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Snippet, Solutions, Sheets, Beginner

Find and replace in a Google Sheets with Google Apps Script – whole data search

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This solution cleanse Google Sheet data by searching for specific words and replacing them with an alternative. As part of this the solution highlights cell changes with an alternative colour. This example uses ‘TextFinder’ rather than ‘For Loops’.

Use the 'Welcome' sheet for input to run the tool

Use the ‘Welcome’ sheet for input to run the tool

Source: The Gift of Script: Find and replace in a Google Sheet – whole data search

Snippet, Solutions, Sheets, Intermediate

Parse 16K URLs and Put the Result to Google Sheet in 3 Minutes

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Photo by Joel Mott on Unsplash

Sometimes my best option is to write code on the go rather than using libraries or searching for ready-to-use code. I’ve made a short script for parsing URLs and putting the result into my Google Sheet.

As a developer it is always interesting to see how other people approach problems. This little snippet from Max Makhrov caught my eye because the approach to parsing data in a Google Sheet wasn’t one I’d seen before. Follow the source link to have a look yourself…

Source: Parse 16K URLs and Put the Result to Google Sheet in 3 Minutes

Snippet, Solutions, Maps, Intermediate

Generating custom travel advice links for Nederlandse Spoorwegen using Google Apps Script

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I would like to send clients a travel advice (url) but I don’t know how to do that with the Maps Service. Luckely the website of the ‘Nederlandse Spoorwegen’ offers a possibility to do what I want to do (with some Google Apps Script).

For our fans in the Netherlands a nice little snippet from Mariette Timmer that builds a custom url to use with the Nederlandse Spoorwegen travel advice site. To solve this Mariette uses the Google Maps geocoder to convert an address into lat/long for needed for Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Source: Travel advice #GoogleAppsScript

Snippet, Solutions, Slides, V8, Beginner

Adding Slide Page Link to Shape using Google Apps Script

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This is a sample script for adding the slide page link to the shape using Google Apps Script

Nice little snippet that might be useful to look at just for an example for adding shapes to Google Slides.

Source: Adding Slide Page Link to Shape using Google Apps Script

Snippet, Solutions, Groups, Sheets

Extract a list of Google Group members into a Sheet with Google Apps Script

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Google Groups

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Extract a list of members of a Google Group (email address and role) into a Google Sheet. You simply enter the email address of the Google Group that you belong to and then run the Function.

Source: The Gift of Script: Extract a list of Google Group members into a Sheet

Snippet, Beginner, Forms

Submit a Google Form to a Slack channel via a Webhook

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Send a Google Form submission to a specific Slack channel as a message, via a Webhook.

Messages can be posted in to a Slack channel via the Google Form

Screenshot of message when posted in Slack channel

Source: The Gift of Script: Submit a Google Form to a Slack channel via a Webhook

Snippet, Video Tutorial, Calendar

Create a Google Calendar Event via the Calendar API

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Use the Calendar API to create an Event via Google Apps Script. Includes a tutorial video.

This is a simple Google Apps Script file that may look lengthy but in actual fact is just each possible item of an event that a user may wish to modify. Some of the items have default values which means you could remove them from the script and the Calendar API would use these defaults instead. My hope is that laying out the format like this allows you to then manipulate as you require and learn as I did.

Source: The Gift of Script: Create a Google Calendar Event via the Calendar API

Snippet, Solutions, Drive, Beginner

Save PDF from URL directly to Google Drive using Google Apps Script

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There is a PDF file on the Internet. Say this one. And you want to save it to your Google Drive. The tedious way is to download it to your computer. … and then upload it to your Google Drive. (Seems like too much work.) If only you could send the PDF straight from where it is stored on the Internet, to your Google Drive…

Nice little snippet which shows how you can add .pdf files to Google Drive.

Source: Save PDF from URL directly to Google Drive using Google Apps Script

Snippet, V8, Beginner

Download Gmail Messages as EML Files in Google Drive – Digital Inspiration

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This Google Script will help you download your email messages from Gmail to your Google Drive in the EML format.

Nice little snippet from Amit Agarwal for generating .eml files from Gmail messages using Google Apps Script. The post has all the code you need for this.

Source: Download Gmail Messages as EML Files in Google Drive – Digital Inspiration

Snippet, Beginner, Gmail

[Solved] Inline images break when embedded from the htmlBody of an existing Gmail draft

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Handy snippet from Andras Sztrokay to handle inline images when using Gmail draft messages as part of your script projects. As highlighted by Romain Vialard in the Google Apps Script community:

Google added the ability to easily retrieve the inline images in an existing draft via the getAttachments() method on October 30, 2018 (see Apps Script release notes)

Source: Inline images break when embedded from the htmlBody of an existing draft [GmailApp] [Apps Script]

Snippet, V8, Beginner, Drive

How to Make your Documents Read-only in Google Drive (using Google Apps Script) – Digital Inspiration

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Your documents and files in Google Drive can be modified by anyone who has edit access to the file. Learn how to freeze a document and prevent anyone from editing your files.

Handy little snippet from Amit Agarwal that highlights the Google Drive Locking API to restrict edits on files. The post includes all the code and instructions on how this worked (also shared with a MIT license for reuse).

Source: How to Make your Documents Read-only in Google Drive – Digital Inspiration

Snippet, V8, Intermediate, Slides

Inserting Text on Image using Google Apps Script

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This is a sample script for inserting a text on an image using Google Apps Script. The flow of this sample script is as follows:

  1. Retrieve the image size using ImgApp.
  2. Create new Google Slides with the custom page size using DocsServiceApp.
  3. Put the image and text.
  4. Export the result image

Source: Inserting Text on Image using Google Apps Script

Snippet, Solutions, Sheets, Intermediate

Create a Zoom meeting via the API using Google Apps Script

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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.

Zoom meeting details in a Google Sheet

Zoom meeting details in a Google Sheet

Source: The Gift of Script: Create a Zoom meeting via the API

Snippet, V8, Beginner, Sheets

Setting Alternate Background Colors for Rows in Google Spreadsheet using Google Apps Script

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This is a sample script for setting alternate background colors for rows in Google Spreadsheet using Google Apps Script.

It has already been known when the conditional formatting rule and custom function are used, this can be simply achieved. In this report, I would like to introduce the method for using Google Apps Script.

Source: Setting Alternate Background Colors for Rows in Google Spreadsheet using Google Apps Script

Snippet, Intermediate, Sheets, Web App

Get your Zoom meeting settings via the API and storing in a Google Sheet using Google Apps Script

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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.

Source: The Gift of Script: Get your Zoom meeting settings via the API

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