I have created a macro with appscript for google sheets and I want to share it with other users so that they can use it in their sheets.
I have no idea on how to do that. I see that I can share the google script. Is it the best way? Will that ensure that opthers can import this macro in their sheets?
You can share the Spreadsheet directly with another user (needs to have edit permissions), that will give them access to the script (macros are stored as scripts). So a user with access to that same Sheet will have access to the macro you made.
If you want to only share the macros (in a way that can be reused in several separate Spreadsheets), you can build it into a library. To do this, you can take a look at this post which explains how to do just this.
Best method for me was to publish the script as webapp, so that others can use it directly.
On the webapp : https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/web
Video on how to make simple webapp : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQvySxaCW0
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I have a fairly simple requirement for a Google sheets apps macro script - it basically pulls the values from a couple of cells in another sheet and displays them in an alert box.
I've done the macro for this and it works fine. What I now want is for anyone I've shared the sheet with to be able to run the same macro. This is where things have suddenly got a bit more involved! My questions are:
Is this possible? And if so, what's the best way of achieveing it? At the moment, the macro is not available for the test user I've shared the sheet with. I've had a bit of a look around and it seems like publishing the script as a web app may be the way to go - can anyone confirm if that is correct? Or would there be a better option? I don't know anything about web apps so just want to confirm if this is the best option before trying to wrap my head around it all.
If the sheet in question has been shared with a user, but the second sheet which the script pulls data from has not, is it still possible for the user to run the script and retrieve the data? Or would the second sheet need to be shared with that same user as well? (If it would then it kinda defeats the object of what I'm trying to achieve).
Finally, would the user with whom the sheet is shared have to have a Google account in order to do this? I'm assuming so...which is a bit of a pain, but I guess understandable.
Thanks very much
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Following the requirements you have described I get that you want your users to trigger an Apps Script function that will alter or get data from your Spreadsheet while only granting your users viewer-only acccess.
As described here only users with editor level access can run functions on your bounded script or activate it when clicking a button in your Spreadsheet.
To overcome this you can create a simple web app with a button that will trigger your function. Users will have to access this web app to trigger the function. The good point is that they will not have editor level access to the Spreadsheet nor to the actual script of the web app (as they will just interact with its user interface).
The web app would be a different script that can interface any of your Spreadsheets editing them or getting any information from them.
I've built a spreadsheet as a form by google script with one button which updates a database(a different sheet) according to the form - btn_pressed().
I want to authorize any google account I give access to - to use the form (activate the google script code), and update the database and send mail (part of the btn_pressed() process).
should I publish the script as a web app? or there's another way to do what I'm looking for
I understand that you want to automatically authorise the script for other users when they come to run the script?
I recently learnt you can only do this with certain triggers such as onOpen() out onEdit(), there is a way round this though. Please see the following link as i asked the question on here myself!
Remove authorisation required for script on Google sheets
I trust that helps
In my google spreadsheet, my scripts and custom function already work. However, I want to prevent other users from accessing the script editor, but they should be able to access/run the custom menus.
Is this possible, if so could you point me in the right direction?
If the user has Edit access to the document they have access to the script. If you need to remove access to the script you will need to publish it as an add-on. This is a pretty simple process especially if you are publishing it for your own work domain.
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/add-ons/
I am not able to find Adword API support in Google App Script,I can write adword script from adword account but currently i'm handling multiple account(almost 25) what i have to do is go inside individual account and copy my script in that account and adword script have limitation of maximum 15 script can be run by one user at a time, i want to create database of all account at one place that is possible through adword api in java and other programming languages,but i'm quite familiar with Google App script i want to use Adword API in App Script,how can i use UrlFetch() class of Google App Script to use adword api, so that just by replacing client Id of adword account i can get all data at one place(i have access to all account so no need to change username and password).
Thanks in advance for any help and information!
If I understand correctly, the main problem is that you want to to basicaly make a "code library?" So reuse the same bits of code between accounts?
One option is to use the Eval function, as detailed in tip 3 of this article: http://www.ppchero.com/tricks-for-running-adwords-scripts-in-multiple-accounts/. A second example of using this same method is here: http://www.freeadwordsscripts.com/2013/10/use-gdrive-to-load-single-adwords.html
You would then upload this into Google Drive, or point this to the location of the Google Script.
Another option, as detailed in the PPC Hero Article, is to use Google Sheets to pass the variables you need from one script to another. Basically, the SpreadsheetApp function works within all AdWords scripts, so you can use this to pass data along from external sources.
There are some example scripts regarding Adwords associated with these posts:
http://searchengineland.com/four-ways-you-can-benefit-by-using-adwords-scripts-145530
http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/adwords-analysis-in-google-apps-script.html?m=1
After reading up a lot on the Google Spreadsheet API I have come to the conclusion that formatting (such as merging cells, changing fonts etc) is only available throught the Apps scripts.
Since we need to create and fill the spreadsheets with data programatically using Java on the back-end I guess I need to somehow either;
link the new sheet to a Apps script that trigger on-load or
create a Apps script that creates the spreadsheet for me.
Anyone knows?
If you want to just "create" the spreadsheet, you don't need a script to load whenever it spreadsheet is opened. It's probably easier to develop a script that runs once and create the spreadsheet for you.
Another tip is to have a template file that you can copy with most of the formatting (if not all) already there. Possibly pending just little things that are related to the real data the new spreadsheet will have.
Edit to answer the question in the title.
No, you can not add a script to an existing spreadsheet programatically, only manually. What you can do is previously set up a template spreadsheet with a script in it and create new spreadsheets by copying this template.
(answering the comment)
You can run a script programatically, but not upload it. To run a script you can deploy it as a web-app and call its url with either a http get or post (will call its doGet or doPost functions, that you must have declared). Also, you could set this script to run on form submit of any spreadsheet-form and just submit a set of answers to this form. At last (that I can think of now) you could just add the script as a library in another Apps Script and call it directly.
(Aug 2016) There is no way programmatic way to link a Google Sheet and Apps Script code other than manually. Based on what it seems you want ("create and fill the spreadsheets with data programatically using Java"), you can now do it without Apps Script.
TL;DR: Above, #Henrique has answered multiple questions and even questions that weren't asked! The good news is that today, we have more answers representing alternate possible solutions to what you're seeking.
It's now possible to "upload" Apps Script code programmatically with the
import/export system, say with Eclipse since you're a Java developer (2013 announcement).
I agree with Henrique's suggestion that if you create a spreadsheet
template, i.e., Excel file, you can use the Google Drive API to
programmatically import/create identical Google Sheets with all your
desired formatting.
"Formatting (such as merging cells, changing
fonts etc)" can now be done outside of Apps Script, as there is a
"new" Google Sheets API v4 (not GData).
In order to use the new API, you need to get the Google APIs Client Library for Java and use the latest Sheets API, which is much more powerful and flexible than any previous API. Here's one code sample to help get you started. If you're not "allergic" to Python, I also made a video with a different, slightly longer example introducing the new API and gave a deeper dive into its code via a blogpost that you can learn from.
Note the v4 API allows you to create spreadsheets & sheets, upload & download data, as well as, in the general sense, programmatically access a Sheet as if you were using the user interface (create frozen rows, perform cell formatting, resizing rows/columns, adding pivot tables, creating charts, etc.), but to perform file-level access such as uploads & downloads, imports & exports (same as uploads & downloads but conversion to/from Google Apps formats), you would use the Drive API instead.