Google Spreadsheet Triggers - google-apps-script

Question

I'm trying to create a trigger that activates on weekdays only and at a specific time, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Here is my code.
function createTriggers() {
var days = [ScriptApp.WeekDay.MONDAY, ScriptApp.WeekDay.TUESDAY,
ScriptApp.WeekDay.WEDNESDAY, ScriptApp.WeekDay.THURSDAY,
ScriptApp.WeekDay.FRIDAY];
var d = new Date();
var time = d.toLocaleTimeString();
if (time == '3:05:00 PM EDT') {
for (var i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
ScriptApp.newTrigger(Lunch1)
.timeBased().onWeekDay(days[i])
.everyMinutes().create();
}
}
}

Answer 1

I'm guessing that you mean you want to make it so a function is triggered (runs) every weekday at a certain time of the day. Here's what I would do.
First, in the Script Editor:
Go to Resources - Current Project's Triggers
Click Add a new trigger
Select the function that you want to be triggered
Change the next box to "Time-driven"
Change the next box to "Hour timer"
Then change the last box to "every hour"
Then at the very beginning of your function, add this code:
var d = new Date();
if (d.getDay() == 6 || d.getDay() == 0) return;
// more info here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_getday.asp
That will stop the rest of the script from running if it's a Saturday or Sunday.
Then, say you want the script to only run at one specific time each weekday, you could set the time-driven trigger to "Every minute" and then add another if statement after the one above:
if (d.getHours() != 15 && d.getMinutes() != 5) return;
That will stop the rest of the script from running if it's not exactly 15:05 (3:05 PM).
This is definitely not the most efficient way to do this, but it works.
Also, this is worth mentioning: I'm not sure if there's anything that would prevent you from triggering the script every minute. Google does impose quotas for what your scripts can do, but I didn't see anything about how many times a script can be triggered in a day. Here's the chart: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/quotas

Answer 2

You should do something like this:
function createTriggers(func, hour) {
var weekdays = [ScriptApp.WeekDay.MONDAY, ScriptApp.WeekDay.TUESDAY,
ScriptApp.WeekDay.WEDNESDAY, ScriptApp.WeekDay.THURSDAY,
ScriptApp.WeekDay.FRIDAY];
for (var dayIndex in weekdays) {
var day = weekdays[dayIndex];
ScriptApp.newTrigger(func).timeBased()
.onWeekDay(day).atHour(hour).create();
}
}
This code creates a trigger for weekdays in a specific time calling the func function.