Auto-sort using API

Hazika Reshi

I understand that as of now it is not possible to auto-sort columns in Smartsheet. But is there an API code that can be used to sort columns alphabetically?

kskarz

Hi @Hazika Reshi

You can sort columns using API:

https://smartsheet.redoc.ly/tag/rows#operation/rows-sort

If you have a webhook in place you can have a auto-sort as soon as the data is saved in the sheet.

Laurie Mason

Kskarz,

I found an Python script on another thread that should work, but I keep getting an error message (below). Any suggestions?

Error sorting sheet. Status code: 405

"errorCode" : 1122,

"message" : "Requested URL does not support this method: PUT",

Here is the script I used:

import requests

import json

# Smartsheet API access token

access_token = {'YOUR API TOKEN HERE'}

# Smartsheet sheet ID

sheet_id = {'YOUR SHEET ID HERE'}

# Define the endpoint for the API

url = f'https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0/sheets/{sheet_id}/sort'

# Define the headers

headers = {

  'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}',

  'Content-Type': 'application/json'

}

# Define the sorting criteria

sort_criteria = [

  {

    "columnId": {YOUR COLUMN ID HERE},

    "direction": "ASC" # or "DESC" for descending

  }

]

# Define the payload

payload = {

  "sortSpecifiers": sort_criteria

}

# Send the request to Smartsheet API

response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(payload))

# Check if the request was successful

if response.status_code == 200:

  print("Sheet sorted successfully.")

else:

  print(f"Error sorting sheet. Status code: {response.status_code}")

  print(response.text)

Laurie Mason

@kskarz

I figured out that you must use the post method instead instead of put. However, I am now getting a an error messages on the line below saying the payload "Object of type set is not JSON serializable".

response = requests.putpost(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(payload))

Do you have any ideas that could help?

Hazika Reshi

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/416395#Comment_416395

Hi Kskarz,

Thank you so much for this.

I just wanted to follow up with a few things.

i do not have a webhook in place. how would i go about getting one to smartsheets?

Also, once i do have a webhook in place, how would i go about integrating the code from the link for it to actually work?

I realize the questions are a bit broad, but I am just looking for a general direction to go about doing this

Thanks so much!