Google Script Error - Cannot find method add - google-apps-script

I have been puzzled by this error. I have not been able to figure out what I am missing. Without the calls to headPanel the UI was working but would not insert the title or text label so I added the Horizontal panel in hopes of adding the text, but alas error. Please help me with this problem and I need to know what I am messing up.
function doGet(e){
var app = UiApp.createApplication();
var headPanel = app.createHorizontalPanel().setId('headPanel');
var header = app.setTitle('Detention Attendance');
var label = app.createLabel("Please enter attendance for Detention by clicking the checkbox next to the student's name if they were present. Then click Sumbit.");
headPanel.add(header); //* ERROR OCCURS HERE
headPanel.add(label);
app.add(pane);
var panel = app.createVerticalPanel();
var flexTable = app.createFlexTable().setStyleAttribute('border', '2px solid black')
.setStyleAttribute('borderCollapse','collapse')
.setBorderWidth(2);
//Get Data from spreadsheet
var spreadsheetId = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';//Change it to your Spreadsheet ID
var dataArray = getData(spreadsheetId);
//Load data into table cells
Logger.log(dataArray);
for (var row = 0; row<dataArray.length; row++){
if (row > 0) {
var ticketDate = dataArray[row] [0];
var dateStamp = Utilities.formatDate(ticketDate, "America/Chicago", "MM/dd/yyyy");
Logger.log("dateStamp = " +dateStamp);
dataArray[row] [0] = dateStamp;
var ticketDate2 = dataArray[row] [16];
var dateStamp2 = Utilities.formatDate(ticketDate2, "America/Chicago", "MM/dd/yyyy");
dataArray[row] [16] = dateStamp2;
Logger.log("DateStamp = " +dateStamp2);
}
flexTable.setStyleAttribute("color", "purple").setText(row, 2, dataArray[row][2].toString()).setWidth('300px');
flexTable.setText(row, 0, dataArray[row][0].toString()).setWidth('600px');
flexTable.setText(row, 4, dataArray[row][16].toString()).setWidth('300px');
}
panel.add(flexTable);
app.add(panel);
return app;
}
function getData(spreadsheetId){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetId);
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0].getDataRange();
Logger.log(sheet);
return sheet.getValues();
}

Your header var is a UiInstance - in fact it's the same instance as app, returned as a convenience for chaining by the call to .setTitle().
The .add() method is looking for a Widget as a parameter, and not finding it.
You don't need to keep that header var - it's only causing you trouble. In fact, you could set the Title as you create the UiApp instance:
var app = UiApp.createApplication().setTitle('Detention Attendance');

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Apps Script getEventById() returns null

I am new to Apps Script and struggling with the "getEventById()" function.
My goal is to delete an event entry on Google Calendar via Google Sheets when you press a button.
I already managed to get the event id via Apps Script and it´s Google API V3, but when I hand it over to "getEventById" as parameter, it returns null, even when I "hardcode" the id.
Here´s my code. I removed some parts since those aren´t important I think:
function calDate(){
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = spreadsheet.getActiveSheet();
var calId = spreadsheet.getRange("N1").getValue();
var calEvent = CalendarApp.getCalendarById(calId);
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
var selection = spreadsheet.getSelection();
var selectedRow = selection.getActiveRange().getA1Notation();
var rowRange = sheet.getRange(selectedRow);
var rowNumber = rowRange.getRow();
var colRange = sheet.getRange(selectedRow);
var colNumber = colRange.getColumn();
if (colNumber !== 15){
//wait for showtime
}
else{
// its showtime
var combinedRange = "O" + rowNumber;
var sheetData = sheet.getRange(rowNumber, 3, 1, 15).getValues();
if(sheetData[0][12] == false){
var dateStart = new Date(sheetData[0][7]);
var dateEnd = new Date(sheetData[0][8]);
var KdName = sheetData[0][0];
var BV = event_id[0][4];
var combinedNames = KdName + " - " + BV;
var items = Calendar.Events.list(calId, {
timeMin: dateStart.toISOString(),
timeMax: dateEnd.toISOString(),
q: combinedNames
}).items;
}
else{
var testVar = calEvent.getEventById(/*This is where I would put the htmlLink (the event-id)*/);
console.log(testVar);
}
}
}
Hopefully those informations are enough and if not, feel free to ask for more.
I really hope you guys can help me out!
Kind regards
EDIT & SOLUTION
Okay guys, thanks to Mateo Randwolf, who kindly opened an issue at Google about this, I was able to figure it out. This is the link with an example how to get the the ID from the event and hand that id over to the "getEventById()" function. Or here as a code-block:
function findEventID() {
var now = new Date();
var nextEvent = new Date(now.getTime() + (2 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
var event = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().getEvents(now, nextEvent);
ID = event[0].getId();
Logger.log('EventID: ' + event[0].getId());
Logger.log(CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().getEventById(ID));
}
Now it gets funny. This line:
Logger.log('EventID: ' + event[0].getId());
returns the event-id like it should.
But this one:
Logger.log(CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar().getEventById(ID));
doesn´t show anything except "{}", which is weird.
But if you apply "deleteEvent()" on it, like so:
calEvent.getEventById(ID).deleteEvent(); //calEvent is a CalendarApp, see above
It actually deletes the event from the calendar!
With that, I´d say we found the solution or at least a bypass.
Issue
Hi ! So it seems to me that getEventById() has a bug that returns null instead of the event object as I was getting the exact same behaviour you were reporting in this question. I have filed this behaviour to the public issue tracker, you can find it here with all the discussion on this behaviour.
I hope this has helped you. Let me know if you need anything else or if you did not understood something. :)
Using the Calendar API search query to find events in a calendar
function calDate(){
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh=ss.getActiveSheet();
var calId=ss.getRange("N1").getValue();
var calEvent=CalendarApp.getCalendarById(calId);
var row=ss.getActiveRange().getRow();
var col=ss.getActiveRange().getColumn()
if (col!=15){
//wait for showtime
}else{
var vs=sh.getRange(row, 3, 1, 15).getValues();
if(vs[0][12] == false){
var dateStart=new Date(vs[0][7]);//col J
var dateEnd=new Date(vs[0][8]);//col K
var KdName=vs[0][0];//col 3
event_id below is not defined
var BV=event_id[0][4];//col G
var combinedNames=KdName + " - " + BV;
var items=Calendar.Events.list(calId, {timeMin: dateStart.toISOString(),timeMax: dateEnd.toISOString(),q: combinedNames}).items;
}
else{
var testVar=calEvent.getEventById(/*This is where I would put the htmlLink (the event-id)*/);
console.log(testVar);
}
}
}
Since you couldn't share your spreadsheet I share mine with an example
One thing that helps a lot is playing with the API explorer to figure what works and what doesn't. If you want to display all of the fields you can use * and this example proved very helpful as well
Here's the code:
function myOwnEventSearch() {
var calendarId='***********calendar id**************';
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sh=ss.getSheetByName('Sheet235');
var sr=2;
var sc=2
var rg=sh.getRange(sr,sc,sh.getLastRow()-sr+1,sh.getLastColumn()-sc+1);
var vA=rg.getValues();
var hA=sh.getRange(sr-1,sc,1,sh.getLastColumn()-sc+1).getValues()[0];
var idx={};//locates the data index from column header names
hA.forEach(function(h,i){idx[h]=i;});
var cal=CalendarApp.getCalendarById(calendarId);
var html='<style>td,th{}</style><table><tr><th>Summary</th><th>Start</th><th>End</th><th>Id</th></tr>'
for(var i=0;i<vA.length;i++) {
if(!vA[i][idx['Id']] && vA[i][idx['DateFrom']] && vA[i][idx['DateTo']] && vA[i][idx['SearchString']]) {
var request={timeMin:new Date(vA[i][idx["DateFrom"]]).toISOString(),timeMax:new Date(vA[i][idx["DateTo"]]).toISOString(),q:vA[i][idx["SearchString"]],showDeleted: false,singleEvents:true,maxResults:10,orderBy:"startTime"};
var resp=Calendar.Events.list(calendarId, request);
if(resp.items.length>0) {
var idA=[];
resp.items.forEach(function(item,j){
html+=Utilities.formatString('<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>', item.summary,item.start,item.end,item.id);
idA.push(item.id);
});
sh.getRange(i+sr,idx['Id']+sc).setValue(idA.join(', '))
}
}
}
html+='<table>';
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModelessDialog(HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(html).setWidth(800), "My Events")
}
Here's the spreadsheet before the script runs.
Here's the dialog that displays the search results.
Here's what the spreadsheet looks like after running script:
The Event Ids were copied into the Id Column
And these were the four events I created on my calendar::
Here is how I worked around this. I stored all the events (from the range I was interested in) in a JavaScript Map() so I can find them later:
var cal = CalendarApp.getCalendarById("/* supply your calendar ID here*/");
if (!cal) {
Logger.log("Calendar not found for ID:" + calendarID);
} else {
var calEvents = cal.getEvents(new Date("March 8, 2010"), new Date("March 14, 2025"));
// Store them by eventId for easy access later
var calEventMap = new Map();
for (var j in calEvents) {
calEventMap.set(calEvents[j].getId(), calEvents[j]);
}
/* Later when you need to look up by iCalID... */
var calEvent = calEventMap.get(eventID);
}
Works for me when you get the calendar by id like this:
const calendar = CalendarApp.getCalendarById("theCalendarId");
const event = calendar.getEventById("someEventId");
Now the event is not null, but the actual event, and you can do whatever you want with it from here!

GUI form does not show up

I'm stuck... My code doesn't want to show me my GUI form.
If I'm trying to add this line: sh=SpreadsheetApp.getActive() before sh.show(app) - script works fine in the script editor. But! If I'm trying to deploy as a web app - script doesn't work.
function doGet() {
var app = UiApp.createApplication().setTitle('test online').setHeight(400).setWidth(600);
var dFormat = UiApp.DateTimeFormat.DATE_LONG
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetID);
var settings = sh.getSheetByName('Name');
var lastrowTime = sh.getSheetByName('Name').getLastRow();
var settings = settings.getRange("A2:A" + lastrowTime).getValues();
var main2 = app.createGrid(1, 4);
var status = app.createLabel().setId('status').setWidth('200');
var card = app.createTextBox().setName('card').setId('card').setWidth('50');
var main1 = app.createGrid(6, 3);
var placeA = app.createTextBox().setId('placeA').setName('placeA').setWidth('400');
var placeB = app.createTextBox().setId('placeB').setName('placeB').setWidth('400');
var phone = app.createTextBox().setId(('phone')).setName('phone').setWidth('200');
var timeTo = app.createListBox(false).setWidth(200).setName('timeTo').addItem("...").setVisibleItemCount(1);
for (var i = 0; i < settings.length; i++) {
timeTo.addItem(settings[i]);
}
var main = app.createGrid(4, 5);
var date = app.createDateBox().setName('date').setFormat(dFormat);
var hour = app.createListBox().setName('hour').setWidth('100');
var min = app.createListBox().setName('min').setWidth('100');
for (h=0;h<24;++h){
if(h<10){var hourstr='0'+h}else{var hourstr=h.toString()}
hour.addItem(hourstr)
}
for (m=0;m<60;++m){
if(m<10){var minstr='0'+m}else{var minstr=m.toString()}
min.addItem(minstr)
}
var refresh = app.createButton('Refresh')
var button = app.createButton('Submit')
var main3 = app.createGrid(1,3);
var price = app.createLabel().setId('price').setWidth('400');
var finalStatus = app.createLabel().setId('finalPrice').setWidth('400');
main2.setWidget(0,0, app.createLabel('Client card: ')).setWidget(0,1, card).setWidget(0,3, status);
main1.setWidget(1,0, app.createLabel('From')).setWidget(1,1,placeA);
main1.setWidget(2,0, app.createLabel('To')).setWidget(2,1,placeB);
main1.setWidget(4,0, app.createLabel('Mobile')).setWidget(4,1,phone);
main1.setWidget(5,0, app.createLabel('Make a call?')).setWidget(5,1,timeTo);
main.setWidget(1,0,app.createLabel('Data')).setWidget(1,1,app.createLabel('hour')).setWidget(1,2,app.createLabel('min'))
main.setWidget(2,0,date).setWidget(2,1,hour).setWidget(2,2,min)
main.setWidget(2,3,refresh).setWidget(2,4, button)
main3.setWidget(0,0, price);
main3.setWidget(0,1, finalStatus);
var serverHandler = app.createServerHandler('show').addCallbackElement(main).addCallbackElement(main1).addCallbackElement(main2).addCallbackElement(main3);
button.addClickHandler(serverHandler)
var handler1 = app.createServerHandler('refresh').addCallbackElement(main).addCallbackElement(main1).addCallbackElement(main2).addCallbackElement(main3);
refresh.addClickHandler(handler1)
var handler2 = app.createServerHandler('checkDate').addCallbackElement(main).addCallbackElement(main1).addCallbackElement(main2).addCallbackElement(main3);
date.addValueChangeHandler(handler2)
app.add(main2)
app.add(main1)
app.add(main)
app.add(main3)
sh.show(app)
}
The methods that you are using to show your UI are specifically for Spreadsheet containers. You've probably read this, to get where you are, but re-read Creating User Interface Elements in UI Service, especially the examples of doGet().
function doGet() { // A script with a user interface that is published as a web app
// must contain a doGet(e) function.
...
return myapp;
}
At the end of the function, you simply need to return your UI App instance. No need to call show, or reference the spreadsheet at all.

Set the name of the document when it is created

I am trying to edit this "Generate from Template" script. What the script does is based on a template it inputs information from a Spreadsheet to a Document. I like how it works except that it just names the document a copy of the template then the row number. This isn't very efficient for what i am trying to use this for. My question is how would i be able to do one of these options:
A: Have the name be based on a certain Cell in the row. For example, there is a column named Claim # and Department. I would like both of those to make up the title for each document. The document would be: " {department name} {claim #} " based on the information in that column in that row that was exported.
B: Have a box to put in when generating the document that asks what i want the file to be named.
Thank you for your help!
PS: If it is needed the columns that i would use for the name of the document are: column E then Column D.
This is the code: (I did not make this, i found it in the gallery.)
function generateDocument(e) {
var template = DocsList.getFileById(e.parameter.Templates);
var row = e.parameter.row
var myDocID = template.makeCopy(template.getName()+" - "+ row).getId();
var myDoc = DocumentApp.openById(myDocID);
var copyBody = myDoc.getActiveSection();
var Sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//Browser.msgBox(row);
var myRow = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getRange(row+":"+row);
for (var i=1;i<Sheet.getLastColumn()+1;i++){
var myCell = myRow.getCell(1, i);
copyBody.replaceText("{"+myCell.getA1Notation().replace(row,"")+"}", myCell.getValue());
}
myDoc.saveAndClose();
//var pdf = DocsList.getFileById(copyId).getAs("application/pdf");
//MailApp.sendEmail(email_address, subject, body, {cc: carbonCopy, name: senderName, htmlBody: body, attachments: pdf});
var app = UiApp.getActiveApplication();
app.close();
return app;
}
function getTemplates() {
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var app = UiApp.createApplication().setTitle('Generate from template');
// Create a grid with 3 text boxes and corresponding labels
var grid = app.createGrid(3, 2);
grid.setWidget(0, 0, app.createLabel('Template name:'));
var list = app.createListBox();
list.setName('Templates');
grid.setWidget(0, 1, list);
var docs = DocsList.getFolder("Templates").getFilesByType("document");
for (var i = 0; i < docs.length; i++) {
list.addItem(docs[i].getName(),docs[i].getId());
}
grid.setWidget(1, 0, app.createLabel('Row:'));
var row = app.createTextBox().setName('row');
row.setValue(SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveRange().getRow());
grid.setWidget(1, 1, row);
// Create a vertical panel..
var panel = app.createVerticalPanel();
// ...and add the grid to the panel
panel.add(grid);
// Create a button and click handler; pass in the grid object as a callback element and the handler as a click handler
// Identify the function b as the server click handler
var button = app.createButton('Submit');
var handler = app.createServerClickHandler('generateDocument');
handler.addCallbackElement(grid);
button.addClickHandler(handler);
// Add the button to the panel and the panel to the application, then display the application app in the Spreadsheet doc
panel.add(button);
app.add(panel);
doc.show(app);
}
function onOpen() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var menuEntries = [{name: "Generate from template", functionName: "getTemplates"}];
ss.addMenu("Template Generator", menuEntries);
}
The makeCopy method includes the possibility to give a name to the copy, the autocomplete shows it clearly
So in your code you could do it like this :
function generateDocument(e) {
var template = DocsList.getFileById(e.parameter.Templates);
var Sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();// I moved this line a bit to have Sheet available
var row = e.parameter.row
var myDocID = template.makeCopy(Sheet.getRange('E'+row).getValue()+'-'+Sheet.getRange('D'+row).getValue()).getId();// this is a basic implementation to compose the name with content of column D and E separated by a hyphen... customize it the way you want.
...

Google Apps Scrollpanel not updating with information

My script is iterating through some spreadsheet information. I read the documentation and the scrollpanel is only allowed one child. I therefore wrapped the horizontal panel information inside a scrollpanel but for some reason the scrollpanel never shows up with contents just the colored background. Any ideas why this may be?
var myscrollpanel = app.createScrollPanel().setPixelSize(100, 100);
myscrollpanel.setWidth("100%");
myscrollpanel.setStyleAttribute("background", "silver");
var vpanel = app.createVerticalPanel();
for (i=1; i <= mylastrow;++i)
{
var cellsname= mydatarange.getCell(i,1).getValue().toLowerCase();
// Browser.msgBox(cellsname );
// Browser.msgBox(searchstr.toString());
if (cellsname.toString() == searchstr.toString())
{
var panelrow = app.createHorizontalPanel();
var ddate = app.createTextBox();
var sbehavior = app.createTextBox();
var sconsequence = app.createTextBox();
var scomment = app.createLabel();
var steacher = app.createTextBox();
ddate.setText(mydatarange.getCell(i,5).getValue());
sbehavior.setText(mydatarange.getCell(i,8).getValue());
sconsequence.setText(mydatarange.getCell(i,6).getValue());
scomment.setText(mydatarange.getCell(i,10).getValue());
steacher.setText(mydatarange.getCell(i,7).getValue());
panelrow.add(ddate);
panelrow.add(sbehavior);
panelrow.add(sconsequence);
panelrow.add(steacher);
panelrow.add(scomment);
vpanel.add(panelrow);
app.add(panelrow);
cnt = ++cnt;
}
}
// Browser.msgBox(cnt);
myscrollpanel.add(vpanel);
app.add(myscrollpanel);
// return myscrollpanel;
return app ;// update UI
there are a few "anomalies" in your code that could cause some issues, I suggest a couple of changes (see code below).
Another point is that it is not a good idea to read a spreadsheet in a loop, it is mush more efficient to read the whole range in one time and then use the array values to iterate.
Here is a code proposal, I didn't test it (and it will probably need some debugging) but put a few comments to explain the changes.
var myscrollpanel = app.createScrollPanel()//.setPixelSize(100, 100);// 100 pixel is quite small to put all the items you add !!
myscrollpanel.setWidth("100%");//
myscrollpanel.setStyleAttribute("background", "silver");// this will not affect the widgets you add to the panel...
var vpanel = app.createVerticalPanel();
var data = mydatarange.getValues();// get all data in an array
for (i=0; i <data.length;++i) // and work directly with array values (indexed to 0 instead of cells indexed to 1)
{
var cellsname= data[i][0].toString().toLowerCase();
if (cellsname == searchstr.toString()){
var panelrow = app.createHorizontalPanel();
var ddate = app.createTextBox();
var sbehavior = app.createTextBox();
var sconsequence = app.createTextBox();
var scomment = app.createLabel();
var steacher = app.createTextBox();
ddate.setText(data[i][4].getValue());
sbehavior.setText(data[i][7].getValue());
sconsequence.setText(data[i][5].getValue());
scomment.setText(data[i][9].getValue());
steacher.setText(data[i][6].getValue());
panelrow.add(ddate);
panelrow.add(sbehavior);
panelrow.add(sconsequence);
panelrow.add(steacher);
panelrow.add(scomment);
vpanel.add(panelrow);// add only to the panel, not to the app or the row will be outside the panel
cnt = ++cnt;
}
}
myscrollpanel.add(vpanel);
app.add(myscrollpanel);
return app ;// update UI
}

Parsing XML Data that I receive from UrlFetch

I want to parse the data I get from UrlFetch into a spreadsheet, but all I'm getting is undefined can someone show me what i'm doing wrong
The xml is at the address https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11787731/Minecraft/bans.xml
function runevery15mins() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("MC Bans");
sheet.clearContents();
var banURL = "https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11787731/Minecraft/bans.xml";
var banXML = UrlFetchApp.fetch(banURL).getContentText();
var banDOC = Xml.parse(banXML, false);
var mcuser = banDOC.bans;
var x = 0;
for(var c=0; c>mcuser.length;c++){
var name = mcuser.getElement("username")[c].getText();
var date = mcuser.getElement("date")[c].getText();
var reason = mcuser.getElement("reason")[c].getText();
var duration = mcuser.getElement("duration")[c].getText();
}
sheet.appendRow([name, date, reason, duration]);
}
You have some small errors in your code.
For example, the second argument in the for loop needs to be c<mcuser.length.
Using the Xml service documentation, this worked for me
function runevery15mins() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("MC Bans");
sheet.clearContents();
var banURL = "https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11787731/Minecraft/bans.xml";
var banXML = UrlFetchApp.fetch(banURL).getContentText();
var banDOC = Xml.parse(banXML, false);
// Get all the child nodes from the document element that are 'user' nodes
var mcusers = banDOC.getElement().getElements('user');
for(var c=0; c<mcusers.length;c++){
var user = mcusers[c];
var name = user.getElement('username').getText();
var date = user.getElement('date').getText();
var reason = user.getElement('reason').getText();
var duration = user.getElement('duration').getText();
sheet.appendRow([name, date, reason, duration]);
}
}
Note for example that the sheet.appendRow line is INSIDE the loop, not outside as you had it before. I also deleted the X variable, since I didn't see any purpose for it.
I also created a user variable, which is an XmlElement, to make it easier to understand how to get the different contents of each node.
You were almost there.
Looks like there was another array you needed to drill down into. Also, your call back to the spreadsheet should be in the loop. Try this:
...
var mcuser = banDOC.bans.user;
for(var i in mcuser){
var name = mcuser[i].getElement("username").getText();
var date = mcuser[i].getElement("date").getText();
var reason = mcuser[i].getElement("reason").getText();
var duration = mcuser[i].getElement("duration").getText();
sheet.appendRow([name, date, reason, duration])
}