Google apps script

About me...
● Job：MiCloud RD Leader (http:
//micloud.tw)
● Skills：
○ Service Architecture
○ Node.js
○ Google Service
● Open Sources：
○ opennodes.arecord.us
○ peihsinsu.blogspot.tw
○ blog.micloud.tw
○ slideshare.net/peihsinsu

Cloud Changes the Developer
Few years ago
● system and os
● network setup
● install what I need
● mail sdk
● sms bridge
● backup and archive
● socket protocol
● building versioning
system for develop
● ...

Now
● cloud machine
● vpc and permission
● software preload
● email service
● sms service
● object storage
● restful protocal
● git deploy & github
in the world
● ...

What does
Simple Business in the Cloud need?

Most Small Service Needs:
OA + Landing Page + REST Services

Apps Script Serves
By Type
● Standalone Scripts
● Container-Bound Scripts
By Function
● Spreadsheet Custom Functions
● Web Apps
● Google Sites Gadgets
● Container Extensions

API Supports
● Google Apps
Services
● Calendar
● Contacts
● DocsList
● Document
● Domain
● Drive

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Finance
Forms
Gmail
Groups
Language
Maps
Sites
Spreadsheet

What you can do with Apps Script?

Monitor your Web

Google Form integrate

Build a RESTful endpoint

First Apps Script Service Monitor using Google Drive
● Idea
○ Using google sheet for data persistance
○ Using apps script UrlFetch to retrieve monitor target
resource

● Some Reference
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/01/google-appsscript-http-monitor.html
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/03/re-googlegoogle-apps-scriptgoogle-form.html

You will know...
● SpreadsheetApp.openById(...)
○ getSheetByName(...)
○ insertSheet(...)
○ appendRow(...)

● UrlFetchApp.fetch(...)

Save data to sheet and setting chart

2nd Apps Script Google Form send notification
● Idea:
○ Send mail notify when form sent
○ Call remote rest when form sent
●

Some References:
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/03/fwd-googleapps-script-event-object.html
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/02/google-appsscriptgoogle-form.html

You will know...
● SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet()
● GmailApp.sendEmail(...)
● JSON
○ Object.keys(jsonObject)
○ JSON.stringify(jsonObject)
○ JSON.parse(string)

Create your form and result sheet

Live Form Editor

Create Script for Result Sheet

Piece of Code
function notify(){

function getLastRowTable(arr){

var sheet =

return jsonObjToTableWithTitle(arr[0],

SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();

arr[arr.length-1]);

var rows = sheet.getDataRange();

}

var values = rows.getValues();

function jsonObjToTableWithTitle(title, row){

var content = getLastRowTable(values);

var TRs = '';

var htmlBody = "Hi Admin: <br/><br/>”+

var keys = Object.keys(row);

”有人填表拉，檢查一下吧！ <br/><br/>" +

for(var j = 0 ; j < keys.length ; j++) {

content +

var TR = '<tr>';

“<br/><br/>Send by Google Apps”;

var rowvalue = row[keys[j]];

GmailApp.sendEmail(

TR += ('<td>' + title[keys[j]] +

"your-mail@gmail.com",

'</td><td>' + rowvalue + '</td>' );

"Form Submit Confirm Notice",

TR+= '</tr>';

htmlBody,

TRs += TR;

{from: your-mail@gmail.com,

}

htmlBody:htmlBody}

var table = '<table border="1px">' +

);
}

TRs +'</table>';
return table;

Create the form submit event trigger

3rd Apps Script Build a RESTful Service
● Idea
○ The advance interactive to all clients

● Restrictions
○ base url is fixed, only query and form as patameter
can be the input
○ get, post method only (2013.7.21)
○ need solve the HTTP CODE: 302 problem

● Some Reference
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/07/apps-scriptwith-restful.html
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/07/fwd-appsscript.html
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/07/apps-script-

You will know...
● doGet()
● ContentService.createTextOutput(...)

Demo of Using RESTful
Piece of Code

Testing in curl

URL Pattern：https://script.google.
com/macros/s/:id/exec

Script ID

Testing in Advance REST Client

Thinking in different...
● Drive application integrate related,
scheduling, data present and interactive...
● Static page service (Github Page, Cloud
CMS) interactive...
● Mobile devices' remote thin app server, to be
a RDB, NDB, BigQuery... middleware
● The chrome extension server side...

Other Features Connect to Google Services
● Google Apps
○ Document extension
○ Simple form services

● Google Cloud Platform
○ BigQuery integrate
○ ScriptDB

● External Services
○ Connect with JDBC

Reference
● Apps Script Example: https://developers.
google.com/apps-script/case-studies
● Sunset Scripts: https://developers.google.
com/apps-script/sunset

Q&A
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/peihsinsu/google-apps-script-24469585

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