I have created a Google apps script "to download attachments from GMail" from a tutorial. I executed that script for one time.
Then I logged out of Google. Now when I logged in again, I saw the desired script titled "gmailAttachment2drive" in my Google drive. But I want to edit it again to make some changes to it. But I am unable to do it. I cannot even see the source code of that script.
Here are the different things I tried and the responses I got:
If I click on it, I see some "connect app" pop-up type of page, which just shows a bunch of other scripts developed by other people.
If I right clicked it, I don't see any option to edit the script. I tried all options there but could not edit the script.
When I opened "https://script.google.com/" it doesn't show that script. When I clicked "Open" on the File menu, it showed "No saved projects to open"
So, how do I open an existing script that is there in my Drive?
I searched a lot on Google the following "Google apps script how to edit an existing script" but could not get any help to resolve the issue.
Click the "Create" button. (The button used to create new documents)
Located at the bottom of the menu you will see a "Connect more apps" link, click it.
Add the Google Apps Script editor to your Google Drive
Open the script
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I'm creating a simple vehicle monitoring system using Google Sheets. I have drawn a shape to be used as a button, and I've assigned a script to it.
Here's the script I'm trying to run:
function newlto() {
var form
=FormApp.openById('1kJLfksSYgOv6Q0UGjdnklg2E5J5R03mIUHoefIvuZ28');
}
The script is supposed to open my Google Form, however, the script runs no problem but it does not open the form, after the "Finished running script" notification at the top-center, nothing happens.
You are trying to open a Google Form from a script. Google Apps Script will not automatically open web pages, and a Google Form is a web page - so you can't write a script to open a form.
You may find it easier to create a simple hyperlink to the Google Form.
The steps to do this (assuming that you have access to the form editor):
Send Form
click "Send",
at the top of the screen where it says "Send via", click the middle icon for the link,
click the link ( or a variation here is to click the "Shorten URL" box to get, well, a shorter URL),
click "Copy" (to put a copy of the link into memory,
switch to your spreadsheet and paste the link into a cell.
This automatically creates a hyperlink.
To access the URL, hover you have to hover the hyperlink, and then click the popup box that appears.
You would probably benefit from reading these topics which cover issues sim
You should read:
google spreadsheet - open external URL from button (created 2018),
Google Apps Script to open a URL (created 2012),
Google App Scripts Function to Open URL (created 2018).
I guess you want to open the form using a button, using something like window.open(); the problem is that Apps Script is server scripting and this method cannot be called from a server script but with a client script. If you try to use it it will prompts an error message indicating that window is not defined.
when you use FormApp.openById(); you are opening the form on the server to work on the Form by using the script, is like doing the same steps manually on the browser but with coding on the server. You can find more information on the Apps Script - Forms website.
I work for a university which uses Google App for EDU. Recently, I decided to begin testing app script to see how it could be of use to our organization. I have been able to create new app scripts and run them without issue. However, I have found that once I close the browser editor tab, I am not able to retrieve any script I've wrote unless I have the editor url saved (ie. I dont see any of my script in my google drive). Is there a particular app script site where my scripts are listed?
Thanks,
Bryan
The long method i use to get to see all my App Scripts is:
open an existing spreadsheet, or simply create a new spreadsheet
go to Extensions > Apps Script
click on the "Apps Script" logo in the top left corner
This will take you to: https://script.google.com/home
The short method is just to have that link (above) saved on browser toolbar and click it whenever i need to.
to be able to starts new script from the drive you have to connect script app to your drive using the Browser interface like below :
from the connect more apps at the bottom search for "script" and add it.
If you created scripts from inside a spreadsheet, they are tied to that sheet and will not show up in Drive; you can find them via the "Script Manager" menu in that spreadsheet.
All standalone scripts will be visible in your Google Drive. Did you write your script inside a spreadsheet or a Google Site ? If so, you have to open the spreadsheet or site to see your script.
If you indeed have a standalone script, make sure you click the 'All Items' on the left hand side of Google Drive or use search.
If you've created a new script from script.google.com and have saved it, it'll appear in Drive under the root My Drive folder.
If you created one from inside of Drive by clicking the red Create button then Script, it'll be in the folder which you last clicked on before clicking Create. If you don't remember what folder you created the script file under, click the Recent folder name to find it.
If you've started one inside a Form , Sheet, or Doc you'll have to remember where the Form, Sheet or Doc was located in Drive.
You can search all your scripts in Google Drive using app:"Google Apps Script" or by selecting Google Apps Script under Opens With from the drop down menu.
As pointed out by #Mandy, this assumes you have added Apps Script as a connect app. See answer from #Serge on how to do that.
Try the handy dashboard/central location for scripts:
https://script.google.com
I've been following the guide found here: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/twitter_tutorial
About creating a twitter app.
I've been looking at the part below:
To get started, copy this spreadsheet containing the script for this tutorial. Once you've got your own copy of the spreadsheet, open it and you will notice the spreadsheet will be empty; that is intentional, as we won't be using any of the spreadsheet's cells in this tutorial.The first thing you need to do is publish your script as a service. To do this, open the script editor by clicking Tools > Script Editor... In the new window, click Publish > Publish as Service...
This doesn't actually work at all.
If I open the spreadsheet and click Tools > Script Editor.. I'm taken to the script wizard. It then give me the option of creating a new script. The script can only be published to gallery, or as a web app. Where is the publish as service option?
Thanks
I checked on the tutorial page and it seems indeed that the template spreadsheet has not script included...
But the full code is still published at the end of the same page so you could copy/paste the full code in the script editor (choose new code from the wizard and delete everything in there ) and start from there.
About the "publish as service" this is the old name of what is now known as deploy as webapp, the procedure is slightly different and is described here, you will need to first save a version (manage version in the file menu) and you will get 2 urls, one for development and one for use, both will run from your browser starting with the doGet() function.
The remaining part of the tutorial about initialisation and authorization from the spreadsheet menu is unchanged, just follow the tutorial instructions.
Hoping it will help you,
The following script was recommended to use a List Page to show a Google Docs folder on a page in a google site.
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/embedding_docslist_in_sites#section2
When I try to run it on a recently created folder in Google Drive, the script never seems to finish.
The script still works for a folder created before the switch to google drive, which has a much longer ID.
What am I missing?
Cheers
In the script gallery (open a spreadsheet, click on menu Tools>Script Gallery), search for "Embed Google Docs Folders in a Google Site".
This is an updated version of the script available in the Apps Script documentation. It should work better.
A while back I created a "Gmail Snooze" script from this Lifehacker article http://lifehacker.com/5825634/how-to-add-a-snooze-button-to-gmail-no-extensions-required
I'd like to make some edits to it now but I can't find it! When I go into the script editor I have no saved projects to open. Can anyone point me towards a method of finding this script that is running every night so I can edit it?
The File > Open dialog usually only shows you the script projects that are attached to the spreadsheet you have open. If you open the editor directly that menu should show you all the projects you own.