Imports data from a given URL in .csv (comma-separated value) or .tsv (tab-separated value) format.
Sample usage
IMPORTDATA ('https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2010-2019/national/totals/nst-est2019-popchg2010_2019.csv')
IMPORTDATA(A2)
Syntax
IMPORTDATA(url)
-
url
– The url from which to fetch the .csv or .tsv-formatted data, including protocol (e.g.http://
).- The value for
url
must either be enclosed in quotation marks or be a reference to a cell containing the appropriate text.
- The value for
See also
IMPORTXML
: Imports data from any of various structured data types including XML, HTML, CSV, TSV and RSS and Atom XML feeds.
IMPORTRANGE
: Imports a range of cells from a specified spreadsheet.
IMPORTHTML
: Imports data from a table or list within an HTML page.
IMPORTFEED
: Imports an RSS or Atom feed.
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Examples
Retrieves United States population data from the specified CSV file URL
.