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Form to Google Spreadsheet script

Dec 16th, 2015
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  1. //  1. Enter sheet name where data is to be written below
  2.         var SHEET_NAME = "Sheet1";
  3.  
  4. //  2. Run > setup
  5. //
  6. //  3. Publish > Deploy as web app
  7. //    - enter Project Version name and click 'Save New Version'
  8. //    - set security level and enable service (most likely execute as 'me' and access 'anyone, even anonymously)
  9. //
  10. //  4. Copy the 'Current web app URL' and post this in your form/script action
  11. //
  12. //  5. Insert column names on your destination sheet matching the parameter names of the data you are passing in (exactly matching case)
  13.  
  14. var SCRIPT_PROP = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties(); // new property service
  15.  
  16. // If you don't want to expose either GET or POST methods you can comment out the appropriate function
  17. function doGet(e){
  18.   return handleResponse(e);
  19. }
  20.  
  21. function doPost(e){
  22.   return handleResponse(e);
  23. }
  24.  
  25. function handleResponse(e) {
  26.   // shortly after my original solution Google announced the LockService[1]
  27.   // this prevents concurrent access overwritting data
  28.   // [1] http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/concurrency-and-google-apps-script.html
  29.   // we want a public lock, one that locks for all invocations
  30.   var lock = LockService.getPublicLock();
  31.   lock.waitLock(30000);  // wait 30 seconds before conceding defeat.
  32.  
  33.   try {
  34.     // next set where we write the data - you could write to multiple/alternate destinations
  35.     var doc = SpreadsheetApp.openById(SCRIPT_PROP.getProperty("key"));
  36.     var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(SHEET_NAME);
  37.  
  38.     // we'll assume header is in row 1 but you can override with header_row in GET/POST data
  39.     var headRow = e.parameter.header_row || 1;
  40.     var headers = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
  41.     var nextRow = sheet.getLastRow()+1; // get next row
  42.     var row = [];
  43.     // loop through the header columns
  44.     for (i in headers){
  45.       if (headers[i] == "Timestamp"){ // special case if you include a 'Timestamp' column
  46.         row.push(new Date());
  47.       } else { // else use header name to get data
  48.         row.push(e.parameter[headers[i]]);
  49.       }
  50.     }
  51.     // more efficient to set values as [][] array than individually
  52.     sheet.getRange(nextRow, 1, 1, row.length).setValues([row]);
  53.     // return json success results
  54.     return ContentService
  55.           .createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success", "row": nextRow}))
  56.           .setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
  57.   } catch(e){
  58.     // if error return this
  59.     return ContentService
  60.           .createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"error", "error": e}))
  61.           .setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
  62.   } finally { //release lock
  63.     lock.releaseLock();
  64.   }
  65. }
  66.  
  67. function setup() {
  68.     var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  69.     SCRIPT_PROP.setProperty("key", doc.getId());
  70. }
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