Google Apps Script

You can customize or automate Google Apps using the JavaScript scripting language with Google-defined classes, known as Google Apps Script (GAS). Google implements GAS based on JavaScript 1.6 with some portions of 1.7 and 1.8. The GAS services and APIs provide easy access so users can automate tasks across Google products and third-party services.

You can write code in Google Docs, Sheets, and Forms using GAS and can automate tasks similar to what Visual Basic for Applications does in Microsoft Office. However, GAS runs on Google's server and the results are rendered in your browser. The integrated script editor allows you to edit and debug your scripts within your browser, and you do need not install anything. You can activate ...

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