# Watch a Google Sheet and return only the rows that changed

**Use case:** 

Stamps every row added, updated, removed or unchanged against the previous run and delivers only the movements. Unchanged rows are never billed.

## Input

```json
{
  "url": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgvE2upms/edit?usp=sharing",
  "urls": [],
  "tabs": [],
  "query": "select A,C where C contains 'Senior' order by A limit 20",
  "headersRow": 1,
  "skipRows": 0,
  "typed": true,
  "trimEmpty": true,
  "includeMetadata": false,
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "maxCostUsd": 25,
  "monitor": true,
  "monitorChangesOnly": true,
  "monthlyPass": false,
  "mode": "auto"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "spreadsheetId": {
    "label": "Spreadsheet",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "spreadsheetTitle": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sheetName": {
    "label": "Tab",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "gid": {
    "label": "gid",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "rowNumber": {
    "label": "Row",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "changeStatus": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "cells": {
    "label": "Cells",
    "format": "json"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Sheet Monitor API - Track Row Changes on a Schedule](https://apify.com/vonsensey/google-sheet-monitor-change-tracker-scraper-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/vonsensey/google-sheet-monitor-change-tracker-scraper-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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