I am relatively new to dealing with XML files from Google Sheets and have an XML file generated from a Google Sheet that I want to take data from and display it in a table. The XML file that Google Sheets generates displays each entry as follows:
<entry>
<id>https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list<MyID>/2/public/values/cokwr</id>
<updated>2020-09-08T10:27:43.003Z</updated>
<category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006' term='http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006#list'/>
<title type='text'>1</title>
<content type='text'>name: Joe Bloggs, totalpoints: 0</content>
<link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/<MyID>/2/public/values/cokwr'/>
<gsx:pos>1</gsx:pos>
<gsx:name>Joe Bloggs</gsx:name>
<gsx:totalpoints>0</gsx:totalpoints>
</entry>
And my html file looks like this:
<body>
<table id = "league_data">
<tr><th>Pos</th><th>Name</th><th>Points</th>
</tr>
</table>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/<MyID>/2/public/values",
dataType: "html",
success: function(xml){
console.log("here");$
$(xml).find('entry').each(function(){
var Pos = $(this).find('gsx:name').text();
var Name = $(this).find('gsx:name').text();
var Points = $(this).find('gsx:totalpoints').text();
$('<tr></tr>').html('<th>' +Pos+ '</th><td>$' +Name+ '</td><td>$' +Points+ '</td>').appendTo('#league_data');
});
}
});
});
</script>
</body>
Is it possible to retrieve the data that is wrapped in the gsx:pos, gsx:name and gsx:totalpoints tags? My code does not seem to work when those tags are used. Any help would be great.
Solution
You will have to parse the XML as a DOM in order to access to the tag names like that.
Here is an example for your case without JQuery:
// inside the success callback
const parser = new DOMParser();
let xmlDom = parser.parseFromString(xml, 'text/xml');
let Pos = xmlDom.getElementsByTagName('gsx:pos')[0].textContent;
let Name = xmlDom.getElementsByTagName('gsx:name')[0].textContent;
let Points = xmlDom.getElementsByTagName('gsx:totalPoints')[0].textContent;
$('<tr></tr>').html('<th>' +Pos+ '</th><td>$' +Name+ '</td><td>$' +Points+ '</td>').appendTo('#league_data');
// ...
Reference
DOMParser
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var content=search_list[i].split('=',2);
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How can I add a busy indicator before the Ajax popup appears on screen? I have been trying to follow several examples, but they are overly complex and very confusing for what seems should be an easy fix. Can anyone please help? Very new to Ajax. Thank you!
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.button').click(function(){
var clickBtnValue = $(this).val();
var ajaxurl = 'auto.php',
data = {'action': clickBtnValue};
$.post(ajaxurl, data, function (response) {
alert(response);
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});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="submit" class="button" name="Start" value="Start" />
</body>
</html>
You have to add the indicator when starting the ajax call and remove it when the call returns.
But you should fix your html (input element is only valid inside a form tag) and then you have to prevent the form submission. If you follow this rules your code looks like this:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.button').click(function(evt){
// preventing the form submission
evt.preventDefault();
var clickBtnValue = $(this).val();
var ajaxurl = 'auto.php',
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// add indicator here (before the ajax request starts)
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$.post(ajaxurl, data, function (response) {
// removing the indicator inside the success handler of the ajax call.
$indicator.remove();
alert(response);
});
});
});
I need help with Google App Script on a Google Sheet and an Html form. I just cannot get them to connect properly. The form has a text box and two buttons. The user enters a name in the text box and press the start button. The start button records time to a variable. When finished, the user presses finish. The finish button records the time and processes the text box and start button. This info is sent back to the Google App Script to be written to the Sheet. I would like to use an AJAX or JQuery call, but it doesn't seem to be working. Need a little help getting the nice form working. I have tried doGet(e) and doGet() functions, but those aren't working. I have tried lots of different versions of the code. This isn't my final html form, but it has the same point. If I click the button, AJAX should return something to the Google App Script after processing. New to Google App Scripting and need help. Thanks!
code.gs
function doGet(e) {
var result = "";
try {
result = "Hi" + e.queryString;
//should write to the spreadsheet the information here
} catch (f) {
result= "Error" + f.toString();
}
result=JSON.stringify({"result":result});
return ContentService
.createTextOutput( "(" + result + ")")
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//where does HtmlService.createHtmlOutput('index.html') go?
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<base target="_top">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
// Make an AJAX call to Google Script
function callGoogleScript() {
var url = "https://script.google.com/macros/s/" my script id "/exec";
var data = { name: "Tom", city: "Nowhere" };
var request = jQuery.ajax({
url:url+encodeURIComponent(data),
method: "GET",
dataType: "jsonp"
});
}
// print the returned data
function ctrlq(e) {
console.log(e.result)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="test" name="test" onclick="callGoogleScript()">Test</script>
</body>
</html>
Edit: This is for a Web App.
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&sensor=true"></script>
<script src="Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
var input = document.getElementById('location');
var options = {
types: ["locality"]
};
autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>Location: <input type="text" id="location" style="width:400px;" /></div>
</body>
</html>
There is my code to generate my autocomplete location text input. Google's list of supported types (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/supported_types.html) shows "locality" as being the type to use when I do not wish for everything to come back in the result(businesses, etc). I am getting no results.
Basically, what I would like to achieve is to search for a city (IE: Toronto) And only see results like: "Toronto, ON, Canada". Perhaps I am confused on how I implement this API.
Thank you very much for your replies!
I think the option you are looking for according to the docs is "geocode" ( http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#AutocompleteOptions ):
var options = {
types: ["geocode"]
};
you can also use the country restriction
example:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize()
{
var input = document.getElementById('searchTextField');
var options = {
types: ['(cities)'],
componentRestrictions: {country: "ca"}
};
autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
<input id="searchTextField" type="text" size="50" placeholder="Anything you want!">
now you can easily add a dropdown with a selection of cities and re-filter the cities, when onchange of the dropdown occurs :)
Try, check out the jsfiddle:
var options = {
types: ['geocode']
};
types, which can be either establishment or geocode, representing
businesses or addresses, respectively. If types is not specified, both
types are returned.
If the user types Tor in the input field and the output you want is Toronto, ON, Canada then you should use types=(regions), with the brackets.
I don't know if the option was present when the question was asked, but it is available now.
Sample Request:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=Tor&key=<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>&types=(regions)
You can use like this
types: ['geocode' || 'establishment' || 'address']
When I try to get the contents of a htm file into a div using a xmlhttprequest object in Firefox it includes everything, but in IE it only includes the contents of the body tag. In other words it ignores all the styling (in the head tag) of the page, rendering it ugly.
Is it possible to get the full page when using xmlhttprequest in internet explorer?
edit:
document.getElementById('divtoreceivetheresponse').innerHTML = xmlHTTP.responseText
This line in FF gets the page contents including the <head></head> section.
In IE it just gets the contents inside the <body></body> section.
I got an answer from elsewhere. Basically it does include all the page (not just the body) but IE chooses not to render it (probably the correct behavour)
I therefore worked out some code to extract the css, place it in the head, and place the body stuff in the target div. So both html and css from the external page would be got.
<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function include(lyr,url)
{
if (document.all)
{
try {
var xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
xml.Open( "GET", url, false );
xml.Send()
}
catch (e) {
var xml = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0");
xml.Open( "GET", url, false );
xml.Send()
}
}
else
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var xml=new XMLHttpRequest();
xml.open("GET",url,false);
xml.send(null);
}
text = xml.responseText;
text = text.replace("<html>","");
text = text.replace("</html>","");
text = text.replace("<head>","");
text = text.replace("</head>","");
text = text.replace("<body>","");
text = text.replace("</body>","");
splittext = text.split("<style type=\"text/css\">");
splittext = splittext[1].split("</style>");
css = splittext[0];
everythingelse = splittext[1];
addCss(css);
document.getElementById(lyr).innerHTML=everythingelse;
}
function addCss(cssCode) {
var styleElement = document.createElement("style");
styleElement.type = "text/css";
if (styleElement.styleSheet) {
styleElement.styleSheet.cssText = cssCode;
} else {
styleElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(cssCode));
}
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(styleElement);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="include('adiv','test.htm')">
<div id="adiv">sdfgboui hsdguhwruh o ikuy </div>
</body>
</html>
The code is far from perfect, but it does the job and I will probably improve the code bit by bit now that I know it works