Show HN: Tweetsheets – Twitter directly from within Google Docs

[andreasklinger]

http://die.socialisten.at/2012/08/tweetsheets-twitter-directly-from-within-google-docs/

[ConstantineXVI]

Apps Script seems to be capable of quite a bit more than the name suggests. Wouldn't expect it to have a full UI toolkit and designer, hosted memcache, or SQL access[0].

(In the docs, Google seems to dance around ever calling the language "JavaScript" but I can't find any reason it wouldn't be. Anyone know anything on that?)

[0] https://developers.google.com/apps-script/defaultservices PS: naturally most of the "core" Apps services are exposed as well

[codeka → ConstantineXVI]

On the overview page(1) they explicitly call it "a JavaScript cloud scripting language". As far as I know, there's no practical difference between Apps Script and JavaScript (except one runs on the server and one runs in the browser).

(1): https://developers.google.com/apps-script/overview

[andreasklinger]

posting on behalf of my colleague jollife[1] who can't publish on HN because his account is "too young"? Is there any way around this?

[1]: http://news.ycombinator.org/user?id=jollife

[ColinWright → andreasklinger]

Can you provide more details about this? I've seen many people post when they've got completely fresh, newly minted accounts. Perhaps things have changed recently, but I wonder if there's something going on other than what you think.

A proper report would be helpful.

[polshaw → andreasklinger]

..seems odd, i've seen many 'green' (representing new?) users with articles on the front page?

Looking at the user-page, i can only assume it means 'too few points', since they have had an account for over 9 months?

If anyone can shed any light on this, please go ahead.

[dfc → andreasklinger]

The TLD in news.ycombinator.org sticks out. Did he try news.ycombinator.com?

[tgrass → andreasklinger]

Using the same computer? Try clearing cookies.

[dotBen]

Here's another awesome Google Doc in this area: A Google Spreadsheet that will harvest all tweets containing a given search string.

The code is interesting, and I had no idea Google Docs had the equivalent of CRON:

http://mashe.hawksey.info/2012/01/twitter-archive-tagsv3/

[vj44]

Or you can do the same right from MS Excel (in Python) using DataNitro: http://mit.edu/~victorj/www/blog/2012/08/06/Twitter-reader-i...

[nmcfarl]

We use a Google Spreadsheet as a buffer for our tweets at work, hacking the ’sheet to post would be an awesome addition - and not one I’d’ve ever thought of.

This is a cool hack - and one that will make my co-workers lives a bit simpler.

[nollidge]

Are Apps scripts run in browser or on the server? Because this could be used as a Twitter proxy for anyone whose network filters for Twitter.com but not docs.google.com.

Or, for that matter, data from any other blocked website...

EDIT: wording

[sit12]

I dont get the "authorize" option in Run. It just says "running my function." Am I missing something?

[darkstalker]

Didn't know that a google document could connect to internet services, very nice.

[jnazario]

hilarity, and thanks for showing me that apps script is worth looking at.

[subnet]

crazy :)