When writing a simple web app or prototyping something, you may want a quick and simple way to store, edit and retrieve data. Let's say you write a simple blog and don't want to build a backend to write, edit and store your posts - but you want to conveniently consume this data as JSON - then Google Drive helps you with that. Step 1: Create a spreadsheet and publish it to the web Sticking with the
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