Using CiviCRM in Google Drive with the new CiviService Google Script Library

Using CiviCRM in Google Drive with the new CiviService Google Script Library

Martin Hawksey@mhawksey

#CiviCon London 2016

Previously ….

Don’t hate, automate“ “

Google Script

CC-BY Google – Google Apps Script, 13-03-2012

Where..

Standalone

Sheets

Docs

Forms

Sites

What..

Lets interface … {API}

Image credit: CC-BY-NC nikkihttps://flic.kr/p/5d59EW

CiviService – A CiviCRM API Library for Google Script

“CiviService – Example

A basic event creation workflow to allow members to add CiviEvents

to our site.

Exploring the CiviCRM API

http://dmaster.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/api#explorer

Step 1 – Create a Google Form

Step 2 – Add some columns

Step 3 – Add some custom code

Custom UI

Step 3 – Add some custom code

Processing each row of the Google Sheet

Step 3 – Add some custom code

Create CiviEvent from the row data using the CiviCRM API

CiviService – How to use?

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Easy…

… simply note this id

Visit https://mashe.hawksey.info/?p=17333

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