Simon Su presented on Google Apps Script, which allows developers to write scripts that interact with Google services like Gmail, Docs, Sheets and more. He discussed how Apps Script can be used to build service monitors, integrate with Google Forms by sending notifications, and create RESTful APIs. Simon provided code examples for these use cases and discussed other features like connecting to Google Cloud Platform services and the Chrome Web Store.

1. Google Apps Script
Simon Su

2. 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

3. We are...

4. Cloud is Already Exists!

5. 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
● ...

6. Our Topic

7. What does
Simple Business in the Cloud need?

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

9. What is Apps Script?!

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

11. API Supports
● Google Apps
Services
● Calendar
● Contacts
● DocsList
● Document
● Domain
● Drive
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Finance
Forms
Gmail
Groups
Language
Maps
Sites
Spreadsheet

12. What you can do with Apps Script?
Monitor your Web
Google Form integrate
Build a RESTful endpoint

13. 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

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

15. Piece of Code

16. Save data to sheet and setting chart

17. Web / Google Site Integrate

18. 2nd Apps Script Google Form send notification
● Idea:
○ Send mail notify when form sent
○ Call remote rest when form sent
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Some References:
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/03/fwd-googleapps-script-event-object.html
○ http://gappsnews.blogspot.tw/2013/02/google-appsscriptgoogle-form.html

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

20. Create your form and result sheet
Live Form Editor

21. Create Script for Result Sheet

22. 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;

23. Create the form submit event trigger

24. Test your form

25. 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-

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

27. Demo of Using RESTful
Piece of Code

28. Deploy & Publish

29. Testing in curl
URL Pattern：https://script.google.
com/macros/s/:id/exec
Script ID

30. Testing in Advance REST Client

31. Testing in
Ajax Code...

32. 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...

33. Chrome Web Store Connect

34. Script Gallery

35. Quota of Apps Script

36. Other Features Connect to Google Services
● Google Apps
○ Document extension
○ Simple form services
● Google Cloud Platform
○ BigQuery integrate
○ ScriptDB
● External Services
○ Connect with JDBC

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

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