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Generating Google Slides from images using Apps Script

September 27, 2017

Posted by Wesley Chun (@wescpy), Developer Advocate, G SuiteannouncedApps Script for Slides Programming presentations with Apps Scriptmagic lanterns presentation linkvar slide = presentation.appendSlide(SlidesApp.PredefinedLayout.BLANK); var image = slide.insertImage(link);much Getting started check the documentationTranslateProgress Barcorresponding tutorialApps Script video libraryG Suite Dev Show episodesdocumentationvideo library

Back to school with enhancements to the Classroom API

September 26, 2017

Posted by Andrew Garrett, Software Engineer, Google ClassroomGoogle ClassroomClassroom APIreal-time notificationsGoogle Cloud Pub/Sub How Flat Education syncs rosters in real-time Flat Education

With today's Classroom API update, applications can sync roster data instantly. When a new student joins Google Classroom (bottom left), the student is instantly added to the corresponding music class in Flat Education (top right).

Create and update announcements. Last year, we launched the ability for external applications to access and create assignments and questions. This update gives applications access to all the posts in Classroom.

Create and update individualized posts. Earlier this year, we made it possible for teachers to post to individual students in Classroom and now, applications can do the same programmatically. This is especially helpful for applications that help teachers differentiate and individualize learning.

check out the documentationask questionsgoogle-classroomissue tracker

Monitoring the Apps Script issue tracker…with Apps Script

September 20, 2017

Posted by Paul McReynolds, Product Manager (@pauljmcr), Apps Script and Wesley Chun (@wescpy), Developer Advocate, G Suite Your business depends on Apps Script...so does ours If you see something, say something

Stackdriver Logging for Google Apps Script is now available

August 24, 2017

Posted by Paul McReynolds, Product Manager, Google Apps Script and Romain Vialard, Product Manager, Revevol
Logger

Troubleshooting or analyzing scripts across multiple executions

Working on a script or add-on with multiple users

Looking for trends or insights about their scripts and users

Google StackdriverLogger Using Stackdriver Logging in Google Apps ScriptStackdriver Loggingconsole.log(), console.info(),premium tierexport logs

How developers are using Stackdriver Logging Yet Another Mail MergeRead this tutoriallogging documentation About the authors Romain VialardGoogle Developer ExpertYet Another Mail MergeForm PublisherPaul McReynoldsEditor's note: Yet Another Mail Merge and Form Publisher are not created, sponsored, or supported by Google.

Introducing the Slides API Codelab

August 9, 2017

Posted by Grant Timmerman, (@granttimmerman), Developer Platform Engineer, G Suitelaunched the Google Slides APImd2googleslidesSlides API Codelabbig data, automating the creation of presentations or open source

Preview of our Slides Codelab Getting started with the Slides API Codelab start-- Start generating slides. -- TODO: Get Client Secrets TODO: Authorize TODO: Get Data from BigQuery TODO: Create Slides TODO: Open Slides -- Finished generating slides. --BigQuerypublic datasetbigquery.cloud.google.comWITH AllLicenses AS ( SELECT * FROM `bigquery-public-data.github_repos.licenses` ) SELECT license, COUNT(*) AS count, ROUND((COUNT(*) / (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM AllLicenses)) * 100, 2) AS percent FROM `bigquery-public-data.github_repos.licenses` GROUP BY license ORDER BY count DESC LIMIT 10 Our GitHub Open Source Licenses QueryGitHubStack Overflow

New security protections to reduce risk from unverified apps

July 18, 2017

Posted by Naveen Agarwal, Identity team and Wesley Chun (@wescpy), Developer Advocate, G Suitelatest anti-phishing toolsdeveloper-focused updatesOAuth apps whitelisting in G Suitenew Protecting against unverified apps

The "unverified app" consent flow

earlier postthis help center article Extending security protections to Google Apps Script Apps Scriptverification documentation page

Updated Apps Script pre-OAuth alert with cautionary language

Apps Script user-generated content banner

Extending protections to existing apps Google Cloud Consolethis help center articlethis help center article

Identifying app usage in your Google Drive audit logs

July 12, 2017

Posted by Rio Akasaka, Product Manager, Google Drive and Wesley Chun (@wescpy), Developer Advocate, G Suiteoriginating_app_idReports APIGoogle Drive REST APIDrive activity requestoriginating_app_idGET https://www.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/userKeyGET https://www.googleapis.com/admin/reports/v1/activity/users/all/applications/drivedocumentation