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Learning Google Apps Script

You're reading from   Learning Google Apps Script Customize and automate Google Applications using Apps Script

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785882517
Length 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ramalingam Ganapathy Ramalingam Ganapathy
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Google Apps Scripts 2. Creating Basic Elements FREE CHAPTER 3. Parsing and Sending E-mails 4. Creating Interactive Forms 5. Creating Google Calendar and Drive Applications 6. Creating Feed Reader and Translator Applications 7. Creating Interactive Webpages 8. Building a Workflow Application 9. More Tips and Tricks and Creating an Add-on Index

Sending an HTTP/HTTPS request with query string


You can send an HTTP/HTTPS request along with the query string. To do this, append the published URL with your query string.

For example: https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbxa4ErKHiX_0gQ0JUU-Q1qMhvRrOsrx3HXuVZp7pzX8UVxMu4w/exec?fname=John

function doGet(e){
  Logger.log(e);
}

A sample of the logged HTTP/HTTPS request's event object is shown here:

The doGet function listed in the following code snippet shows how you can use the event object to get the required parameters for further processing:

function doGet(e){
  
  // Get the fname value from the query string.
  var firstName = e.parameter.fname;
  
  /*
   *  There is no active spreadsheet, so you should open by id.
   *  Use the id of the spreadsheet in which your script resides.
   *
   */
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Replace spreadsheet id");

  var SheetData = ss.getSheetByName("Data");
  
  var data = SheetData.getDataRange().getValues();
  
  // Remove header
  data.shift...
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