https://github.com/willdev12/gs-httpget

A very simple method for running code from an external url in Google Script
https://github.com/willdev12/gs-httpget

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A very simple method for running code from an external url in Google Script

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/willdev12/gs-httpget
• Owner: WillDev12
• Created: 2023-08-02T22:33:23.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-02T23:22:34.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-28T21:36:34.019Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: google, google-cloud, google-script, gs, http, httpget, library, urlfetchapp
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.95 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# httpget for GS

Httpget is a useful function that allows you to evaluate code from a url.  Using Google's UrlFetchApp api, you can create a similar function for Google user scripts.

# Documentation

> **Warning:** To perform an httpget, you must use an `eval` statement to run ALL code from the remote url.  Because of this, it can be very easy to accidentally run malicious code if used recklessly.  **Please be careful when using this method.**

As stated before, httpget simply fetches and evaluates any code placed in a remote url.  This can be used for many reasons, such as minimizing installation steps *(a quick copy and paste sure does the trick doesn't it?)*, fetching others' code without having to add a library (use the raw link), or in some cases shrinking file size.

Performing an httpget is simple.  Using Google's [Url Fetch Service](https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/url-fetch), grabbing the code comes down to a one liner:

``` javascript

let data = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://example.com/file.gs").getContentText();

```

**Next**, evaluate the code that the variable `data` returns:

``` javascript

eval(data);

```

Like I said before, please be careful when using this statement as it is [INCREDIBLY](https://stackoverflow.com/a/13167699/20472970) easy to accidentally run malicious code.  Since there is no other way to run code like this in gs, `eval` is the only alternative.

### Full function

``` javascript

// Normal (100 bytes)

function httpget(url) {

    let data = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();

    eval(data);

}

// when using in function form, replace the

// actual url with an assignable variable.

// Compressed (59 bytes)

function l(s){eval(UrlFetchApp.fetch(s).getContentText());}

```

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