unable to parse range: sheet#!a#

Google Sheets API · GET /v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheet_id}/values/{range} · HTTP 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 22 confirmations from 2 vantages

The first sheet is not always Sheet1: on this French-locale spreadsheet it is Feuille 1, and Sheet1!A1 returns HTTP 400 "Unable to parse range: Sheet1!A1"; a range without a sheet name reads the first sheet.

What to do

  1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: api_key

Evidence

Probe af:google-sheets:probe:default-sheet-name-localized (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheet_id}/values/{range}"},"error":{"status":400,"body_excerpt":"unable to parse range: sheet#!a#"}}'

YAML: facts/google-sheets/default-sheet-name-follows-locale.yaml

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