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How to sync data between Coda docs (and Google Sheets) using Google Apps Script
How to sync data between Coda docs (and Google Sheets) using Google Apps Script
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Main script to do a one-way data sync from one Coda doc to another.
// Setup and global variables
CodaAPI.authenticate('TO UPDATE');
SOURCE_DOC_ID = 'TO UPDATE'
TARGET_DOC_ID = 'TO UPDATE'
TARGET_TABLE_SOURCE_ROW_COLUMN = 'Source Row URL';

/////////////////////// Define tables to sync between source and target docs below //////////////////////////////////

var TABLES = [
//1st table to sync
[
{
doc: SOURCE_DOC_ID,
table: 'TO UPDATE', //1st table from source doc
},
{
doc: TARGET_DOC_ID,
table: 'TO UPDATE', //1st table from target doc
}
],
//2nd table to sync
[
{
doc: SOURCE_DOC_ID,
table: 'TO UPDATE', //2nd table from source doc
},
{
doc: TARGET_DOC_ID,
table: 'TO UPDATE', //2nd table from target doc
}
]

];

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function oneWaySync() {
for each (var table in TABLES) { //If you are using the V8 runtime, delete the word "each" in this line
syncSpecificTable(table[0], table[1]);
}
}

function syncSpecificTable(source, target) {
var sourceTable = CodaAPI.getTable(source.doc, source.table);
var targetTable = CodaAPI.getTable(target.doc, target.table);
Logger.log('::::: Syncing "%s" => "%s"...', sourceTable.name, targetTable.name);

var sourceColumns = CodaAPI.listColumns(source.doc, source.table).items.map(function(item) { return item.name; });
var targetColumns = CodaAPI.listColumns(target.doc, target.table).items.map(function(item) { return item.name; });
var commonColumns = intersection(sourceColumns, targetColumns);
Logger.log('Syncing columns: %s', commonColumns.join(', '));
var sourceRows = CodaAPI.listRows(source.doc, source.table, {limit: 500, useColumnNames: true}).items;
Logger.log('Source table has %s rows', sourceRows.length);

var sourceSourceRowURLs = [];
var upsertBodyRows = sourceRows.map(function(row) {
var cells = commonColumns.map(function(colName) {
return {
column: colName,
value: row.values[colName],
};
});

cells.push({column: TARGET_TABLE_SOURCE_ROW_COLUMN, value: row.browserLink});
sourceSourceRowURLs.push(row.browserLink);
return {cells: cells};
});
var targetRows = CodaAPI.listRows(target.doc, target.table, {limit: 500, useColumnNames: true}).items;
Logger.log('Target table has %s rows', targetRows.length);
targetRows.map(function(row) {
if (sourceSourceRowURLs.indexOf(row.values[TARGET_TABLE_SOURCE_ROW_COLUMN]) == -1) {
CodaAPI.deleteRow(TARGET_DOC_ID, target.table, row['id']);
}
});
CodaAPI.upsertRows(target.doc, target.table, {rows: upsertBodyRows, keyColumns: [TARGET_TABLE_SOURCE_ROW_COLUMN]});
Logger.log('Updated %s!', targetTable.name);
}

//Helper functions
function intersection(a, b) {
var result = [];
for each (var x in a) { //If you are using the V8 runtime, delete the word "each" in this line
if (b.indexOf(x) !== -1) {
result.push(x);
}
}
return result;
}

function prettyPrint(value) {
return JSON.stringify(value, null, 2);
}

function printDocTables() {
var tables = CodaAPI.listTables(TARGET_DOC_ID).items;
Logger.log('Tables are: ' + prettyPrint(tables));
}
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