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Retrieve Data From Google Scripts

I wrote a custom Google Script which outputs an object for me and I would like to be able to call it and assign it to a variable which is then used to display data on a website.

Currently, I have figured out to access the data using another Google Scripts project, however I can't find a way to do it using something like a JS file on my computer or DreamHost server.

This is what I have tried:

var infected_data = getData();

function getData() {
  var URL = 'https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbzsyQNJwDvQc5SvNGEDZZOoNI3XxNar9PA9sRucZx7mgzfWpFQ/exec';

  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(URL);

 return response;
}

on something like playcode.io it gives me the following error:

error: Uncaught ReferenceError: UrlFetchApp is not defined

I get the same thing just putting it on my computer and running it there with Chrome:

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It appears UrlFetchApp is only for within Google Scripts. Is there some other way to access the output outside of the Google environment.

*I don't know how authorization and all that fits in here (because Google Scripts seems to run it as my user. right?)

HTML Header:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
    <title>JQVMap - World Map</title>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
    <link href="../dist/jqvmap.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../dist/jquery.vmap.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../dist/maps/jquery.vmap.world.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.vmap.sampledata.deaths.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.vmap.sampledata.infected.js"></script>
    <script>
        jQuery(document).ready(function () {
            jQuery('#vmap').vectorMap({
                map: 'world_en',
                backgroundColor: '#333333',
                color: '#ffffff',
                hoverOpacity: 0.8,
                selectedColor: '#3498DB',
                enableZoom: true,
                showTooltip: true,
                scaleColors: ['#F3A291', '#FF4F3B'],
                values: infected_data,
                normalizeFunction: 'polynomial',
                onLabelShow: function (event, label, code) {
                    label.html('<div class="map-tooltip"><h1 class="header"> ' + label.html() + '</h1><p class="description">Infected: ' + infected_data[code] + '</p><p class="description">Deaths: ' + death_data[code] + '</p></div>');
                }
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>

Google Scripts File:

function doGet() {
    var result = {};
    var infected = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Data').getDataRange().getValues();
    var death = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Data').getDataRange().getValues();
    result = makeObject(infected);

    return ContentService.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify(result)).setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
}

function makeObject(multiArr) {
    var obj = {};
    var countrystats = {};
    var headers = multiArr.shift();

    for (var i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
        countrystats[i] = multiArr.map(function (app) {
            return app[i];
        })
    }

    for (var m = 0; m < countrystats[1].length; m++) {
        obj[countrystats[1][m]] = 0;
    }

    for (var j = 0; j < countrystats[1].length; j++) {
        var TempVar;
        TempVar = obj[countrystats[1][j]];
        obj[countrystats[1][j]] = TempVar + countrystats[3][j];

    }

    return obj;
}

Google Scripts Output (using the JSON View chrome extension):

{
cn: 8134,
th: 23,
mo: 7,
us: 5,
jp: 11,
kr: 4,
sg: 10,
vn: 2,
fr: 5,
np: 1,
my: 8,
ca: 3,
ci: 1,
lk: 1,
au: 9,
de: 4,
fn: 1
}

This is a public link with the object/data i want on it (the same object shown above):web app: https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbzsyQNJwDvQc5SvNGEDZZOoNI3XxNar9PA9sRucZx7mgzfWpFQ/exec

So basically anyone who uses it should be able to access it. I just need a way to assign that data to a local JS variable. The google sheets script is published as a web app. If I'm not mistaken there is a setting to allow anyone, even anonymous to access it.

Here is my attempt at an AJAX request: var url = "https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbzsyQNJwDvQc5SvNGEDZZOoNI3XxNar9PA9sRucZx7mgzfWpFQ/exec";

  var infected_data = jQuery.ajax({
    crossDomain: true,
    url: url,
    method: "GET",
    //dataType: "jsonp"
  });

If i uncomment the jsonp I get an error:

jquery-1.11.3.min.js:5 Cross-Origin Read Blocking (CORB) blocked cross-origin response https://script.googleusercontent.com/macros/echo?user_content_key=JXkCjiJjhcjndRREjoGyVNkZNkD-HvKpEPkpicQBm9nR9OkxjGXdYuOPsLxbJf-B9Rgifl5NWMtzgjfVGuMdGxTJrjKnRpdcOJmA1Yb3SEsKFZqtv3DaNYcMrmhZHmUMWojr9NvTBuBLhyHCd5hHazTNYZyoqG0ZuVXpWSNdoeLErB4AfUCNPKJHgELe5WaAmN5SlwIhonlWkkbFzR8kUwjKrMtdq9u-YqreD7W_KJ_aVqKVBTehAuogPCoZCfVc4yJf5ieDCdMDbXQ8FZZq8iSedsk1Px1LnPBLM8W-ZRcknnbJNT8dS525XG1pNEBR&lib=Mw_Scq3iKhByBS86NJpd_CngcdEShCw7K with MIME type application/json. See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5629709824032768 for more details.

I don't get any errors if i remove it. However, i still can't see the data on my interactive map (My application).

Solution

  • const url = "PUT YOUR GOOGLE WEB APP URL HERE";

    // Declare an async function
  const getData = async () => {
  // Use the await keyword to let JS know this variable has some latency so it should wait for it to be filled 
  // When the variable is fetched, use the .then() callback to carry on 
    const DataJSON = await fetch(url).then(response => 
      response.json()
    )

    return await DataJSON
  };