Generate Bingo Cards

Overview

Provides card data as arrays, formatted HTML tables, and high-quality PNG images suitable for printing and digital display.

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Formula

One function covers the whole catalog: the first argument names the source, the rest are its inputs, and the "field" pair says which single value lands in the cell. Formulas covers the grammar that applies to all of them.

=VERVE("bingocardgenerator", "field", "totalCells")

Inputs

Required inputs are positional, in the order below. Everything else is passed as a "name", value pair after them — the same shape as SUMIFS. Premium inputs are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Input	Type	Where it goes	Description
`size`Optional	integer	"size", value	Card size (3x3 to 10x10) default 5 · range 3–10
`freeSpace`Optional	boolean	"freeSpace", value	Include free space in center default true
`image`OptionalPremium	boolean	"image", value	Set to true to generate a downloadable bingo card image

Passing an option

=VERVE("bingocardgenerator", "size", 5)

What lands in your sheet

The "field" pair is what makes the formula resolve to one cell. Its value is a dot-path from the table below, so swapping it is how you pull a different value — one formula per column.

Seeing everything at once

Drop the "field" pair and the formula returns the whole response instead: two columns, field name on the left and value on the right, spilling from the cell you typed in.

=VERVE("bingocardgenerator")

Good for exploring, not for filling down

The second row's table would land on top of the first's, and every cell after the first reads #REF! (#SPILL! in Excel). Keep one per sheet, or name a field, and leave the cells below and to the right empty.

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Each one is exactly what the "field" pair accepts, so swapping it is how you pull a different value into a cell. On a plan without a Premium field the cell reads #PREMIUM(field) rather than a value, so a locked field never looks like a real answer.

Use as "field"	Type	Example cell value	Description
`card`	array	`list of lists`	2D array of bingo card numbers and FREE space
`html`Premium	string	<html><head><title>Bingo Card</title><style>body {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;}table {border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 auto;}td {text-align: center; width: 60px; height: 60px; border: 2px solid #000; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;}th {text-align: center; width: 60px; height: 40px; border: 2px solid #000; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; background-color: #4CAF50; color: white;}.free-space {background-color: #FFD700; font-size: 14px;}</style></head><body><table><tr><th>B</th><th>I</th><th>N</th><th>G</th><th>O</th></tr><tr><td class=''>14</td><td class=''>19</td><td class=''>42</td><td class=''>47</td><td class=''>71</td></tr><tr><td class=''>4</td><td class=''>17</td><td class=''>36</td><td class=''>50</td><td class=''>69</td></tr><tr><td class=''>11</td><td class=''>18</td><td class='free-space'>FREE</td><td class=''>53</td><td class=''>73</td></tr><tr><td class=''>15</td><td class=''>23</td><td class=''>41</td><td class=''>52</td><td class=''>68</td></tr><tr><td class=''>8</td><td class=''>27</td><td class=''>43</td><td class=''>58</td><td class=''>75</td></tr></table></body></html>	Rendered HTML table of bingo card for display
`size`	number	`5`	Dimensions of the bingo card grid
`freeSpace`	boolean	`true`	Whether center free space was included
`totalCells`	number	`25`	Total number of cells in the card
`winningPatterns`	array	`["horizontal","vertical","diagonal"]`	Possible winning patterns for bingo game
`image`	object	`{…}`
`image.imageName`Premium	string	`8dcb6cee-a419-4501-a13c-ff6eafd393b7_bingo.png`	Unique filename of generated bingo card image
`image.format`	string	`.png`	File format extension of image file
`image.downloadURL`Premium	string	https://storage.googleapis.com/apiverve/APIData/bingocardgenerator/8dcb6cee-a419-4501-a13c-ff6eafd393b7_bingo.png?GoogleAccessId=635500398038-compute%40developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1766010022&Signature=ErKaS3I1DaHCBxYRxnjx5QLHm0S3zfpJIWzz7BosGyhDwYSejCHlfcSI%2BKOHJzxEiUdSWFFt947%2BLzHGpVZrLYPxGGvgCVPOKZ4H9vfgyJPP%2BF9LICc9kLG6%2FwevlPsAHHHLjoLS%2F7OVByiwzTWguRzcbyYT44XpbbU0IsOA40S7Utqt%2BjAC5%2FSfhW4z%2FdJE2yXsSNqr3acEJB70cVde3qkP80Iv6H7%2FZB08EDjbakauJmjASJ86H%2BWM2b9BPo250bBzLtGPxW8KZUVgy79SDxJu8VVnzAhiWzcmih9UrBUvejuxkbPIAx6ohwHepmh414G0wvAcxtHRaXx4O5cr7g%3D%3D	Signed URL to download generated bingo card image
`image.expires`Premium	number	`1766010022446`	Unix timestamp when image download URL expires

When a cell doesn't fill

A failed lookup returns readable text starting with #ERR rather than a spreadsheet error, because Excel cannot show a custom message on a real error — you would get a bare #VALUE! with no reason. The trade-off is that IFERROR() will not catch it; test with LEFT(cell, 4) = "#ERR" instead. Error handling covers the rest.

Cell reads	What happened
`#ERR Not connected`	No API key saved. Open the side panel and connect your account.
`#ERR Replace <name> with a cell or value`	A preview formula was copied as-is. Swap the placeholder for a cell reference.
`#ERR No "x" in bingocardgenerator`	An option name this source does not take. The message lists the ones it does.
`#ERR No data point "…"`	The `"field"` path is not in the response. Check it against the table above.
`#PREMIUM(field)`	The field exists but your plan does not include it.
`#ERR Out of credits`	The cycle's credits are spent. Usage resets on your billing date.

Before the formula works

The add-in reads the API key you saved once in the side panel — the key never goes in the formula, so a shared sheet does not leak it and a collaborator without access simply sees the last calculated values.

Install the add-in for Google Sheets or Excel.
Open the side panel and sign in, or paste a key from your dashboard.
Type the formula above into any cell.

Use cases

Game Creation: Create bingo games with randomly generated cards and customizable sizes
Event Planning: Generate printable bingo cards for events, parties, and activities
Educational Tools: Build educational bingo games with custom card layouts
Gaming Apps: Integrate bingo card generation into gaming applications and platforms

Other ways to use Generate Bingo Cards

Set up Generate Bingo Cards on VerveSheets, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveSheets account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Call it as a REST APIOne HTTPS endpoint and an x-api-key header, with SDKs for Node, Python and .NET.APIVerve →Reference →

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