import gspread import urllib.request, json data = urllib.request.urlopen("http://api.plos.org/search?q=title:DNA").read() jdata = json.loads(data) gc = gspread.oauth() worksheet = gc.open("json to sheet").sheet1 worksheet.update('A1', "journal") worksheet.update('B1', "eissn") worksheet.update('C1', "publication_date") worksheet.update('A2', jdata["journal"]) worksheet.update('B2', jdata["eissn"]) worksheet.update('C2', jdata["publication_date"])