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google-apps-scriptgoogle-sheetstriggersauthorizationurlfetch
belteshazzar
belteshazzar

Reputation: 2213

Some methods/functions simply do not work in onEdit trigger

I'm looking to call UrlFetchApp.fetch() based on user input on a sheet but nothing happens. No errors, just silently ignores the call. Same goes for MailApp.sendEmail() and GmailApp.sendEmail()

This is on a Google Apps domain, and only domain users are using the Google Sheet.

Upvotes: 17

Views: 8463

Answers (2)

Serge insas
Serge insas

Reputation: 46822

Simple triggers like onOpen or onEdit are not able to do anything that requires authorization like sending mails because they run silently and anonymously. This is explained in the documentation and discussed in this Google Apps Script community thread.

You should simply rename your onEdit function to something else - SpecialOnEdit for example ? - and create an installable trigger (documentation) from the script editor menu (ressources/triggers/create a new trigger...)

Upvotes: 26

FDG
FDG

Reputation: 810

You can see an execution flow in view -> execution transcript in the script editor. Just change a cell value in spreadsheet then come back the script editor and check "execution transcript". It will show you an error if it happens.

Upvotes: 1

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