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basic Apps Script or JavaScript • basic understanding of how APIs work • Google Cloud Console basics • Google Sheets basics
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implement Google Drive Picker • publish popup web apps • detect duplication digitally
Bruce Mcpherson
1 week · 6-8 hours per week · BEGINNER
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Acme Widgets, a manufacturing company, processes its supplier invoices with an AI-powered Google Workspace add-on that automatically extracts and records invoice data. But the add-on has limited functionality, such as only being able to interpret single image files, which makes tasks like picking files difficult. It’s up to you to make basic tasks like these easier. You’ll enable the Google Picker API to add the ability to navigate and customize files. You’ll create and publish a file picker as a web app, and publish the add-on with the attached file picker. To further enhance the user interface, you’ll add image thumbnails and links to the picked files, as well as support for interpreting PDFs and images to accommodate a larger variety of documents. When you’re done, you’ll have helped ensure Acme Widgets’ accounts are accurate and made the staff’s lives easier—all while learning Google add-on customization skills.

This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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Bruce Mcpherson

Bruce Mcpherson is a Google Developer Expert focusing on Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform. Throughout his distinguished career, he’s held titles including Chief Architect, Head of Engineering, CTO, and CIO, at Motorola, Lucent, and Symbol. He's the author of O'Reilly Media’s Going GAS, Google Apps Script for Beginners, and Google Apps Script for Developers. His long-running Desktop Liberation site provides his expert guidance on Google Apps Script and Microsoft automation. He’s the developer of many open-source libraries (github.com/brucemcpherson) in a variety of languages and platforms. He speaks at conferences on Google technologies. He’s currently developing the platform for a startup specializing in AI-assisted video content analysis and classification and continues to mentor organizations whose mission is to improve diversity in tech.

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This liveProject is for beginner-level Apps Script or JavaScript developers interested in learning to customize Google Workspace add-ons to increase functionality and usability. To begin these liveProjects you’ll need to be familiar with the following:

TOOLS
  • Google Workspace account (Google Sheets, JavaScript/Apps Script, Google Drive)
  • Google Cloud Console
  • Your favorite browser
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  • Basic JavaScript/Apps Script
  • Create and manage a billing account and cloud projects

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