In this new era post Covid, to come back to work we have to maintain a certain quota of people at the office. At Devoteam G Cloud we had this needs and to be able to manage people at office we build a web app with Apps Script to manage team and people presence on site.
A great example from Stéphane Giron using Google Apps Script to rapidly develop and deploy an office management solution. The post highlights the utility of PropertiesService to store data in the web app. This solution falls into the category of minimum viable product, but given the nature of Apps Script could be a great project to build on with integration with other Google services.
At the end of this article, you will know how to create a workflow app, based on a Google Form that send an email to be approved or deny including logging of who is approving or denying with Apps Script.
Great post from Jérémy Dessalines who has put together this tutorial for a custom workflow using a Apps Script Web App. The post covers triggers, the publication process and how to generate a unique ID and includes some great tips at the end.
Redeploying Web Apps without Changing URL of Web Apps for new IDE
A ‘feature’ of the new Google Apps Script editor is managing your script project the deployments. A issue some developers are encountering when updating the published version of their web app is the published url changes. In this gist Kanshi Tanaike describes the problem and highlights how developers can update their published Web App without changing the URL.
Google Apps Script: WebApp In this tutorial, we will cover how you can get a unique temporary access key from a user accessing your WebApp that lasts for 30 days. Temporary access keys allow you to track users as they use your WebApp over time while still providing anonymity to the user by providing only an access key to that user.
Recently I came across a nice post from Ravgeet Dhillon, which looked at how to Add Unsubscribe link in emails using Google Apps Script. The solution uses a Google Sheet and a Google Apps Script web app to add an unsubscribe link to emails. As I noted when shared via AppsScriptPulse this is a useful addition if your mailing needs comply with PECR or similar electronic communications regulation compliance.
Having recently updated my ‘Create a mail merge using Gmail and Google Sheets’ in the Google Workspace Solution Gallery to handle inline images I thought it would be useful to show how this example can be extended to include a variation on Ravgeet’s post.
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.
This walkthrough will let you build a tracker for email opens using Gmail, Google Sheet, and Google Apps Script.
Interesting solution that popped up in the Google Apps Script community for logging email opens using Google Apps Script. The post includes a detailed walkthrough for setting this up as well as some caveats about reliability.
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
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
