--- title: "Connect Google Sheets and VideoDB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Aggregate Metric Changed\" fires in Google Sheets, your agent runs \"Add Collection\" in VideoDB." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-videodb" --- # Connect Google Sheets and VideoDB When **Aggregate Metric Changed** fires in [Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-sheets), your agent runs **Add Collection** in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), or **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB to **Add Row** in Google Sheets. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Sheets **16** triggers Google Sheets **46** actions VideoDB **1** trigger VideoDB **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Sheets and VideoDB to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Sheets and VideoDB can do together ### From Google Sheets to VideoDB - When **Aggregate Metric Changed** in Google Sheets then **Add Collection** in VideoDB - When **Cell Range Values Changed** in Google Sheets then **Add Overlay / Watermark** in VideoDB ### From VideoDB to Google Sheets - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Add Row** in Google Sheets - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create Multiple Spreadsheet Rows** in Google Sheets Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Google Sheets and VideoDB ## Triggers and actions 17 triggers · 67 actions - Trigger **Aggregate Metric Changed** Fires when an aggregate metric (sum/avg/count/…) over a column changes. - Trigger **Cell Range Values Changed** Fires when the values in a specific cell range change. - Trigger **Conditional Format Rule Changed** Fires when a conditional-format rule changes. - Trigger **Data Validation Rule Changed** Fires when a data-validation rule changes. - Trigger **Developer Metadata Changed** Fires when developer metadata changes. - Trigger **Filtered Range Values Changed** Fires when the values in a filtered range change. - Trigger **New Rows** Fires when new rows are appended to a Google Sheet. - Trigger **New Sheet Added** Fires when a new sheet (tab) is added to a spreadsheet. - Trigger **New Spreadsheet Created** Fires when a new spreadsheet is created in the account. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Metadata Changed** Fires when spreadsheet metadata changes. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Properties Changed** Fires when spreadsheet properties change. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Row Changed** Fires when a row matching a query changes. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Search Match** Fires when a spreadsheet matching search criteria is found. - Trigger **Table Query Result Changed** Fires when the result of a SQL-style table query changes. - Trigger **Table Schema Changed** Fires when a table's column schema changes. - Trigger **Worksheet Names Changed** Fires when worksheet (tab) names change. - Action **Add Row** Append a row to a Google Sheet - Action **Aggregate Column Data** Read a range and compute an aggregate (sum|avg|min|max|count) over one column, skipping blank/non-numeric cells (so a header row is skipped automatically). - Action **Auto-Resize Rows or Columns** Auto-fit row heights or column widths over an index range via autoResizeDimensions. - Action **Change Sheet Properties** Update a worksheet's grid properties (row/column count) using an explicit field mask. - Action **Clear Basic Filter** Remove the basic filter from a sheet via clearBasicFilter. - Action **Clear Spreadsheet Row(s)** Clear the values in a range (formatting preserved). - Action **Copy Range** Copy a source cell range to a destination range within the spreadsheet. - Action **Copy Worksheet** Copy a worksheet into a destination spreadsheet. - Action **Create Chart** Add a basic embedded chart (column/bar/line/etc.) built from a domain range and a series range on a sheet. Returns the new chartId. - Action **Create Conditional Formatting Rule** Add a boolean conditional formatting rule (e.g. NUMBER_GREATER) that colors matching cells. - Action **Create Multiple Spreadsheet Rows** Append many rows in one call. - Action **Create Spreadsheet** Create a new Google Sheets spreadsheet with the given title. - Action **Create Spreadsheet Column** Insert a blank column at a given index. - Action **Create Spreadsheet Row** Append a single row of values to a sheet range. - Action **Create Spreadsheet Row at Top** Insert a blank row just below the header (row 2), then write the given values into it in one operation. - Action **Create Worksheet** Add a new worksheet (tab) to an existing spreadsheet. - Action **Delete Chart** Delete an embedded chart via deleteEmbeddedObject. - Action **Delete Sheet** Delete a worksheet from a spreadsheet by sheetId (gid). - Action **Delete Spreadsheet Row(s)** Delete a contiguous block of rows by index. - Action **Find and Replace** Find and replace text across the spreadsheet. Supply EXACTLY ONE scope: all_sheets=true OR sheet_id. Leave the other unset (do not pass all_sheets=false together with sheet_id). - Action **Find Spreadsheet** Find spreadsheets by exact name via the Drive API (cross-host through the googlesheets connection). - Action **Find Worksheet** Return the worksheet whose title matches the given title (sheet_id/index/found), reading the spreadsheet's sheet properties. - Action **Format Cell Range** Apply background color and bold formatting to a cell range via repeatCell. - Action **Format Spreadsheet Row** Apply a background color across an entire row via repeatCell over a row range. - Action **Get Conditional Format Rules** List all conditional-format rules on each sheet (paired with the sheetId so a follow-up update can target a rule by index). - Action **Get Data Range** Read all values in one or more ranges via batchGet. - Action **Get Data Validation Rules** Read the data-validation rule set on every cell of a range (per-cell dataValidation, via includeGridData with a field mask). - Action **Get Many Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced)** Read multiple ranges at once via batchGet. - Action **Get Row by ID** Read a single row range. NOTE: Google Sheets has no row ID; the row number IS the identity. - Action **Get Sheet Names** Return the titles of all sheets (tabs) in the spreadsheet. - Action **Get Spreadsheet by ID** Fetch spreadsheet metadata (title, sheets, gids, grid properties). - Action **List Charts** List all embedded charts (chartId + title) across every sheet in the spreadsheet. - Action **Lookup Spreadsheet Row** Read a range and return the FIRST row whose cell at column_index equals match_value (Sheets has no server-side filter; this op filters the returned rows). - Action **Lookup Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced)** Read multiple ranges via batchGet and return ALL rows whose cell at column_index equals match_value (Sheets has no server-side filter; this op filters the returned rows). - Action **Move Chart** Reposition an embedded chart to a new overlay anchor cell via updateEmbeddedObjectPosition. - Action **Rename Sheet** Rename a worksheet's title. - Action **Search Spreadsheets** Search spreadsheets by name substring (or full-text) via the Drive API, cross-host through the googlesheets connection. - Action **Set Basic Filter** Apply a basic filter to a range on a sheet via setBasicFilter. - Action **Set Data Validation** Apply a ONE_OF_LIST dropdown data-validation rule to a cell range. - Action **Sort Range** Sort a cell range by one column in ascending or descending order. - Action **Update Chart** Replace an existing chart's spec (title, chart type, domain/series ranges) via updateChartSpec. - Action **Update Conditional Format Rules** Replace an existing conditional-format rule (identified by its index on the sheet) with a new boolean rule. - Action **Update Data Validation Rule** Overwrite the data-validation rule on a cell range with a ONE_OF_LIST dropdown (same endpoint as create; setDataValidation replaces whatever rule the range held). - Action **Update Spreadsheet Row** Overwrite the values at a specific range. - Action **Update Spreadsheet Row(s)** Update one or more disjoint ranges in a single batch. - Action **Upsert Row** Read a range, find the row whose column_index cell equals match_value; UPDATE that row when found, otherwise APPEND a new row. One adaptive write request (method+path chosen by the match script). - Trigger **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** Triggered when a new video is uploaded to a VideoDB collection. - Action **Add Collection** Creates a new VideoDB collection to organize videos and scope search. - Action **Add Overlay / Watermark** Places an image (logo or watermark) over a VideoDB video at a chosen time and position, and returns a stream URL for the result. - Action **Ask Video (Q&A)** Get the Q&A for a video. - Action **Auto-Chapter Video** Splits a video into scenes (chapters) using shot detection or fixed time segments. The job runs in the background; the result is available at the returned output URL. - Action **Auto-Dub Video** Starts an AI dubbing job that replaces a video's soundtrack with a version in another language, preserving the speaker's voice characteristics. - Action **Check Job Status** Checks the progress of a long-running VideoDB job (dubbing, generation, transcoding, indexing) and returns its status and, once finished, its result. - Action **Create Highlight Clip** Starts an AI clip-generation job on an indexed video from a natural-language prompt describing the moments to include. - Action **Delete Video** Permanently delete a video and all its metadata, transcripts and indexes from VideoDB. - Action **Find Video Moment** Searches one indexed video for the moments matching a spoken-word or visual query, returning each match's start and end time, text and score. - Action **Generate Image** Generates an image from a text prompt using VideoDB's AI generation. Generation runs asynchronously; the result returns a job id and an address to check for the finished image. - Action **Generate Subtitles** Generates subtitles for a video using VideoDB service. - Action **Generate Video** Starts an AI video generation job from a text prompt and saves the result to a collection. - Action **Generate Voice-Over** Converts text into AI-generated speech (a voice-over audio asset) in a VideoDB collection. Generation runs as a job; check its result with Check Job Status or a callback URL. - Action **Get Collection** Retrieve the details of one VideoDB collection by its id. - Action **Get Meeting Assets** Get a meeting recording's status and recorded video URL. - Action **Get Transcript** Get the transcript of a video. - Action **Get Video Metadata** Get metadata for a video. - Action **List Collections** Retrieve all collections in your VideoDB account, including the default collection. - Action **List Videos** Lists the videos in a VideoDB collection. - Action **Summarize Video** Asks VideoDB's AI to summarize a video using your own instructions. Summarization usually runs as a background job: use Check Job Status with the returned job id to fetch the finished summary. - Action **Upload & Index Video** Uploads a video from a URL into a VideoDB collection, waits for the upload to finish, then starts indexing it (spoken words by default) and returns the indexing job. ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-sheets) - [ **VideoDB** VideoDB is an AI engine for video workflows—search scenes, cut clips, dub, subtitles, and apply GenAI effects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Sheets - [ **Google Sheets to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-stripe) - [ **Google Sheets to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Google Sheets to Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in Google Sheets? Any of VideoDB's 21 actions, including Create Highlight Clip, Upload & Index Video, Add Collection and Add Overlay / Watermark. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from VideoDB to Google Sheets? Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Google Sheets too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Google Sheets's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Sheets or VideoDB? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Google Sheets and VideoDB without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.