This is something I patched together because I needed a simple exporter from Google Docs Spreadsheet to JSON/PHP Array. I will build on it over time, but it is not actively maintained. It is released here if it helps someone doing the same thing.

Copy events-importer/config.sample.php to events-importer/config.php and edit it to provide your credentials for Google Docs. (Note, do not use this method to access other people's accounts. Google provides an authentication process for those users so you don't need to ask for their credentials.)

There is basically two primary steps before you can get data out of a Worksheet:

1. At the command line, run import.php with the list command. It should list out all accessible spreadsheets in your account and give you the special key for working with it.

    php -f import.php list
   

2. Next, list out the worksheets in the selected spreadsheet. You use the key obtained from step 1 (Where XXXXXXX is in the following example).

    php -f import.php list-worksheets XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
   

3. Finally, you can either get JSON with these details, or a PHP array (ob1 should be replaced with the correct worksheet id).

    php -f import.php export XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ob1 > spreadsheet.json
   

Or via PHP (Which returns a PHP associative array)

<?php
    $spreadsheet = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
    $worksheet   = "ob1";
    $data        = include 'import.php';

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