I'm new to scripting and have been trying to put this together without having to purchase an extension or use a chrome add-on.
I want to be able to take not only Goggle script form responses, but also extra columns of the form responses' spreadsheet (where I have manipulated some of the responses in a different column) and use that to set a calendar appointment in which the description is the column(s) of manipulated data (not an original response column of data). In the example below, I want the calendar description to be the column [Combo Description] that represents an arrayformula combination of two form responses: [Event Description] and [New Description], which upon each form response appears in the defined calendar.
Here's an example I'm trying to modified is a simplified version of something more detailed I'm attempting to do.
My example form is here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EcafKYmstMiPcIhYpEsnvmf47yyeWNiYZIyxr93QkPU/edit?usp=sharing
The supporting google spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1db6n-d88KrCWKXMuaFYYOU75pNOAysqwBuc7aORkmKE/edit?usp=sharing
I'm using a modified version of a script from the following website: http://www.jessespevack.com/blog/2016/2/9/turn-a-google-form-response-into-a-calendar-event
Here's a copy of my/his script:
//Load the Moment.js library once.
var moment = Moment.load();
var GLOBAL = {
//the id of the form we will use to create calendar events
formId : "1EcafKYmstMiPcIhYpEsnvmf47yyeWNiYZIyxr93QkPU",
//the id of the calendar we will create events on
calendarId : "[email protected]",
//a mapping of form item titles to sections of the calendar event
formMap : {
eventTitle: "Event Title",
startTime : "Event Date and Start Time",
endTime: "Event Date and End Time",
description: "Event Description", // Tried the following: + , & concate col[6]:which didn't throw an error but didn't make an appointment either
location: "Event Location",
email: "Add Guests",
},
}
function onFormSubmit() {
var eventObject = getFormResponse();
var event = createCalendarEvent(eventObject);
}
function getFormResponse() {
// Get a form object by opening the form using the
// form id stored in the GLOBAL variable object
var form = FormApp.openById(GLOBAL.formId),
//Get all responses from the form.
//This method returns an array of form responses
responses = form.getResponses(),
//find the length of the responses array
length = responses.length,
//find the index of the most recent form response
//since arrays are zero indexed, the last response
//is the total number of responses minus one
lastResponse = responses[length-1], // The -1 goes after length
//get an array of responses to every question item
//within the form for which the respondent provided an answer
itemResponses = lastResponse.getItemResponses() // Took a comma off here
//create an empty object to store data from the last
//form response
//that will be used to create a calendar event
eventObject = {};
//Loop through each item response in the item response array
for (var i = 0, x = itemResponses.length; i<x; i++) {
//Get the title of the form item being iterated on
var thisItem = itemResponses[i].getItem().getTitle(),
//get the submitted response to the form item being
//iterated on
thisResponse = itemResponses[i].getResponse();
//based on the form question title, map the response of the
//item being iterated on into our eventObject variable
//use the GLOBAL variable formMap sub object to match
//form question titles to property keys in the event object
switch (thisItem) {
case GLOBAL.formMap.eventTitle:
eventObject.title = thisResponse;
break;
case GLOBAL.formMap.startTime:
eventObject.startTime = thisResponse;
break;
case GLOBAL.formMap.endTime:
eventObject.endTime = thisResponse;
break;
case GLOBAL.formMap.description:
eventObject.description = thisResponse;
break;
case GLOBAL.formMap.location:
eventObject.location = thisResponse;
break;
case GLOBAL.formMap.email:
eventObject.email = thisResponse;
break;
}
}
return eventObject;
}
function createCalendarEvent(eventObject) {
//Get a calendar object by opening the calendar using the
//calendar id stored in the GLOBAL variable object
var calendar = CalendarApp.getCalendarById(GLOBAL.calendarId),
//The title for the event that will be created
title = eventObject.title,
//The start time and date of the event that will be created
startTime = moment(eventObject.startTime).toDate(),
//The end time and date of the event that will be created
endTime = moment(eventObject.endTime).toDate();
//an options object containing the description and guest list
//for the event that will be created
var options = {
description : eventObject.description,
guests : eventObject.email,
location: eventObject.location,
};
try {
//create a calendar event with given title, start time,
//end time, and description and guests stored in an
//options argument
var event = calendar.createEvent(title, startTime,
endTime, options)
} catch (e) {
//delete the guest property from the options variable,
//as an invalid email address with cause this method to
//throw an error.
delete options.guests
//create the event without including the guest
var event = calendar.createEvent(title, startTime,
endTime, options)
}
return event;
Logger.log(event);
}
/***
For later to make the endDate be a fixed 2hr appointment
var submittedDate = new Date(userSubmission);
var parsedDate = Date.parse(submittedDate);
var endDate = new Date(parsedDate + 120000);
**/
Please any hints or suggestions to how to get the extra columns of the form spreadsheet into the calendar suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
onFormSubmit(e)- theevariable is very useful. Also review the Spreadsheet reference. – tehhowch