I run a Google Apps script that uploads a file to the user's Google Drive file:
function doGet(e) {
var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(e.parameters.url).getBlob();
DriveApp.createFile(blob);
return HtmlService.createHtmlOutput("DONE!");
}
My site loads a popup window that runs a Google Apps Script with that code. Works fine.
Now, how do I communicate back to my site that they user has successfully uploaded the file? As in, how can I communicate back to my server that the user has run doGet()?`
Some type of response handling must exist?
Full working code (test it out on JSBin):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="google-upload" data-url="https://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/demos/demo.docx">
<span style="background-color: #ddd">Upload</span>
</div>
<script>
$(function() {
$(".google-upload").click(function() {
var url = "https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbwsuIcO5R86Xgv4E1k1ZtgtfKaENaKq2ZfsLGWZ4aqR0d9WBYc/exec"; // Please input the URL here.
var withQuery = url + "?url=";
window.open(withQuery + $('.google-upload').attr("data-url"), "_blank", "width=600,height=600,scrollbars=1");
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
So to clarify, I want a way to find out whether if the user has successfully uploaded the file. Something like:
request.execute(function(response) {
if (response.code == 'uploaded') {
// uploaded, do stuff
} else {
// you get the idea...
}
});
Adding a bounty for a complete solution to this.
Rather than returning a HtmlService object, you can pass data using jQuery's $.getJSON method and retrieve data from the doGet function with ContentService. Google Apps Script does not accept CORS, so using JSONP is the best way to get data to and from your script. See this post for more.
Working CodePen Example
I split your HTML and scripts for clarity. None of the HTML changed from your original example.
Code.gs
function doGet(e) {
var returnValue;
// Set the callback param. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29525860/
var callback = e.parameter.callback;
// Get the file and create it in Drive
try {
var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(e.parameters.url).getBlob();
DriveApp.createFile(blob);
// If successful, return okay
// Structure this JSON however you want. Parsing happens on the client side.
returnValue = {status: 'okay'};
} catch(e) {
Logger.log(e);
// If a failure, return error message to the client
returnValue = {status: e.message}
}
// Returning as JSONP allows for crossorigin requests
return ContentService.createTextOutput(callback +'(' + JSON.stringify(returnValue) + ')').setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JAVASCRIPT);
}
Client JS
$(function() {
$(".google-upload").click(function() {
var appUrl = "https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbyUvgKdhubzlpYmO3Marv7iFOZwJNJZaZrFTXCksxtl2kqW7vg/exec";
var query = appUrl + "?url=";
var popupUrl = query + $('.google-upload').attr("data-url") + "&callback=?";
console.log(popupUrl)
// Open this to start authentication.
// If already authenticated, the window will close on its own.
var popup = window.open(popupUrl, "_blank", "width=600,height=600,scrollbars=1");
$.getJSON(popupUrl, function(returnValue) {
// Log the value from the script
console.log(returnValue.status);
if(returnValue.status == "okay") {
// Do stuff, like notify the user, close the window
popup.close();
$("#result").html("Document successfully uploaded");
} else {
$("#result").html(returnValue);
}
})
});
});
You can test the error message by passing an empty string in the data-url param. The message is returned in the console as well as the page for the user.
Edit 3.7.18
The above solution has problems with controlling the authorization flow. After researching and speaking with a Drive engineer (see thread here) I've reworked this into a self-hosted example based on the Apps Script API and running the project as an API executable rather than an Apps Script Web App. This will allow you to access the [run](https://developers.google.com/apps-script/api/reference/rest/v1/scripts/run) method outside an Apps Script web app.
Setup
Follow the Google Apps Script API instructions for JavaScript. The Apps Script project should be a standalone (not linked to a document) and published as API executable. You'll need to open the Cloud Console and create OAuth credentials and an API key.
The instructions have you use a Python server on your computer. I use the Node JS server, http-server, but you can also put it live online and test from there. You'll need to whitelist your source in the Cloud Console.
The client
Since this is self hosted, you'll need a plain HTML page which authorizes the user through the OAuth2 API via JavaScript. This is preferrable because it keeps the user signed in, allowing for multiple API calls to your script without reauthorization. The code below works for this application and uses the authorization flow from the Google quickstart guides.
index.html
<body>
<!--Add buttons to initiate auth sequence and sign out-->
<button id="authorize-button" style="display: none;">Authorize</button>
<button id="signout-button" style="display: none;">Sign Out</button>
<button onclick="uploadDoc()" style="margin: 10px;" id="google-upload" data-url="https://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/demos/demo.docx">Upload doc</button>
<pre id="content"></pre>
</body>
index.js
// Client ID and API key from the Developer Console
var CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID';
var API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
var SCRIPT_ID = 'YOUR_SCRIPT_ID';
// Array of API discovery doc URLs for APIs used by the quickstart
var DISCOVERY_DOCS = ["https://script.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1"];
// Authorization scopes required by the API; multiple scopes can be
// included, separated by spaces.
var SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.external_request';
var authorizeButton = document.getElementById('authorize-button');
var signoutButton = document.getElementById('signout-button');
var uploadButton = document.getElementById('google-upload');
var docUrl = uploadButton.getAttribute('data-url').value;
// Set the global variable for user authentication
var isAuth = false;
/**
* On load, called to load the auth2 library and API client library.
*/
function handleClientLoad() {
gapi.load('client:auth2', initClient);
}
/**
* Initializes the API client library and sets up sign-in state
* listeners.
*/
function initClient() {
gapi.client.init({
apiKey: API_KEY,
clientId: CLIENT_ID,
discoveryDocs: DISCOVERY_DOCS,
scope: SCOPES
}).then(function () {
// Listen for sign-in state changes.
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.listen(updateSigninStatus);
// Handle the initial sign-in state.
updateSigninStatus(gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.get());
authorizeButton.onclick = handleAuthClick;
signoutButton.onclick = handleSignoutClick;
// uploadButton.onclick = uploadDoc;
});
}
/**
* Called when the Upload button is clicked. Reset the
* global variable to `true` and upload the document.
* Thanks to #JackBrown for the logic.
*/
function updateSigninStatus(isSignedIn) {
if (isSignedIn && !isAuth) {
authorizeButton.style.display = 'none';
signoutButton.style.display = 'block';
uploadButton.style.display = 'block'
uploadButton.onclick = uploadDoc;
} else if (isSignedIn && isAuth) {
authorizeButton.style.display = 'none';
signoutButton.style.display = 'block';
uploadButton.style.display = 'block';
uploadDoc();
} else {
authorizeButton.style.display = 'block';
signoutButton.style.display = 'none';
uploadButton.style.display = 'none';
isAuth = false;
}
}
/**
* Sign in the user upon button click.
*/
function handleAuthClick(event) {
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().signIn();
isAuth = true; // Update the global variable
}
/**
* Sign out the user upon button click.
*/
function handleSignoutClick(event) {
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().signOut();
isAuth = false; // update the global variable
}
/**
* Append a pre element to the body containing the given message
* as its text node. Used to display the results of the API call.
*
* #param {string} message Text to be placed in pre element.
*/
function appendPre(message) {
var pre = document.getElementById('content');
var textContent = document.createTextNode(message + '\n');
pre.appendChild(textContent);
}
/**
* Handle the login if signed out, return a Promise
* to call the upload Docs function after signin.
**/
function uploadDoc() {
console.log("clicked!")
var docUrl = document.getElementById('google-upload').getAttribute('data-url');
gapi.client.script.scripts.run({
'scriptId':SCRIPT_ID,
'function':'uploadDoc',
'parameters': [ docUrl ]
}).then(function(resp) {
var result = resp.result;
if(result.error && result.error.status) {
// Error before the script was Called
appendPre('Error calling API');
appendPre(JSON.parse(result, null, 2));
} else if(result.error) {
// The API executed, but the script returned an error.
// Extract the first (and only) set of error details.
// The values of this object are the script's 'errorMessage' and
// 'errorType', and an array of stack trace elements.
var error = result.error.details[0];
appendPre('Script error message: ' + error.errorMessage);
if (error.scriptStackTraceElements) {
// There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start
// executing.
appendPre('Script error stacktrace:');
for (var i = 0; i < error.scriptStackTraceElements.length; i++) {
var trace = error.scriptStackTraceElements[i];
appendPre('\t' + trace.function + ':' + trace.lineNumber);
}
}
} else {
// The structure of the result will depend upon what the Apps
// Script function returns. Here, the function returns an Apps
// Script Object with String keys and values, and so the result
// is treated as a JavaScript object (folderSet).
console.log(resp.result)
var msg = resp.result.response.result;
appendPre(msg);
// do more stuff with the response code
}
})
}
Apps Script
The Apps Script code does not need to be modified much. Instead of returning using ContentService, we can return plain JSON objects to be used by the client.
function uploadDoc(e) {
Logger.log(e);
var returnValue = {};
// Set the callback URL. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29525860/
Logger.log("Uploading the document...");
try {
// Get the file and create it in Drive
var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(e).getBlob();
DriveApp.createFile(blob);
// If successful, return okay
var msg = "The document was successfully uploaded!";
return msg;
} catch(e) {
Logger.log(e);
// If a failure, return error message to the client
return e.message
}
}
I had a hard time getting CodePen whitelisted, so I have an example hosted securely on my own site using the code above. Feel free to inspect the source and take a look at the live Apps Script project.
Note that the user will need to reauthorize as you add or change scopes in your Apps Script project.
Related
I am trying to execute Apps Script function using Apps Script API. For this I set up a target script and calling script (JavaScript code) using instructions from Google here.
I followed exactly how it is described but I am getting the following errors.
Error in calling script:
ReferenceError: gapi is not defined
Error on target script while manually running the function "getFoldersUnderRoot()"
Exception: We're sorry, a server error occurred. Please wait a bit and try again.
function "getFoldersUnderRoot()" was running properly before connecting the target script to the GCP project.
Any help is appreciated to point out what I am doing wrong.
I figured out how to execute App Script functions using Apps Script API. So I am posting the answer for the benefit of others. Also I would try to plug in the missing information which Google has not provided in their instructions.
The target script is an App Script (e.g. "code.gs") file with the required functions to be executed. This script has to be attached to a GCP project with App Script API enabled.
The calling script has to be an html file saved in a local folder and not an App Script file. Below is an example "index.html" which calls two functions "callScriptFunction()" and "getSheets()".
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Google Apps Script API Quickstart</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<p>Google Apps Script API Quickstart</p>
<!--Add buttons to initiate auth sequence and sign out-->
<button id="authorize_button" style="display: none;">Authorize</button>
<button id="signout_button" style="display: none;">Sign Out</button>
<pre id="content" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></pre>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Client ID and API key from the Developer Console
var CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID';
var API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
// Array of API discovery doc URLs for APIs used by the quickstart
var DISCOVERY_DOCS = ["https://script.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1"];
// Authorization scopes required by the API; multiple scopes can be
// included, separated by spaces.
var SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly';
var authorizeButton = document.getElementById('authorize_button');
var signoutButton = document.getElementById('signout_button');
/**
* On load, called to load the auth2 library and API client library.
*/
function handleClientLoad() {
gapi.load('client:auth2', initClient);
}
/**
* Initializes the API client library and sets up sign-in state
* listeners.
*/
function initClient() {
gapi.client.init({
apiKey: API_KEY,
clientId: CLIENT_ID,
discoveryDocs: DISCOVERY_DOCS,
scope: SCOPES
}).then(function () {
// Listen for sign-in state changes.
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.listen(updateSigninStatus);
// Handle the initial sign-in state.
updateSigninStatus(gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().isSignedIn.get());
authorizeButton.onclick = handleAuthClick;
signoutButton.onclick = handleSignoutClick;
}, function(error) {
appendPre(JSON.stringify(error, null, 2));
});
}
/**
* Called when the signed in status changes, to update the UI
* appropriately. After a sign-in, the API is called.
*/
function updateSigninStatus(isSignedIn) {
if (isSignedIn) {
authorizeButton.style.display = 'none';
signoutButton.style.display = 'block';
// callScriptFunction();
getSheets();
} else {
authorizeButton.style.display = 'block';
signoutButton.style.display = 'none';
}
}
/**
* Sign in the user upon button click.
*/
function handleAuthClick(event) {
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().signIn();
}
/**
* Sign out the user upon button click.
*/
function handleSignoutClick(event) {
gapi.auth2.getAuthInstance().signOut();
}
/**
* Append a pre element to the body containing the given message
* as its text node. Used to display the results of the API call.
*
* #param {string} message Text to be placed in pre element.
*/
function appendPre(message) {
var pre = document.getElementById('content');
var textContent = document.createTextNode(message + '\n');
pre.appendChild(textContent);
}
/**
* Shows basic usage of the Apps Script API.
*
* Call the Apps Script API to create a new script project, upload files
* to the project, and log the script's URL to the user.
*/
function callScriptFunction() {
var scriptId = "TARGET_SCRIPT_ID";
// Call the Apps Script API run method
// 'scriptId' is the URL parameter that states what script to run
// 'resource' describes the run request body (with the function name
// to execute)
gapi.client.script.scripts.run({
'scriptId': scriptId,
'resource': {
'function': 'getFoldersUnderRoot',
'devMode': true
}
}).then(function(resp) {
var result = resp.result;
if (result.error && result.error.status) {
// The API encountered a problem before the script
// started executing.
appendPre('Error calling API:');
appendPre(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
} else if (result.error) {
// The API executed, but the script returned an error.
// Extract the first (and only) set of error details.
// The values of this object are the script's 'errorMessage' and
// 'errorType', and an array of stack trace elements.
var error = result.error.details[0];
appendPre('Script error message: ' + error.errorMessage);
if (error.scriptStackTraceElements) {
// There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start
// executing.
appendPre('Script error stacktrace:');
for (var i = 0; i < error.scriptStackTraceElements.length; i++) {
var trace = error.scriptStackTraceElements[i];
appendPre('\t' + trace.function + ':' + trace.lineNumber);
}
}
} else {
// The structure of the result will depend upon what the Apps
// Script function returns. Here, the function returns an Apps
// Script Object with String keys and values, and so the result
// is treated as a JavaScript object (folderSet).
var folderSet = result.response.result;
if (Object.keys(folderSet).length == 0) {
appendPre('No folders returned!');
} else {
appendPre('Folders under your root folder:');
Object.keys(folderSet).forEach(function(id){
appendPre('\t' + folderSet[id] + ' (' + id + ')');
});
}
}
});
}
function getSheets() {
// ID of the script to call. Acquire this from the Apps Script editor,
// under Publish > Deploy as API executable.
var scriptId = "TARGET_SCRIPT_ID";
// Initialize parameters for function call.
var sheetId = "SPREADSHEET_ID";
gapi.client.script.scripts.run({
'scriptId': scriptId,
'resource': {
'function': 'getSheetNames',
'parameters': [sheetId],
'devMode': true
}
}).then(function(resp) {
var result = resp.result;
if (result.error && result.error.status) {
// The API encountered a problem before the script
// started executing.
appendPre('Error calling API:');
appendPre(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
} else if (result.error) {
// The API executed, but the script returned an error.
// Extract the first (and only) set of error details.
// The values of this object are the script's 'errorMessage' and
// 'errorType', and an array of stack trace elements.
var error = result.error.details[0];
appendPre('Script error message: ' + error.errorMessage);
if (error.scriptStackTraceElements) {
// There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start
// executing.
appendPre('Script error stacktrace:');
for (var i = 0; i < error.scriptStackTraceElements.length; i++) {
var trace = error.scriptStackTraceElements[i];
appendPre('\t' + trace.function + ':' + trace.lineNumber);
}
}
} else {
// The structure of the result will depend upon what the Apps
// Script function returns. Here, the function returns an Apps
// Script Object with String keys and values, and so the result
// is treated as a JavaScript object (folderSet).
var names = result.response.result;
if (Object.keys(names).length == 0) {
appendPre('No sheetnames returned!');
} else {
appendPre(names);
}
}
});
}
</script>
<script async defer src="https://apis.google.com/js/api.js"
onload="this.onload=function(){};handleClientLoad()"
onreadystatechange="if (this.readyState === 'complete') this.onload()">
</script>
</body>
</html>
Below is an example of target script.
function getFoldersUnderRoot() {
var root = DriveApp.getRootFolder();
var folders = root.getFolders();
var folderSet = {};
while (folders.hasNext()) {
var folder = folders.next();
folderSet[folder.getId()] = folder.getName();
}
return folderSet;
}
function getSheetNames(sheetId) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(sheetId);
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
var names = sheets.map(function(sheet) {
return sheet.getName();
})
return names;
}
From terminal change to the working directory and execute python3 -m http.server 8000. Open browser and load "http://localhost:8000/". Authourize and proceed.
You need to whitelist "http://localhost:8000/" in the project credentials
You need to add required scopes in OAuth Consent Screen of the project.
I am able to execute the function "getSheetNames()" but "getFoldersUnderRoot()" is throwing error: Exception: We're sorry, a server error occurred. Please wait a bit and try again. Executing from the script editor also gives the same error. However "getFoldersUnderRoot()" is executable on any other script which is not attached to a GCP project
After much discussion and R&D, image cropping is not possible with Google APP scripts. So I decided to try one using the Canvas API.
I am trying to pass the value from server script(.gs) to the HTML file and get back the value in the server side script without opening HTML output as in sidebar or model/modelLess dialog box. You can say silently call HTML, complete the process and return the value to server script method.
I tried but getFromFileArg() is not running when i am running the callToHtml().
Is this possible with below script? what you will suggest?
Server side (.gs)
function callToHtml() {
var ui = SlidesApp.getUi();
var htmlTemp = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('crop_img');
htmlTemp["data"] = pageElements.asImage().getBlob();
var htmlOutput = htmlTemp.evaluate();
}
function getFromFileArg(data) {
Logger.log(data);
}
crop_img.html template :
<script>
var data = <?= data ?>;
//call the server script method
google.script.run
.withSuccessHandler(
function(result, element) {
element.disabled = false;
})
.withFailureHandler(
function(msg, element) {
console.log(msg);
element.disabled = false;
})
.withUserObject(this)
.getFromFileArg(data);
</script>
You cannot "silently" call the HTML this way, no.
The HTML needs to go to the user and the user is not inside of your web app, but Google's web app (Slides), so you have to play by their rules.
You need to use one of the available UI methods such as showSidebar. You could have the displayed HTML be a spinner or message like "processing..." while the JavaScript runs.
function callToHtml() {
var ui = SlidesApp.getUi();
var htmlTemp = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('crop_img');
htmlTemp["data"] = pageElements.asImage().getBlob();
ui.showSidebar(htmlTemp.evaluate());
}
I have been trying to run some URL redirect testing using Google Apps Script in Google Sheets, I've been successful by getting a response code and also the final redirect URL for some of them but most of the links are not working.
Examples of the links I would like to check:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4606613
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4661522
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6014647
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14452305
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/15910617
Pretty much I need to check if those links will redirect to https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes
Using the script below, I get the following list, which is not correct since all of them will redirect to https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4606613
https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes
https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14452305
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/15910617
It seems that the website is taking 1 second to do the redirect and probably that could be the issue.
Below the code:
function urlProtocol(url){
return URI(url).protocol()
}
function urlHostname(url){
return URI(url).hostname()
}
function getRedirects(url) {
eval(UrlFetchApp.fetch('https://rawgit.com/medialize/URI.js/gh-pages/src/URI.js').getContentText());
var params = {
'followRedirects': false,
'muteHttpExceptions': true
};
var baseUrl = urlProtocol(url) + "://" + urlHostname(url),
response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, params),
responseCode = response.getResponseCode();
if(response.getHeaders()['Location']){
var redirectedUrl = getRedirects(baseUrl + response.getHeaders()['Location']);
return redirectedUrl;
} else {
return url;
}
}
Seems like the final redirect on some of the URLs happens after the page is loaded. Most likely there is a client-side script that initiates the change of window.location. Therefore, your correct logic fails to catch such pages.
To make matters worse, after-load redirect seem to be inconsistent as sometimes the pages you provided are not redirected to https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes. I was able to stop this redirect from happening, so the theory is confirmed - will update with what exactly causes it.
Apart from that, there are several optimizations you can apply to your script:
Get rid of eval and, actually, of the whole library unless you really need it (see how to do the same in just two lines). Improved security is the main benefit: no eval() of external scripts means less possibilities for breach.
Check for status code in 3xx range before looking through the Location header (as a precaucion).
/**
*
* #param {string} target
*/
const getRedirects = (target) =>
/**
* #param {string}
* #returns {boolean}
*/
(url) => {
if(url === target) {
return false;
}
const response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, {
'followRedirects': false,
'muteHttpExceptions': true
});
const code = response.getResponseCode();
let { Location } = response.getHeaders();
if (code < 300 || code >= 400) {
return true;
}
if (!Location) {
return false;
}
if (/^\/\w+/.test(Location)) {
const [protocol, , base] = url.split("/");
Location = `${protocol}//${base}${Location}`;
}
console.log(Location);
return getRedirects(target)(Location);
};
const testRedirects = () => {
const redirectsToHome = getRedirects("https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes");
const accessible = [
"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23861670",
"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4606613",
"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4661522",
"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6014647",
"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14452305",
"https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/15910617"
].filter(redirectsToHome);
console.log(accessible);
};
Since the clarification that the function is a custom function, you can add a wrapper function that will serve as public API that you can reference in a cell that will call the utility, something like this:
const checkIfRedirects = (source, target = "https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes") => getRedirects(target)(source);
You can then use it like you would do a formula:
=checkIfRedirects(A20)
Docu References:
Drive file picker v3
G Suite Dialogs: File Open Dialog
SO References:
Access data in Google App Script from spread sheet modal html form
How do I handle the call back using multiple Google File Picker
What to achieve?
In a Google Sheets script, I would like to define a Files Picker that returns the data of picked up files, provided that thereon, from another part of the scripts, the caller can receive that data.
Problem:
The file picker is launched as an html Modal dialog. After searching for a while, the only solution to get the data from the script that launched the picker is from the html script code:
set the callaback of the picker to a specific function: picker.setCallback(my_callback)
or use google.script.run.my_callback (i.e. from button Done for instance)
... provided that my_callback function defined in your script gets the data.
The problem with the above is that you cannot use the same picker for multiple purposes, because:
my_callback is fixed in the html script
my_callback cannot know for what purpose the picker was initially called (i.e. should it get the content?, should it give the information to some unknown caller?).
Once it gets the data, my_callback does not know what to do with it... unless my_callback is tied to only 1 caller; which does not seem correct, as that would require to have multiple html definitions for the picker, once per each reason you may invoke it, so it can call back to the proper function.
Any ideas?
global variables in scripts get re-initialized and cannot use PropertiesService to store values other than String (so no way to store the final picker_callback through a global var).
google.script.run does not offer calls by giving the name of the server-side function as String (reference) (which discards having a function to generate the picker_dialog.html by changing the callback function).
Sample Code
code.gs
function ui() {
return SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
}
function onOpen() {
ui().createMenu('ecoPortal Tools')
.addItem('Read a file', 'itemReadFile')
.addItem('Edit a file', 'itemEditFile')
.addToUi();
}
function itemReadFile() {
pickFile(readFile)
}
function itemEditFile() {
pickFile(editFile)
}
function readFile(data) {
/* do some stuff */
}
function editFile(data) {
/* do some stuff */
}
picker.gs:
function pickFile(callback) {
var html = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('picker_dialog.html')
.setWidth(600)
.setHeight(425)
.setSandboxMode(HtmlService.SandboxMode.IFRAME);
// concept (discarded):
callback_set('picker', callback)
ui().showModalDialog(html, 'Select a file');
}
function getOAuthToken() {
DriveApp.getRootFolder();
return ScriptApp.getOAuthToken();
}
// picker callback hub
function pickerCallback(data) {
var callback = callback_get('picker');
callback_set('picker', null);
if (callback) callback.call(data);
}
picker_dialog.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/script/css/add-ons.css">
<script>
var DEVELOPER_KEY = '___PICKER_API_KEY_____';
var DIALOG_DIMENSIONS = {width: 600, height: 425};
var pickerApiLoaded = false;
// currently selected files data
var files_data = null;
/**
* Loads the Google Picker API.
*/
function onApiLoad() {
gapi.load('picker', {'callback': function() {
pickerApiLoaded = true;
}});
}
function getOAuthToken() {
console.log("going to call get auth token :)");
google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(createPicker)
.withFailureHandler(showError).getOAuthToken();
}
function createPicker(token) {
console.log("pickerApiLoadded", pickerApiLoaded);
console.log("token", token);
if (pickerApiLoaded && token) {
var picker = new google.picker.PickerBuilder()
.addView(google.picker.ViewId.DOCS)
.enableFeature(google.picker.Feature.NAV_HIDDEN)
.hideTitleBar()
.setOAuthToken(token)
.setDeveloperKey(DEVELOPER_KEY)
.setCallback(pickerCallback)
.setOrigin(google.script.host.origin)
.setSize(DIALOG_DIMENSIONS.width - 2,
DIALOG_DIMENSIONS.height - 2)
.build();
picker.setVisible(true);
} else {
showError('Unable to load the file picker.');
}
}
function pickerCallback(data) {
var action = data[google.picker.Response.ACTION];
if (action == google.picker.Action.PICKED) {
files_data = data;
var doc = data[google.picker.Response.DOCUMENTS][0];
var id = doc[google.picker.Document.ID];
var url = doc[google.picker.Document.URL];
var title = doc[google.picker.Document.NAME];
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML =
'<b>You chose:</b><br>Name: <a href="' + url + '">' + title +
'</a><br>ID: ' + id;
} else if (action == google.picker.Action.CANCEL) {
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = 'Picker canceled.';
}
}
function showError(message) {
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = 'Error: ' + message;
}
function closeIt() {
google.script.host.close();
}
function returnSelectedFilesData() {
google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(closeIt).pickerCallback(files_data);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<button onclick='getOAuthToken()'>Select a file</button>
<p id='result'></p>
<button onclick='returnSelectedFilesData()'>Done</button>
</div>
<script src="https://apis.google.com/js/api.js?onload=onApiLoad"></script>
</body>
</html>
picker.setCallback(my_callback)
Picker callback is different from:
or use google.script.run.my_callback
The former calls a function on the frontend html while the latter calls a function in the server.
my_callback cannot know for what purpose the picker was initially called
You can send a argument to the server:
google.script.run.my_callback("readFile");
On the server side(code.gs),
fuction my_callback(command){
if(command === "readFile") Logger.log("Picker called me to readFile");
}
google.script.run does not offer calls by giving the name of the server-side function as String
Not true. Dot is used to access members of a object. You can use bracket notation to access a member as a string:
google.script.run["my_callback"]();
EDITED BY Q.ASKER:
In your case, to pass the files_data to the server side:
google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(closeIt)[my_callback](files_data);
Now, for my_callback (String variable) to be set from server side, you need to push it using templates:
function pickFile(str_callback) {
var htmlTpl = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('picker_dialog.html');
// push variables
htmlTpl.str_callback = str_callback;
var htmlOut = htmlTpl.evaluate()
.setWidth(600)
.setHeight(425)
.setSandboxMode(HtmlService.SandboxMode.IFRAME);
ui().showModalDialog(htmlOut, 'Select a file');
}
The two unique changes that you need to make to your picker_dialog.html:
add printing scriptlet to set my_callback (<?= ... ?>)
use the google.script.run as mentioned
var my_callback = <?= str_callback? str_callback : 'defaultPickerCallbackToServer' ?>;
/* ... omitted code ... */
function returnSelectedFilesData() {
google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(closeDialog)[my_callback](files_data);
}
Now, when you call pickFile to open the frontend picker, you are able to set a different server callback that will receive the data with the file(s) chosen by the user.
I've used the documentation posted here https://github.com/gsuitedevs/apps-script-oauth1
I am having issues getting the function to authorize. I am new to working with API's so please bear with me. Trying to do a simple get request from twitter but the first part isn't going through. Any idea where things are going wrong? *Note ive loaded the Oauth1 library.
function getTwitterService() {
// Create a new service with the given name. The name will be used when
// persisting the authorized token, so ensure it is unique within the
// scope of the property store.
var service = OAuth1.createService('twitter')
// Set the endpoint URLs.
service.setAccessTokenUrl('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token')
service.setRequestTokenUrl('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token')
service.setAuthorizationUrl('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize')
// Set the consumer key and secret.
service.setConsumerKey('myKey')
service.setConsumerSecret('mySecret')
// Set the name of the callback function in the script referenced
// above that should be invoked to complete the OAuth flow.
.setCallbackFunction('authCallback')
// Set the property store where authorized tokens should be persisted.
.setPropertyStore(PropertiesService.getUserProperties());
function authCallback(request) {
var twitterService = getTwitterService();
var isAuthorized = twitterService.handleCallback(request);
if (isAuthorized) {
return Logger.log('Success! You can close this tab.');
} else {
return Logger.log('Denied. You can close this tab');
}
}
function makeRequest() {
Logger.log(authorizationUrl);
var twitterService = getTwitterService();
var response = twitterService.fetch("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/followers/list.json?screen_name='xyz'");
var post = response.getContentText();
Logger.log(post);
}
}
The getTwitterService() method should return the service object.
Currently, all the other methods in the snippet are declared inside the getTwitterService method.
function getTwitterService() {
return OAuth1.createService('twitter')
.setAccessTokenUrl('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token')
.setRequestTokenUrl('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token')
.setAuthorizationUrl('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize')
.setConsumerKey('myKey')
.setConsumerSecret('mySecret')
.setCallbackFunction('authCallback')
.setPropertyStore(PropertiesService.getUserProperties());
}