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Google apps script for parsing the URL of the free ebook from the packtpub newsletter
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function extractPacktpubUrl() { | |
try { | |
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet(); | |
var label = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName("packt_free_ebook"); | |
var threads = label.getThreads(); | |
if (threads[0] == undefined || threads[0].getMessages()[0] == undefined) { | |
Logger.log('No valid message found'); | |
return; | |
} | |
var currentThread = threads[0]; | |
var msg = currentThread.getMessages()[0]; | |
Logger.log('Parsing ' + msg.getSubject()); | |
var regExp = /(https.*\/packt\/free-ebook\/.*)\?/; | |
var freeBookData = regExp.exec(msg.getPlainBody()); | |
if (!freeBookData) { | |
Logger.log('No ebook data found in mail'); | |
} else { | |
var url = [freeBookData[1]]; | |
ss.clear(); | |
ss.appendRow(url); | |
Logger.log('Added URL ' + url); | |
} | |
} catch (err) { | |
GmailApp.sendEmail(YOUR_MAIL, 'Packtpub URL extractor error: ' + err.name, err.message + "\n\n" + err.stack); | |
return; | |
} | |
const newLabel = GmailApp.createLabel(label.getName() + '_processed'); | |
currentThread.addLabel(newLabel); | |
currentThread.removeLabel(label); | |
currentThread.moveToArchive() | |
} |
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