Cannot correctly get form data in google script - ajax

Question

I try to submit form data to google sheet via ajax but google script if else statement not work.
Below is the google script
// original from: http://mashe.hawksey.info/2014/07/google-sheets-as-a-database-insert-with-apps-script-using-postget-methods-with-ajax-example/
// original gist: https://gist.github.com/willpatera/ee41ae374d3c9839c2d6
// Enter sheet name where data is to be written below
var SHEET_NAME = "Records";
var SCRIPT_PROP = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties(); // new property service
function doGet(e){
return handleResponse(e);
}
function handleResponse(e) {
// shortly after my original solution Google announced the LockService[1]
// this prevents concurrent access overwritting data
// [1] http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/concurrency-and-google-apps-script.html
// we want a public lock, one that locks for all invocations
var lock = LockService.getPublicLock();
lock.waitLock(30000); // wait 30 seconds before conceding defeat.
try {
// next set where we write the data - you could write to multiple/alternate destinations
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.openById(SCRIPT_PROP.getProperty("key"));
var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(SHEET_NAME);
// we'll assume header is in row 1 but you can override with header_row in GET/POST data
var headRow = e.parameter.header_row || 1;
var headers = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
var nextRow = sheet.getLastRow()+1; // get next row
var row = [];
// loop through the header columns
for (i in headers){
switch (headers[i]) {
case "Timestamp":
row.push(new Date());
break;
case "LogTime":
row.push(new Date());
break;
default:
row.push(e.parameter[headers[i]]);
break;
}
}
// more efficient to set values as [][] array than individually
sheet.appendRow(row);
// return json success results
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"success", "row": nextRow}))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
} catch(e){
// if error return this
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"error", "error": e}))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
} finally { //release lock
lock.releaseLock();
}
}
function setup() {
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
SCRIPT_PROP.setProperty("key", doc.getId());
}
I submit the form data using ajax
HTML
<form id="checkin-form">
<input type="hidden" name="Event" value="<?php echo $events[1]; ?>"/>
<input type="hidden" name="LogTime" value="" />
...
</form>
Javascript
$('#checkin-form').on('submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var jqxhr = $.ajax({
crossDomain: true,
url: url,
method: "GET",
dataType: "json",
data: $("#checkin-form").serialize()
});
return false;
});
From google script, the column LogTime cannot get the Date() but keep empty. What is the possible issue?
Here is the google sheet column
Best regards,
Kelvin

Answer 1

Don't know why the google apps script does not work, finally, I found the article from https://medium.com/#dmccoy/how-to-submit-an-html-form-to-google-sheets-without-google-forms-b833952cc175, when I redo running the Setup function, everything works properly. The Setup function has already been run before and the script worked.