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April 15, 2017 21:07
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Google Sheet script that will convert cells A2:B1000 into a downloadable XML file.
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function doGet() { | |
// The sheet that contains the manufacturer information. | |
var manufacturerDataSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Manufacturers"); | |
// The first row of the sheet that contains the manufacturer's name and description. | |
var manufacturerAttributes = manufacturerDataSheet.getRange("A1:B1").getValues(); | |
// Range of rows and columns that contain the manufacturer information. | |
var manufacturerData = manufacturerDataSheet.getRange("A2:B1000").getValues(); | |
// XML document object. | |
var document = XmlService.createDocument(); | |
// Root element of the XML output. | |
var root = XmlService.createElement('manufacturers'); | |
// variable that holds the generated XML document. | |
var xmlOutput; | |
for(var i = 0; i < manufacturerData.length; i++) { | |
if(!isEnd(manufacturerData[i])) { | |
// Begin manufacturer tag. | |
var manufacturer = XmlService.createElement('manufacturer'); | |
for(var j = 0; j < manufacturerData[i].length; j++) { | |
var tag = manufacturerAttributes[0][j]; | |
var text = manufacturerData[i][j]; | |
var manufacturerAttribute = XmlService.createElement(tag); | |
if(tag == "description") { | |
manufacturerAttribute.addContent(XmlService.createCdata(text)) | |
} else { | |
manufacturerAttribute.setText(text); | |
} | |
manufacturer.addContent(manufacturerAttribute); | |
} | |
root.addContent(manufacturer); | |
} else { | |
break; | |
} | |
} | |
// Put everything together and output it. | |
document.addContent(root); | |
xmlOutput = XmlService.getPrettyFormat().format(document); | |
Logger.log(xmlOutput); | |
return ContentService.createTextOutput(xmlOutput).downloadAsFile("manufacturers.xml"); | |
} | |
function isEnd(row) { | |
for(var i = 0; i < row.length; i++) { | |
if(row[i] != "") { | |
return false; | |
} | |
} | |
return true; | |
} |
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