// Create a dataset with a Google Docs backend and a url to the Google Doc var dataset = new recline.Model.Dataset({ url: 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aon3JiuouxLUdGZPaUZsMjBxeGhfOWRlWm85MmV0UUE#gid=0', backend: 'gdocs' }); // Optional - display the results in a grid // Note how we can set this up before any data has arrived // Views will listen for query completion and update themselves automatically var grid = new recline.View.Grid({ model: dataset }); $('#my-gdocs').append(grid.el); // Now do the query to the backend to load data dataset.fetch().done(function(dataset) { if (console) { console.log(dataset.records); } });