do something useful with Apps Script in 5 minutes

2.Graduate to a databaseBruce McPhersonwww.mcpher.com

Snippet objectives

● Use the lessons learned in ‘using a spreadsheet as a database’

● Migrate data to a database - This example uses Parse.com

Libraries used● database abstraction● driver sheet● driver parse

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Sign up to Parse.com

● Sign up to parse.com● Create an application● Get api keysWe’re going to need the ● Application ID● REST API Key

Store keys in properties

We’ll use the script propertiesJust need to run this oncefunction storeMyKeys () {

PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().setProperty( "parseKeys", JSON.stringify ({

restAPIKey:'9oQAS9MO2fccccccccccccccccn4vp8',

applicationID:'kaIR5Tak4Ycccccccccczl1TgyO2'

}));

}

layout what you are going to dofunction myFunction() {

// open spreadsheet as database

// get all the data

// open parse.com database

// delete any data already there

// write the data

// check count against original

}

Get a handler for the sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14xvwnQwhvw4jSGRBo7ZbJvNaNu438-5mMl2u_TJswlw/edit?usp=sharing

// open spreadsheet as database

var handler = new cDbAbstraction.DbAbstraction (cDriverSheet, {

siloid:'carrierCodes',

dbid:'14xvwnQwhvw4jSGRBo7ZbJvNaNu438-5mMl2u_TJswlw',

});

if (!handler.isHappy()) throw 'unable to open sheet';

Get all the data

// get all the data

var result = handler.query();

if (result.handleCode < 0) throw result.handleError;

Get a handler for parse.com

// open parse.com database

var parseHandler = new cDbAbstraction.DbAbstraction (cDriverParse, {

siloid:'carrierCodes',

driverob:JSON.parse(

PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().getProperty("parseKeys"))

});

if (!parseHandler.isHappy()) throw 'unable to open parse.com';

Delete any parse.com data

// delete any data already there

var parseResult = parseHandler.remove();

if (parseResult.handleCode < 0) throw parseResult.handleError;

Migrate the data over from Sheet

// write the data

var parseResult = parseHandler.save(result.data);

if (parseResult.handleCode < 0) throw parseResult.handleError;

check it - using the parse.com dashboard

Check the counts match

// check count against original

if (parseHandler.count().data[0].count !== handler.count().data[0].count) throw 'oops'

Go and play on parse.comRepeat the examples in ‘using a spreadsheet as a database’The only difference is how you get a handler. // open spreadsheet as database

var handler = new cDbAbstraction.DbAbstraction (cDriverSheet, {

siloid:'carrierCodes',

dbid:'14xvwnQwhvw4jSGRBo7ZbJvNaNu438-5mMl2u_TJswlw',

});

// open parse.com database

var parseHandler = new cDbAbstraction.DbAbstraction (cDriverParse, {

siloid:'carrierCodes',

driverob:JSON.parse(

PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().getProperty("parseKeys"))

});

Follow up materials

Take a copy of this scriptTake a copy of the sheetTake a copy of these slidesJoin me on G+, or the G+ communityMore on desktop liberationMore on database abstraction