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Add-on

Making of Webhooks for Sheets Workspace Add-on

Behind the scenes look at what went into creating an Apps Script-native Add-on to generate Webhooks for Google Sheets.

Web App

Unnest an object with array values using cartesian product

Convert array values from the doGet & doPost event parameters into 2D array when writing them onto a Google Sheet.

Sheets

Find precedents of cells with formulas in Google Sheets using Apps Script — Part 1

Enumerate a range in Google Sheets using Google Apps Script and use that to find precedents of cells that contain a formula.

OAuth2

Generate code verifier & challenge for OAuth2 with PKCE using Google Apps Script

Here's how you can generate a cryptographically random code verifier, hash it using SHA256 & derive it's BASE64 encoded challenge in Google Apps Script.

Solutions

Get the redirect location of a URL using Google Apps Script

Have a list of shortened URLs and need their final destination? Use this Custom Function in Google Sheets to extract them all at once.

Open-source

Introducing validator.gs — an open-source library of string validation for Apps Script projects

The distant cousin of the already existing validator.js npm module.

Videos

Access Notion API with 'OAuth2 for Apps Script' library

Insights from a first-time Apps Script OAuth2 library user when connecting to the Notion API.

Solutions

Using UrlFetchApp.fetch vs. fetchAll in Google Apps Script

Make multiple, asynchronous API calls simultaneously using UrlFetchApp.fetchAll in Apps Script.

Sheets

Visually display status when looping through Google Sheets data

Show a processing status in a cell when looping through rows in Google Sheets using Google Apps Script.

Sheets

Google Sheets Custom Functions for wannabe domain investors (like me)

A few of the Custom Functions being used in Sheets, powered by Google Apps Script.

Add-on

Count von Count — a Google Workspace Add-on built using Apps Script

A global counter that summarises accessible stats about different Workspace services.

Sheets

Format specific word inside a Google Sheet cell using Apps Script

Format (Bold) a single word or a group of words automatically in Sheets, using Google Apps Script.

Webhook

Web captioner, webhooks and Google Apps Script

Push data from Web Captioner to Google Sheets via webhooks built using Apps Script.

Talks

[Talk # 4] Rapid prototyping

Fail-fast while building business-first, zero-cost solutions with Apps Script.

Sheets

Send personalized appreciation certificate to employees

Automatically customize an existing Google Slide certificate template with employee data in Google Sheets and share them using Gmail.

Talks

[Talk # 3] Only with Apps Script

Things that can be built only using Google Apps Script.

Talks

[Talk # 2] Google Apps Script - an underdog within the dev ecosystem

Understanding Google Apps Script, what can Apps Script be used as, exploring a few use-cases, live demo and finally some Q&A.

Firebase

Integrate Google Sign-in using Firebase Auth on your Google Apps Script web app

Bonus: We'll make use of Firebase's pre-built UI to authenticate users on our Google Apps Script web app.

Classroom

Automating attendance recorder in Google Classroom using Apps Script

Programatically create multiple questions in Google Classroom using Apps Script.

Data Studio

Building a Data Studio dashboard to track Indian COVID-19 cases in realtime

Revisiting the power of Google Sheet's native IMPORTHTML function along with some Apps Script magic to visualize COVID-19 cases in India using Data Studio.

Talks

[Talk # 1] Simple Automations using Google Apps Script

Getting started with Google Apps Script.

Calendar

Trigger automated meeting invite reminders using Apps Script

Send a follow-up email to all undecided participants of a meeting that you've scheduled via Google Calendar using Apps Script.

Dialogflow

Conversational Stats - a way to talk to your data

Leverage the power of Dialogflow & connect your data sources with simple Apps Script functions to experience the next-gen approach towards consuming data and shaping insights.

Tips

Iterate ~80x faster through spreadsheet using map function in Apps Script

Use array map method instead of "for" loops to iterate faster through 2-dimensional spreadsheet data.

Add-on

Workbook Statistics - a Google Sheets Add-on built using Apps Script

Get stats for your current active sheet & the entire spreadsheet in one place using Workbook Statistics - A G Suite Editor Add-on built using Google Apps Script.