Is it possible to create a Google Adwords ad from an external page executing a script with certain parameters that change with each execution?
I am asking if the only way to create a new campaign is creating it from Google page.
You can use Google AdWords Scripts from the bulk operations tab. There you can code in javascript and create ads in bulk or if you cannot code in javascript you can create a template in excel and then mass import in Google AdWords editor and mass upload them into your account.
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I am collecting Data via Google Forms, they go into a Google Spreadsheet.
Then I would Google Apps Script to enter the Data into a Webpage Formular.
Is this possible in anyway with Google Apps Script?
Update:
I would like to do Google Apps Script, go to a website( I don’t have control of the website, then get data from a google spread sheet and enter it into the fields then click on certain fields. I know I could to it via puppeteer. But I was thinking google Apps Script has something/sometype to interact with websites.
Not in the way you're thinking. If the target website is not secure you can "fake" a form submission on it by making a POST requesting using UrlFetchApp. But this will most likely not work on most sites.
You can use UrlFetchApp to get the target website but GAS won't render it or let you interact with it like puppeteer will.
I've been working on Google Apps Script for the past few days, a friend of mine created a template of PDF in Google Data Studio. We also have a Google Sheet that came from the Google Forms result. Here are the questions I want to resolve.
When the user submits the form, I want the record of that submitted form to populate the Google Data Studio PDF and export it as PDF using Google Apps Script
(just that single record to create a PDF every time the user submits.)
I want to use Google Apps Script to get every record in the existing Google Sheet to populate the Google Data Studio PDF Template and export it as PDF.
You cannot use Apps Script to interact with the Data Studio interface in any way. It is currently not possible.
Again, you cannot use Apps Script to initiate the PDF export. However, if all your data is in a Google Sheet, you can just build a dashboard off that in Data Studio and manually export the PDF. As your data gets updated, dashboard will also get updated. You can initiate the PDF export manually whenever you want.
I have to do a little bit of "crowdsourcing" for my work and it would consist in a very simple web app where a user can register/log in, and then be taken to a page where a picture is shown to a user and submit a number.
I'd like to be able to set up a few rules to choose which picture the user will see (so he won't have to answer twice the same question and also to allow some overlap between users to compare their answers).
We can assume that I have a google sheet with a list of images URLs that can be accessed and that I would like the answers to be populated there.
I figured that this tutorial would be a good start since it handles user creation and management and user can submit ideas :
Creating a CRUD Web App with Google Sheets
That being said I'm a bit clueless, I've tried to look for sample scripts deployed as web app but it's hard to know where to start.
I'll appreciate any help !
Google Apps Script is, basically, a javascript environment with a set of libraries that interact with the Google Apps. For instance, to read or store information from/to Google Sheets or Google Docs. If you know javascript, you can create simple applications there. In addition, you can create plugins for Google Applications if you are interested.
A very simple example
Suppose you wanna display an HTML page. You can create an stand-alone script (an script not-bound to a G suite application) and use the content or the HTML services.
You can create a function that sends a simple message to the browser using the ContentService:
function doGet() {
return ContentService.createTextOutput('Hello, world!');
}
Or you can create a function that sends an HTML file in the same project using the HtmlService:
function doGet() {
return HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('Index');
}
Once you have created the function, you must deploy the script as a web application.
Save the script as a new version doing File > Manage Versions and Save new version.
Then, publish the app using Publish > Deploy as web app and provinding information about the permissions for the application.
After Google publishes the application, it gives you an URL to access the application,
You may check more in a simple tutorial on producing content with Google Apps Script. In addition, you may check the google guide to use the HtmlService to provide templated content, i.e. where the HTML are templates which data is provided by javascript functions and variables.
Getting started with Google Apps Script
To start, you may check some tutorials in the internet:
Google has some tutorials and a series of Youtube videos.
In addition, you may find multiple resources for Google App Scripts that may help you:
Google has a list of sample projects
Tanakeich has a list of resources for taking advantage of Google Apps Script.
Oshliaer has another list of resources.
There are Google Codelab (tutorials) for Apps Scripts. They include a lab for using Google Sheets as a reporting tool and for creating a Hangouts Chat bot with Apps Script
Developing Google Apps Script projects locally
Although Google Apps Script provides a web interface to create your applications (your scripts), a better idea may be to create the software locally, using more-traditional tools for Javascript.
Clasp is a command-line tool to develop locally Google Apps Script projects.
Google has a codelab that teach you how to use clasp.
I'm new to Google scripting and have a very basic dashboard put together from all the information available online. The source is a Google spreadsheet of data exported from a database. I'm creating a Dashboard web app and would like to create summary charts on the dashboard due to the amount of information I'm working with. I've contemplated using Pivot Tables but would then lose the functionality of the CategoryFilters. I've seen lots of stuff about Google Visualization online and the Group function, but this doesn't seem to work in Google script. Can anyone advise what to do? Thanks.
Google give API for Google app script and Javascript.
It's really different because in app script you use a script in your google drive, and you use an app script editor.
If you use Google Vizualisation it's only javascript , you can deploy your javascript application in google app engine for example.
Google vizualisation is very interesting if you want to create a dataTable , a map , or others.
I use Google vizualisation for many charts because it's more simple and more dynamic than google app script.
Is it possible to use Google apps scripts deployed as a web app to integrate into the Google Drive UI?
i.e. opening files similar to: https://developers.google.com/drive/about-sdk#create_and_open_files_directly_from_the_drive_ui
But using Google scripts: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/
Scripts do have access to a drive api, but I'm unsure if they have the capability to integrate into the Drive UI?
Yes. You can create a script, deploy it as a web app and call it from the Drive UI as shown in the link you provide. Your script is passed parameter from the Drive UI (including for example, the folder currently selected) and you work from there... I use this mechanism to work with a folder structure representing client activity. Selecting a client folder, I can choose to open with my script or the usual Drive options. My script checks the parameters passed by drive and responds with an appropriate user interface for the next step.