gformlib-cli 0.1.0

Command-line interface for gformlib – manage Google Forms from the terminal.

gformlib-cli

gformlib-cli is the official command-line interface for gformlib — manage Google Forms directly from your terminal.

Features

• Create Google Forms from a JSON config file
• Update form title, description, and add questions
• Retrieve form metadata and structure
• List form responses with optional filtering
• Delete forms (with confirmation)
• Service account & OAuth 2.0 authentication
• Beautiful Rich terminal output
• Full type annotations (PEP 561 compliant)

Installation

pip install gformlib-cli

Quickstart

Authenticate

Pass a service account key file with every command:

gformcli form create form.json --service-account sa.json

Or set the environment variable once:

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/path/to/sa.json
gformcli form create form.json

Create a form

gformcli form create form.json --service-account sa.json

form.json:

{
  "title": "Customer Survey",
  "description": "Tell us how we're doing.",
  "questions": [
    {"title": "Your name", "type": "short_answer", "required": true},
    {
      "title": "Overall rating",
      "type": "scale",
      "low": 1,
      "high": 5,
      "low_label": "Poor",
      "high_label": "Excellent"
    }
  ]
}

Update a form

gformcli form update <FORM_ID> update.json --service-account sa.json

Get form info

gformcli form get <FORM_ID> --service-account sa.json

List responses

gformcli form responses <FORM_ID> --service-account sa.json

Delete a form

gformcli form delete <FORM_ID> --yes --service-account sa.json

Authentication

Method	Flag	Notes
Service Account	--service-account / -s	Recommended for server/CI
OAuth 2.0	--credentials / -c	Browser consent on first run
Env var	GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS	Fallback, service account

Command reference

gformcli form create   CONFIG_FILE  [AUTH OPTIONS]
gformcli form update   FORM_ID  CONFIG_FILE  [AUTH OPTIONS]
gformcli form get      FORM_ID  [AUTH OPTIONS]
gformcli form responses FORM_ID  [--filter STR]  [--page-size N]  [AUTH OPTIONS]
gformcli form delete   FORM_ID  [--yes]  [AUTH OPTIONS]

Run gformcli --help or gformcli form <command> --help for full option details.

Development

git clone https://github.com/andhit-r/gformlib-cli
cd gformlib-cli
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

License

MIT — see LICENSE.