Is there a way to share a Google Apps Scripts add-on (for Google Sheets) with free gmails / outside the domain it was built for ?
In our company everyone has domain emails but sometimes I would like to allow collaborators to use our add-ons.
The way is to publish it. If you don't want to make it public you could make it unlisted or private, shared with a Google Group.
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I'd like to reuse a Google Apps Script between multiple sheets on my personal Google account without publishing the script publicaly. One approach that I'm trying to avoid is to simply copy and paste the script between each sheet that I'm using.
After some reading my impression is that this is typically done by publishing an add-on. I am also under the impression that this can (or could) be done privately, so that no code review is needed and you don't need to pay anything. Most of the related questions I've found on SO seem to have out of date answers (chrome web store instead of GSuite Marketplace) or are too simple (share by publishing an add-on) or refer to gsuite users/admin, etc.
Assuming I need to publish an add-on to get easy sharing across all of my sheets I'm told I need to convert my project to a Google Cloud Project. So I created a Google Cloud Project and then went to transfer my code to that project by going to "Resources - Cloud Platform project" and entering my project number. However, when I do that it tells me that I need to enable oauth for the project and it takes me to a page which looks like it will require formal code review.
I am under the impression that private publishing may be possible if I am an organization. So I went back to the Google Cloud Console and tried to create an organization. Here however, it seems like either I need to be subscribing to GSuite or I need to enable Cloud Identity. The latter seems only pertinent to businesses as during the sign up it asks me for my business name and business domain (e.g. jims-business.com); I stopped when it asked me for my domain.
So again, my question is, is it possible to share a Google script between multiple sheets on my personal account without making a public add-on? After way to much time reading through Google terminology my impression is no, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong!
You don't need to be a G Suite user to publish an add-on, but you do if you want to do it as "internal only", as it requires a valid domain.
I'm afraid you will have to copy the same Script for each file and use an onOpen function.
I've made a Google Apps Script project in one sheet that I want to easily access from multiple other Google Sheets, in Google Drive as well as Team Drive.
It would make no sense to publish this script to the Google Web Store since the functionality is based on our own files.
Can I publish it as an addon that's only accessible for users of my domain?
This should be possible by listing it as 'private' in the Developer Dashboard. In the script editor, go to Publish > Deploy as add-on. You have to follow the steps necessary to access the Developer Dashboard and create your listing.
Fill in all the details of your app (name, description, icon etc.) and set its visibility options at the bottom.
So I have made an Add-On for Google Docs. I have published it tied to our GSuite domain, as this is only intended for our own use. When I install this add-on, it is visible to our domain users. The problem is, we have many collaborators on our documents who are not part of our domain. I understood the docs that if an add-on has been enabled on a document, all collaborators can access it, but this doesn't seem to apply for users who are collaborators but not on the same domain.
Is there any way I can create an add-on that is also seen by collaborators outside my organization?
you have published an add-on tied to your G Suite domain.
If you have access to the stand alone script, it may be possible create a test on a preview document and share it with others. i have tied a picture to explain it.
this picture explain how to enable an add-on publicly and privately on a test document
I've built a Google Apps Script and when I try to publish it won't show an option to allow anonymous users. There are only two options: "Only myself" and "Anyone within mydomain.com"
We're using Google Apps for Business (or Work is it now?).
How do I make the other options available?
Sharing outside your Google Apps Domain may be disabled in Admin Console.
In your Google Apps Admin Console, go to Google Apps section, then Drive, click Sharing Settings and check that "Users can share files outside this organization" option is selected. Also select appropriate checkboxes below that option as necessary.
If your organization policies prevent sharing outside your domain, you can create and deploy your webapp from your personal gmail account instead.
I have a spreadsheet in my Google Drive that I would like to share through a web app. I want the script to run as me and allow everyone to access the web app.
When this is done in my personal Google account (non Google App account), I get "Anyone, even anonymous" option under "Who has access to the web app" section in the "Publish as a web app" dialog in the Apps Script editor. And everything works fine.
However when I try to do the same thing in my Google Apps account in my organization, I do not get "Anyone, even anonymous" option under "Who has access to the web app" section. Only options that are presented is "Only myself" & "Anyone within XXXXXXX.com"
Anybody have any idea why this is happening? Is there any security option that I can change in my Google Apps domain?
Thanks
Have you checked with your Google Apps Administrator? They might have enforced a policy that one can not share the docs outside the organization.
Here is the documentation on docs sharing policy.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/60781?hl=en
This setting is controlled by the domain administrator via the "Allow users in [domain] to publish files on the web or make them visible to the world as public or unlisted files" options that's under "Settings for Drive and Docs".
Note that after checking that option, you'll have to create a new Script in order to be able to publish it with "Anonymous" access. Existing scripts don't seem to get that option even after the setting has been changed.
Also note the Google issue tracker for this: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36764781