In this post, I demonstrate how to Call a JSON Web Service and Populate a Google Sheet with a table of raw data.
How to Video:
Video Notes:
- Web Service Used In Video Ergast Developer API
- Web Service tool used in Video Postman
Code in Video:
function getData() {
// DECLARE SHEET
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var mainSheet = ss.getSheetByName("MAIN");
// GET CATEGORY VALUE
var race_year = mainSheet.getRange(3, 2).getValue();
var race_num = mainSheet.getRange(2, 2).getValue();
var race_laps = mainSheet.getRange(1, 2).getValue();
//CLEAR QUESTION AND ANSWER
mainSheet.getRange('A7:DC27').clear();
//INSERT LAP NUMBERS
for (var j = 1; j <= race_laps; j++)
{
mainSheet.getRange(7, j + 1).setValue([j]);
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
}
// URL
var URL_STRING = "http://ergast.com/api/f1/" + race_year + "/" + race_num + "/drivers.json"
console.log('URL_STRING ' + URL_STRING);
//CALL API
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(URL_STRING);
var json = response.getContentText();
var data = JSON.parse(json);
var drivers = [];
//GET DRIVERS
for (var i = 0; i < data.MRData.DriverTable.Drivers.length; i++)
{
var drivers_Array = data.MRData.DriverTable.Drivers;
//STORING DRIVERS
drivers.push(drivers_Array[i].driverId);
mainSheet.getRange(8 + i, 1).setValue([drivers_Array[i].driverId]);
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
}
for (var j = 1; j <= race_laps; j++)
{
// URL
var URL_STRING = "http://ergast.com/api/f1/" + race_year + "/" + race_num + "/laps/" + j + ".json";
console.log('URL_STRING ' + URL_STRING);
//CALL API
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(URL_STRING);
var json = response.getContentText();
var data = JSON.parse(json);
var laptime_array = data.MRData.RaceTable.Races[0].Laps[0].Timings;
for (var y = 0; y < drivers.length; y++)
{
var driver_id = drivers[y];
console.log('laptimes ' + laptime_array.length);
//GET LAP TIMES
for (var i = 0; i < laptime_array.length; i++)
{
if (laptime_array[i]["driverId"] == driver_id)
{
var laptime = laptime_array[i]["time"];
const time_array = laptime.split(":");
const seconds = time_array[0]*60+(+time_array[1]);
mainSheet.getRange(8 + y, j + 1).setValue([seconds]);
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
break;
}
}
}
}
}
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