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3 new tools to help improve your Apps Script development and management experience

January 11, 2018

Posted by Ted Bradley, Product Manager, G Suite Developer Platform, Paul McReynolds, Product Manager, G Suite Developer Platform and Grant Timmerman, Developer Programs Engineer, G Suite Developer Relationshostintegration with Stackdriver

Apps Script dashboard, to help you manage, debug and monitor all of your projects in one place.

Apps Script API, so you can programmatically manage Apps Script source files, versions and deployments.

Apps Script Command Line Interface, for easy access to Apps Script API functionality from your terminal and shell scripts.

Apps Script dashboard

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View and search all of your projects.

Monitor the health and usage of projects you care about.

View details about individual projects.

View a log of project executions and terminate long-running executions.

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Create, read, update and delete script projects, source files and versions.

Manage project deployments and entry points (web app, add-on, execution).

Obtain project execution metrics and process data.

Run script functions.

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Run Apps Script code from anywhere using the Execution API

September 25, 2015

Posted by Edward Jones, Software Engineer, Google Apps Script and Wesley Chun, Developer Advocate, Google AppsHave you ever wanted a server API that modifies cells in a Google Sheet, to execute a Google Apps Script app from outside of Google Apps, or a way to use Apps Script as an API platform? Today, we’re excited to announce you can do all that and more with the Google Apps Script Execution API.The Execution API allows developers to execute scripts from any client (browser, server, mobile, or any device). You provide the authorization, and the Execution API will run your script. If you’re new to Apps Script, it’s simply JavaScript code hosted in the cloud that can access authorized Google Apps data using the same technology that powers add-ons. The Execution API extends the ability to execute Apps Script code and unlocks the power of Docs, Sheets, Forms, and other supported services for developers.One of our launch partners, Pear Deck, used the new API to create an interactive presentation tool that connects students to teachers by converting slide decks into interactive experiences. Their app calls the Execution API to automatically generate a Google Doc customized for each student, so everyone gets a personalized set of notes from the presentation. Without the use of Apps Script, their app would be limited to using PDFs and other static file types. Check out the video below to see how it works.Bruce McPherson, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Google Apps, says: “The Execution API is a great tool for enabling what I call ‘incremental transition’ from Microsoft Office (and VBA) to Apps (and Apps Script). A mature Office workflow may involve a number of processes currently orchestrated by VBA, with data in various formats and locations. It can be a challenge to move an entire workload in one step, especially an automated process with many moving parts. This new capability enables the migration of data and process in manageable chunks.” You can find some of Bruce’s sample migration code using the Execution API here.The Google Apps Script Execution API is live and ready for you to use today. To get started, check out the developer documentation and quickstarts. We invite you to show us what you build with the Execution API!