Sheetsu API
Overview
Sheetsu (now SheetDB) lets you turn any Google Spreadsheet into a REST API with full CRUD support. This means you can read, create, update, and delete rows in a spreadsheet using standard HTTP requests without writing any backend code. It is ideal for beginners who want a quick data store or CMS without setting up a database.
Beginner Tip
Create a public Google Sheet, connect it via SheetDB to get a unique API URL, then use GET to read rows and POST to add new ones — no server setup required.
Measurement Record
What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.
- Request
- GET https://sheetdb.io/api/v1/58f61be4dda40?sort_by=name&sort_order=asc
- Result
- HTTP 200 · application/json · 254 bytes · compressed
- Response time
- 268 ms (median of 3) · fastest 262 ms
- Transport
- TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 · certificate issued by Google Trust Services
- Browser CORS
- Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
- Rate limit
- 90 per window (86 remaining at test time)
- Served by
- cloudflare
- Recorded
- 2026-08-10
Fields Returned
Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.
| Field | Type | Value received |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | 2 |
| name | string | Alex |
| age | string | 24 |
| comment | string |
Captured Response
Captured from a real request to https://sheetdb.io/api/v1/58f61be4dda40?sort_by=name&sort_order=asc on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.
[
{
"id": "2",
"name": "Alex",
"age": "24",
"comment": ""
}
] Field Reference
id Auto-generated row identifier (if an id column exists in the sheet) Implementation Example
Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.
const url = "https://sheetsu.com/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
How This API Fails
We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.
{
"message": "The route api/v1/58f61be4dda40/apisscore-nonexistent-path could not be found."
} Common Errors & Troubleshooting
Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.
Measured Score Breakdown
Live HTTP request to the API endpoint
Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026
Technical Specifications
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