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Google Sheets Apps Script
// 1. Run > setup
// - to set the document id
//
// 2. Publish > Deploy as web app
// - enter Project Version name and click 'Save New Version'
// - set security level and enable service (most likely execute as 'me' and access 'anyone, even anonymously)
//
// 3. Copy the 'Current web app URL' and post this in your form/script action
//
// 4. Insert column names on your destination sheet matching the parameter names of the data you are passing in (exactly matching case)
//
// Post data is sent to the web app URL (with support for `?sheetName=CustomSheetName`) with the following JSON schema
// {
// "header_row": "Optional, to indicate which row no is the header row",
// "columnHeader1": "Value 1",
// "columnHeader2": "Value 2",
// }
var SCRIPT_PROP = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties(); // new property service
function doPost(e){
return handleResponse(e);
}
function handleResponse(e) {
// shortly after my original solution Google announced the LockService[1]
// this prevents concurrent access overwritting data
// [1] http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/concurrency-and-google-apps-script.html
// we want a public lock, one that locks for all invocations
var lock = LockService.getPublicLock();
lock.waitLock(30000); // wait 30 seconds before conceding defeat.
var jsonString = e.postData.getDataAsString();
var jsonData = JSON.parse(jsonString);
var data = [].concat(jsonData);
var sheetName = e.parameter.sheetName || 'Sheet1';
try {
// next set where we write the data - you could write to multiple/alternate destinations
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.openById(SCRIPT_PROP.getProperty("key"));
var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(sheetName);
// we'll assume header is in row 1
var headRow = 1;
var headers = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
var timestamp = new Date();
data.forEach(function(rowData) {
var nextRow = sheet.getLastRow()+1; // get next row
var row = [];
// loop through the header columns
for (i in headers){
if (headers[i] == "Timestamp"){ // special case if you include a 'Timestamp' column
row.push(timestamp);
} else { // else use header name to get data
row.push(rowData[headers[i]]);
}
}
// more efficient to set values as [][] array than individually
sheet.getRange(nextRow, 1, 1, row.length).setValues([row]);
});
// return json success results
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success" }))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
} catch(e){
// if error return this
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"error", "error": e }))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
} finally { //release lock
lock.releaseLock();
}
}
function setup() {
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
SCRIPT_PROP.setProperty("key", doc.getId());
}
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