I am submitting a Form in Google Sheet. After submitting I am getting a printed message like below
{"result":"success","data":"{\"74\":[\"\"],\"76\":[\"\"],\"77\":[\"\"],\"80\":[\"\"],\"81\":[\"\"],\"1_a\":[\"dsfasdfafas\"],\"1_b\":[\"\"],\"2_extra\":[\"\"],\"1_c\":[\"\"]}"}
My code in Code.gs
is like below
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success","data": JSON.stringify(e.parameters) }))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
But I would like to redirect to previous URL (Form URL) after displaying a message. How can I do that ?
Here is my whole Code.js
function formatMailBody(obj, order) {
var result = "";
if (!order) {
order = Object.keys(obj);
}
// loop over all keys in the ordered form data
for (var idx in order) {
var key = order[idx];
result += "<h4 style='text-transform: capitalize; margin-bottom: 0'>" + key + "</h4><div>" + sanitizeInput(obj[key]) + "</div>";
// for every key, concatenate an `<h4 />`/`<div />` pairing of the key name and its value,
// and append it to the `result` string created at the start.
}
return result; // once the looping is done, `result` will be one long string to put in the email body
}
// sanitize content from the user - trust no one
// ref: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/html/html-output#appendUntrusted(String)
function sanitizeInput(rawInput) {
var placeholder = HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(" ");
placeholder.appendUntrusted(rawInput);
return placeholder.getContent();
}
function doPost(e) {
try {
Logger.log(e); // the Google Script version of console.log see: Class Logger
record_data(e);
// shorter name for form data
var mailData = e.parameters;
// names and order of form elements (if set)
var orderParameter = e.parameters.formDataNameOrder;
var dataOrder;
if (orderParameter) {
dataOrder = JSON.parse(orderParameter);
}
// determine recepient of the email
// if you have your email uncommented above, it uses that `TO_ADDRESS`
// otherwise, it defaults to the email provided by the form's data attribute
var sendEmailTo = (typeof TO_ADDRESS !== "undefined") ? TO_ADDRESS : mailData.formGoogleSendEmail;
var url = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getUrl();
// send email if to address is set
if (sendEmailTo) {
MailApp.sendEmail({
to: String(sendEmailTo),
subject: "Contact form submitted",
// replyTo: String(mailData.email), // This is optional and reliant on your form actually collecting a field named `email`
//htmlBody: formatMailBody(mailData, dataOrder)
htmlBody: url
});
}
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success","data": JSON.stringify(e.parameters) }))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
} catch(error) { // if error return this
Logger.log(error);
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"error", "error": error}))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
}
}
/**
* record_data inserts the data received from the html form submission
* e is the data received from the POST
*/
function record_data(e) {
var lock = LockService.getDocumentLock();
lock.waitLock(30000); // hold off up to 30 sec to avoid concurrent writing
try {
Logger.log(JSON.stringify(e)); // log the POST data in case we need to debug it
// select the 'responses' sheet by default
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheetName = e.parameters.formGoogleSheetName || "responses";
var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(sheetName);
var oldHeader = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
var newHeader = oldHeader.slice();
var fieldsFromForm = getDataColumns(e.parameters);
//var row = [new Date()]; // first element in the row should always be a timestamp
var row = [];
// loop through the header columns
for (var i = 0; i < oldHeader.length; i++) { // start at 1 to avoid Timestamp column
var field = oldHeader[i];
var output = getFieldFromData(field, e.parameters);
row.push(output);
// mark as stored by removing from form fields
var formIndex = fieldsFromForm.indexOf(field);
if (formIndex > -1) {
fieldsFromForm.splice(formIndex, 1);
}
}
// set any new fields in our form
// for (var i = 0; i < fieldsFromForm.length; i++) {
// var field = fieldsFromForm[i];
// var output = getFieldFromData(field, e.parameters);
// row.push(output);
// newHeader.push(field);
// }
// more efficient to set values as [][] array than individually
var nextRow = sheet.getLastRow() + 1; // get next row
sheet.getRange(nextRow, 1, 1, row.length).setValues([row]);
// update header row with any new data
if (newHeader.length > oldHeader.length) {
sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, newHeader.length).setValues([newHeader]);
}
}
catch(error) {
Logger.log(error);
}
finally {
lock.releaseLock();
return;
}
}
function getDataColumns(data) {
return Object.keys(data).filter(function(column) {
return !(column === 'formDataNameOrder' || column === 'formGoogleSheetName' || column === 'formGoogleSendEmail' || column === 'honeypot');
});
}
function getFieldFromData(field, data) {
var values = data[field] || '';
var output = values.join ? values.join(', ') : values;
return output;
}
My HTML is like below
<form class="gform" method="POST"
action="https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycbw7gGtJ37j_yLtHVBPmWuYyDB21STeVV3A/exec">
<input type="text" name="1_a" />
<button type="submit" class="activebtn showElement">
Submit
</button>
</form>