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Using Google Sheet API and Google Chat Webhooks to make my life easier
// Function was taken from
// https://joeybronner.fr/blog/google-apps-script-get-current-user-email-from-a-spreadsheet-add-on/
function getCurrentUserEmail() {
var userEmail = Session.getActiveUser().getEmail();
if (userEmail === '' || !userEmail || userEmail === undefined) {
userEmail = PropertiesService.getUserProperties().getProperty('userEmail');
if (!userEmail) {
var protection = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getRange('A1').protect();
protection.removeEditors(protection.getEditors());
var editors = protection.getEditors();
if (editors.length === 2) {
var owner = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getOwner();
editors.splice(editors.indexOf(owner), 1);
}
userEmail = editors[0];
protection.remove();
PropertiesService.getUserProperties().setProperty('userEmail', userEmail);
}
}
Logger.log(userEmail);
return userEmail;
}
function myEditNew(e) {
// The e is an event Object
//https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/triggers/events
if (e.value)
{
Logger.log(e.range);
Logger.log("Data: "+e.value);
var val=e.value;
// This function is to get the current user that created the task its documented in the Gist at the end of the post
var cur_user=getCurrentUserEmail();
var text = Utilities.formatString('Incident created by *%s*: ```%s``` <users/all>',cur_user,val);
}
//1. Bot Test room
// [Args[Webhook URL, Space Name, Thread Name]]
// To get the Thread ID read this Stackoverflow answer
// https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/117392/get-link-to-specific-conversation-thread-and-or-message-in-a-chat-room-in-google
var urls = [
[
"https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces/room_id/messages?key=Webhook_ID",
"spaces/room_id/messages/space_name.space_name",
"spaces/Thread_ID/threads/Thread_ID"
],
];
// Lots of Logging to see if Things are working properly.
Logger.log(e.range.getA1Notation());
Logger.log(e.range.getColumn());
Logger.log(val);
if (e.range.getA1Notation().startsWith('C') && val != "")
{
// Synchronously Post it to the Rooms
for(i=0;i<urls.length;i++)
{
var payload={
"name":urls[i][1],
"thread":{
"name":urls[i][2]
},
"text":text
};
var options = {
'method' : 'post',
'contentType': 'application/json',
// Convert the JavaScript object to a JSON string.
'payload' : JSON.stringify(payload)
};
Logger.log(options);
// UrlFetchApp Documentation
// https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/url-fetch/url-fetch-app
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(urls[i][0], options);
Logger.log(response);
}
}
}
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