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How to create an Apps Script Web API Endpoint for AJAX connections output Sheet as JSON doPost and doGet as an endpoint for web applications. You can setup your webapp to serve as an endpoint for web applications. In this example we explore how to make both GET method requests and POST method requests to … Read more

Learn more about creating web apps with Google Apps Script Do more with Web Apps Do more with Web Apps With web apps you can select the output content type. Content Service – is ideal for outputting straight text content or MIME type content like JSON data. Content Service does not wrap the container with … Read more

How to create Web Apps with Apps Script Web Apps with Apps Script Web apps allow you to publish your script to the web, with a unique URL that others can then access and interact with. Best practice is to use a standalone script for web apps, although you can also create the same webapp … Read more

How to create Custom Functions in Sheets with Google Apps Script code How to create Custom Functions in Sheets with Google Apps Script code Google Sheets comes with 100s of built in functions You can also create your own custom functions using Google Apps Script. Custom functions are created using standard JavaScript syntax within Google … Read more

UI Menu Maker Bound scripts can use a trigger like the special onOpen() function, which runs automatically whenever a file is opened by a user who has edit access. Using this with the ui menu maker will automatically add the menu item to the spreadsheet and allow anyone who has edit permissions access the functions. … Read more

How to Create a PDF and Email from Sheet data using Google Apps Script code lesson Generate a PDF document on the fly and send that document as an attachment to an email with all the data coming from a spreadsheet. Standalone script connecting to a spreadsheet for data and updating the selected spreadsheet. Get … Read more

Create a script that will get data from a sheet, create content to add within a Doc. Make the Doc, update the sheet data with the doc details, and email out to the user from the sheet the doc location. Select a Spreadsheet sheet by Name – getSheetByName(‘data’) Get the data from the sheet Loop … Read more

Google Apps Script allows you to create custom blocks of code that do stuff, and there is a lot of stuff you can do with it.  Container-bound Scripts – the Google file the Apps Script is attached to is known as the container.   Bound scripts behave just like Standalone scripts but they have several special functions, … Read more

Introduction to Google Apps Script Macros within Google Sheets can be used to write Apps Script Code. Create a new spreadsheet and add some data into the sheet. In the top menu under extensions select Macro. Google Apps Script is created using standard JavaScript Syntax. Apply some changes and update the text color of some … Read more

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