Google Apps Script quickstart

Create a Google Apps Script that makes requests to the Google Sheets API.

Quickstarts explain how to set up and run an app that calls a Google Workspace API. This quickstart uses a simplified authentication approach that is appropriate for a testing environment. For a production environment, we recommend learning about authentication and authorization before choosing the access credentials that are appropriate for your app.

In Apps Script, Google Workspace quickstarts use Advanced Google services to call Google Workspace APIs and handle some details of the authentication and authorization flow.

Objectives

  • Configure the environment.
  • Create and configure the script.
  • Run the script.

Prerequisites

  • A Google Account
  • Access to Google Drive

Create the script

  1. Create a new script by going to script.google.com/create.
  2. Replace the contents of the script editor with the following code:

sheets/quickstart/quickstart.gs
/**
 * Creates a Sheets API service object and prints the names and majors of
 * students in a sample spreadsheet:
 * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgvE2upms/edit
 * @see https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets.values/get
 */
function logNamesAndMajors() {
  const spreadsheetId = '1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgvE2upms';
  const rangeName = 'Class Data!A2:E';
  try {
    // Get the values from the spreadsheet using spreadsheetId and range.
    const values = Sheets.Spreadsheets.Values.get(spreadsheetId, rangeName).values;
    //  Print the values from spreadsheet if values are available.
    if (!values) {
      console.log('No data found.');
      return;
    }
    console.log('Name, Major:');
    for (const row in values) {
      // Print columns A and E, which correspond to indices 0 and 4.
      console.log(' - %s, %s', values[row][0], values[row][4]);
    }
  } catch (err) {
    // TODO (developer) - Handle Values.get() exception from Sheet API
    console.log(err.message);
  }
}

  1. Click Save .
  2. Click Untitled project, type Quickstart, and click Rename.

Configure the script

Enable the Google Sheets API

Open the Apps Script project.

  1. Click Editor .
  2. Next to Services, click Add a service .
  3. Select Sheets API and click Add.

Run the sample

In the Apps Script editor, click Run.

The first time you run the sample, it prompts you to authorize access:

  1. Click Review permissions.
  2. Choose an account.
  3. Click Allow.

The script's execution log appears at the bottom of the window.

Next steps