📅 2024-10-26 — Session: Google Sheets API Integration and Troubleshooting

🕒 04:10–05:30
🏷️ Labels: Google Sheets, Api Integration, Python, Troubleshooting, Task Management
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to integrate the Google Sheets API using Python and troubleshoot any issues that arose during the process.

Key Activities

  • Executed a bash command to search for API key declarations in repositories to enhance security.
  • Followed steps for integrating the Google Sheets API, including securing credentials and setting up the script.
  • Developed a framework for task time estimation and scheduling.
  • Troubleshot Google Sheets API errors using gspread, focusing on resolving PermissionError and non-unique header issues.
  • Addressed a TypeError in a data analysis script by converting columns to numeric types.
  • Reviewed and revised time allocation and workload management strategies.

Achievements

  • Successfully integrated the Google Sheets API and resolved common errors related to permissions and data handling.
  • Improved the security of API keys and enhanced the task scheduling framework.
  • Developed insights into workload management and productivity.

Pending Tasks

  • Further analysis of the dataset once it is resubmitted.
  • Continued refinement of scheduling plans and workload balance strategies.