Formulas for
Escape or unescape Unicode by the row. =VERVE("unicodeescape", A2) converts characters to \uXXXX sequences and back — Sheets or Excel.
It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.
A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.
Fill =VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello 👋") beside a column of input and get the converted value back for every row — a batch conversion done in one drag.
Turn one format into another right in the cell instead of round-tripping through a script or an online tool.
Pipe the converted value straight into the formula or chart that needs it.
The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.
Google SheetsAdd-onInstall from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.
=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World")
Microsoft ExcelAdd-inSame source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.
=VERVE.CALL("unicodeescape", "Hello World")Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.
The action to perform
=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "action", "escape")Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.
=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "action")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "original")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "escaped")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "character_count")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "unicode_points")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "unicode_points.char")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "unicode_points.unicode")=VERVE("unicodeescape", "Hello World", "field", "unicode_points.codepoint")Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans
Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.
=VERVE("base64", "Hello World")
=VERVE("colorconverter", "FF0000")
=VERVE("csvtojson", "name,age,city
John,30,New York
Jane,25,Los Angeles")
=VERVE("jsontocsv", "[{"name":"John","age":30},{"name":"Jane","age":25}]")
=VERVE("meetingtimeconverter", "14:30", "America/New_York", "Europe/London")
=VERVE("numberbaseconverter", "255")