Google Apps Script the Authentic{ated} Mobile Playground
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Presentation given at the Edinburgh Mobile Dev Meetup on 15 Feb 2017 highlighting some features of Google Apps Script which may be of interest to mobile developers. A video recording of the session is available at https://youtu.be/N9WUVzLmaJo?t=39m54s
![Server Side: Writing data to a Google Sheet
// Reading a Google Sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('1ANtlQPLPpC…vOIqR4wYayWdVZU4')
.getActiveSheet();
// writing the data to the sheet - each row []
var towrite = [formObject.name, … new Date(), imgFile.getUrl()];
// getRange(Integer row, Integer column, Integer numRows, Integer
numColumns) : Range
sheet.getRange(row+1, 2, 1, towrite.length).setValues([towrite]);](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/googleappsscripttheauthenticatedmobileplayground-edinburghmobilemeetup-170219162329/85/Google-Apps-Script-the-Authentic-ated-Mobile-Playground-36-320.jpg)
![Server Side: Getting Slides as PDF and emailing as attachment
// Sending a copy of the cert as pdf
// https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/mail/mail-app
MailApp.sendEmail('m.hawksey@gmail.com', 'Attachment example',
'Certificate attached.', {
name: 'Automatic Emailer Script',
attachments: [DECK.getAs(MimeType.PDF)]
});](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/googleappsscripttheauthenticatedmobileplayground-edinburghmobilemeetup-170219162329/85/Google-Apps-Script-the-Authentic-ated-Mobile-Playground-37-320.jpg)
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- 1. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. CC-BY mhawksey Google Apps Script: +Martin Hawksey @mhawksey The authentic{ated} playground http://bit.ly/EdMobGAS
- 4. Google Apps Script CC-BY Google – Google Apps Script, 13-03-2012
- 5. JavaScript in the cloud Apps Script is based on JavaScript 1.6, plus a few features from 1.7 and 1.8.
- 7. A brief history 2009 Scripts in Sheets Custom functions 2010 UiApp* Web Apps (run as developer) Script Gallery* 2011 Scripts in Sites GUI Builder* More services 2012 Standalone scripts HTMLSerivce ScriptDb* Web Apps (run as user) Libraries and versioning Content Service Chrome Web Store 2013 Scripts in Doc Scripts in Forms Auth flow More services 2014 Add-on for Documents, Sheets and Forms IFRAME for HTMLService * Denotes deprecated services/features Adapted from Wesley Chun’s Google Apps Script 2015 Execution API 2016 Iframe Embed Android Add-ons
- 9. One liners
- 10. One liners
- 11. One liners
- 12. One liners{ish}
- 13. Toast
- 15. One{ish} liners services AdSense Analytics Apps Activity BigQuery Calendar Classroom Drive DoubleClick Campaigns Fusion Tables Gmail Google+ Google+ Domains Mirror Prediction Shopping Content Tasks URL Shortener YouTube
- 17. “ …fetch UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, params); This service allows scripts to access other resources on the web by fetching URLs. A script can use the UrlFetch service to issue HTTP and HTTPS requests and receive responses. The UrlFetch service uses Google's network infrastructure for efficiency and scaling purposes.
- 19. Google Apps Script Web apps
- 20. Google Add-ons CC-BY gail heidel https://flic.kr/p/65aFCx
- 21. Customising Sheets, Documents and Forms... Sheets + Add-ons Documents + Add-ons Forms + Add-ons
- 23. Android Add-ons CC-BY gail heidel https://flic.kr/p/65aFCx
- 24. “ … for Google Docs and Sheets Android add-ons are apps that can be called from Google Docs or Google Sheets editor apps, and are built by developers to enhance or extend the capabilities of those editors.
- 25. The Android Add-on experience…
- 26. Execution API… CC-BY-NC-ND Dizzy Girl https://flic.kr/p/cpvb9
- 27. “ Execution API... The Execution API is a REST interface that lets a third-party application call a function defined in an Apps Script project and receive a response. This API lets you expose the full utility of Apps Script to any application, including Android and iOS apps.
- 29. Feature Consumer (gmail.com) Google Apps free edition (legacy) G Suite Basic/Business/Edu/Gov Calendar events created 5,000 / day 10,000 / day 10,000 / day Contacts created 1,000 / day 2,000 / day 2,000 / day Documents created 250 / day 500 / day 1,500 / day Email recipients per day 100* / day 100* / day 1,500* / day Email read/write (excluding send) 20,000 / day 40,000 / day 50,000 / day Spreadsheets created 250 / day 500 / day 3,200 / day Triggers total runtime 90 min / day 3 hr / day 6 hr / day URL Fetch calls 20,000 / day 50,000 / day 100,000 / day URL Fetch data received 100MB / day 100MB / day 100MB / day
- 30. Feature Consumer (gmail.com) Google Apps free edition (legacy) G Suite Basic/Business/Edu/Gov Script runtime 6 min / execution 6 min / execution 6 min / execution Email attachments 250 / msg 250 / msg 250 / msg Email body size 200kB / msg 200kB / msg 400kB / msg Email recipients per message 50 / msg 50 / msg 50 / msg Email total attachments size 25MB / msg 25MB / msg 25MB / msg URL Fetch headers 100 / call 100 / call 100 / call URL Fetch header size 8kB / call 8kB / call 8kB / call URL Fetch POST size 10MB / call 10MB / call 10MB / call URL Fetch URL length 2kB / call 2kB / call 2kB / call
- 31. Let's play… CC-BY-NC-ND Elke Noda https://flic.kr/p/58zapN
- 32. A simple data collection and email example ● Google Drive Storage Folders ● Google Sheet - Data Source ● Google Slides Template (Used to generate .PDF) ● Source Code ● Deployed Web App
- 33. Client Side: Making AJAX like call <script> function handleFormSubmit(formObject) { google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(updateUrl) .processForm(formObject); } </script>
- 34. Server Side: Getting the user’s email // able to get email of who is using the form data.engineer = Session.getEffectiveUser().getEmail();
- 35. Server Side: Adding a file from a form to Google Drive // we get our Pics folder var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById('0B6GkLMU9sHmLejN2R0xUaVJfVjA'); var formBlob = formObject.myPhoto; // sending image file to our Google Drive folder var imgFile = folder.createFile(formBlob);
- 36. Server Side: Writing data to a Google Sheet // Reading a Google Sheet var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('1ANtlQPLPpC…vOIqR4wYayWdVZU4') .getActiveSheet(); // writing the data to the sheet - each row [] var towrite = [formObject.name, … new Date(), imgFile.getUrl()]; // getRange(Integer row, Integer column, Integer numRows, Integer numColumns) : Range sheet.getRange(row+1, 2, 1, towrite.length).setValues([towrite]);
- 37. Server Side: Getting Slides as PDF and emailing as attachment // Sending a copy of the cert as pdf // https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/mail/mail-app MailApp.sendEmail('[email protected]', 'Attachment example', 'Certificate attached.', { name: 'Automatic Emailer Script', attachments: [DECK.getAs(MimeType.PDF)] });
- 38. Server Side: Getting Slides as PDF and emailing as attachment
- 39. Community