateValues. Specs on APIs.io.