With Google Drive, Apps Script, Bootstrap, and a little jQuery, you can develop an Image Library web application with search and download functionality!
Useful little tutorial if you are interested in learning how to interact with Google Drive files. The post is also a nice introduction into using the Bootstrap framework for building responsive web apps.
Provide your subscribers an option to opt-out of mailing lists by adding unsubscribe link using Google Apps Script.
A useful post on creating a system to allow users to indicate they wish to opt-out of further mailings (useful for PECR or similar electronic communications regulation compliance). The post has the broad steps and code needed for this solution and you will need to fill in some of the blanks like how to record the unsubscribe_hash in the Google Sheet.
The new Twitter API brings a much better way to get a list of publicly available Tweets in Google Sheets to retrieve Tweets and their details, including the username of the author.
Always nice to see when other web services feature Google Apps Script. This is a great example from Daniele Bernardi (@i_am_daniele), DevRel at Twitter, highlighting how Google Sheets custom functions can be used to interact with the Twitter API. The post has everything you need to know plus a link to a gist with all the code.
Create a meeting in Zoom via the API and OAuth, using Google Apps Script and a Web App. The details for the meeting will be collected from a Google Sheet.
I use Google Apps Script to support staff and students in my job. I enjoy dabbling with creating tools to help with automation and I freely share my learning experiences on my blog, where I also have a number of useful Google Add-ons: www.pbainbridge.co.uk
Get your Zoom meeting settings via the Zoom API and OAuth, using a Web App in Google Apps Script. Here we will access user settings in your Zoom account, specifically the meeting settings, and log the results in a Google Sheet. This provides both a way of confirming we have made a successful connection and will allow us to create subsequent Zoom meetings using these settings.
This will log the results in a Google Sheet to help you understand what is happening and the type of data that is returned.
I use Google Apps Script to support staff and students in my job. I enjoy dabbling with creating tools to help with automation and I freely share my learning experiences on my blog, where I also have a number of useful Google Add-ons: www.pbainbridge.co.uk
Format (bold) a single word or a group of words automatically in sheets, using google apps script.
This example from Sourabh Choraria is a nice example of how you can apply text formatting to parts of Google Sheet cell values. Reading Sourabh post got me thinking if having an Add-on or built in feature that used basic markdown for cell formatting would be useful? e.g. typing `I just love **bold text**` would result in the cell being displayed as `I just love bold text`.
AppsScripters need a quick and easy way to keep objects hanging around, and to persist them across executions. There are services available but using them effectively is a well-worn problem. Why not solve it once-and-for-all?
Adam Morris, GDE Expert and Workspace dev, brings another library to the table to help developers work more efficiently with data in memory. This library handles in-memory storage as well as writing to the Cache and Properties services for persistent storage in Apps Script projects.
I’m a public school teacher writing Apps Script projects to manage documentation and to make life easier in general. You can read more on my blog, blog.ohheybrian.com or follow me on Twitter, @bennettscience.
We run a lot of things through Google Sheets and Slack here at August. It’s a way of connecting and sharing information quickly and transparently with our clients and our team. We’ve put together a cheat sheet of a few simple Google Apps Script functions, along with the Slack API, so you can do the same.
Great post if you are looking for a quick start for interacting with Slack using Google Apps Script. As well as a detailed ‘how-to’ the post also includes a video walkthrough to help if you get stuck with any of the steps.
How to build a more perfect workflow for data updates and changes by coding in Apps Script between the Sheets
Thought provoking post by Max Brawer exploring the utility and fragility of using spreadsheets as part of a decision making processes and how Apps Script can be used to overcome some of these shortcomings.
