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Writing Google Apps Script Code Locally in VSCode

by Khadka's Coding Lounge.August 21st, 2022
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Take apps script ID from your project and set up a local Dev Environment with Clasp. I'm assuming that you have already installed node, npm, and VS code. Clasp is an easy way to set-up a local project for our apps script project ( You don't have to do it) Set-Up Project Locally: Pick your favorite folder to set up your favorite project for local project. Use Clasp to clone the project from the apps script dashboard to vs code.

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Take apps script ID from your project and set up a local Dev Environment with Clasp.


Install Clasp

I'll be using Linux for this project but if you're using windows then omit the Sudo command, to install the clasp package.


sudo npm install -g @google/clasp

# For windows
# npm install -g @google/clasp


I'm assuming that you have already installed node, npm, and VS code.


Check the installation result with:


clasp -v 


Set-Up Project Locally

Please pick your favorite folder to set up a local project for our apps script project ( You don't have to do it).


npm init 


After that let's create a new folder that will clone the app scripts project. Let's call it src(source).


# Inside the project folder
mkdir src 


Clone the Project from Cloud to Local

Now, we'll clone the project from the apps script dashboard to vs code. To do that App Script ID is needed. You can find the ID in Projects Settings> IDs(check out the image below).



Copy the ID then, on the terminal clone the project.


clasp clone "ID inside quote" --rootDir src


Here,

  1. We are providing id inside quotes.
  2. Asking to clone the project inside the src folder as the root folder.


How to push to the cloud?

To push on the google cloud project we can use the following command.


clasp -P src/ push


It'll push everything inside the src folder to your apps script cloud project.


Prepping To Push To Git Repo

A bonus tip, remember to add the following files inside .gitignore, before pushing your project on GitHub.


src/.clasp.json

src/appsscript.json


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Conclusion

So, this was a brief blog on settings for apps script on a local computer. Now you can edit your Apps Scripts projects in your favorite IDE.


Thanks for reading. I am Nibesh Khadka from Khadka's Coding Lounge. We can write add-ons and custom Apps Script for automation for your projects.


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