GetSheetAPI
Turn Any Google Sheet into a REST API in 60 Seconds
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Hey HN,I built GetSheetAPI because I kept writing the same boilerplate: fetch Google Sheet → parse CSV → return JSON. Every freelance project, every prototype, every "can you just pull data from this spreadsheet" request.Now it's just: curl -H "X-API-Key: xxx" https://api.getsheetapi.com/v1/{sheet-id} Returns: {"data": [{"name": "Product A", "price": 29.99}], "meta": {"total": 150, "page": 1}} First row becomes field names. Full CRUD (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE). Pagination built in. Free tier: 100 requests/day, 1 sheet.I know "Google Sheets as a database" makes some of you twitch. It's not meant to replace Postgres. But for landing page backends, internal tools, or prototypes that might never need a "real" database — it removes a lot of friction.Would love feedback. What's missing? What would make this actually useful for your workflow?
HN · launched Jan 30, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: spreadsheet tools and extensions · 138 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -67% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a straightforward API wrapper that fetches Google Sheets via the Google Drive/Sheets API, parses the tabular data into JSON, and serves it over HTTP with API key authentication.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: Firebase, Webflow, Framer, Carrd
Concerns raised: Whether it's suitable beyond MVPs and specific use cases
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 262 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #261 of 263 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 62 days after the earliest competitor.
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- SheetToCsv · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
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