I'm trying to get a Google sheets apps script to work for an IMPORTXML I'm using.
A1
=importxml("http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/scorestrip/ss.xml","//@q")
A2
=importxml("http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/scorestrip/ss.xml","//@h")
The data fills from A1:B16
According to a script I found on web to have it auto refresh:
function getData() {
var queryString = Math.random();
var cellFunction1 = '=IMPORTXML("' + SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('A1').getValue() + '?' + queryString + '","'+ SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('A2').getValue() + '")';
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('C1').setValue(cellFunction1);
var cellFunction2 = '=IMPORTXML("' + SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('A4').getValue() + '?' + queryString + '","'+ SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('A5').getValue() + '")';
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('C2').setValue(cellFunction2);
}
I don't know what I'm supposed to be putting/replacing in that code with mine. If someone could help me to explain what I'm supposed to be changing to get it to work in my sheet/provide some examples of how one might look that would be a huge help.
I appreciate
You can update the function by using getFormula()
then setFormula()
in a time-driven trigger function. Here is a code snippet from a related SO post:
/**
* Go through all sheets in a spreadsheet, identify and remove all spreadsheet
* import functions, then replace them a while later. This causes a "refresh"
* of the "import" functions. For periodic refresh of these formulas, set this
* function up as a time-based trigger.
*
* Caution: Formula changes made to the spreadsheet by other scripts or users
* during the refresh period COULD BE OVERWRITTEN.
*
* From: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33875957/1677912
*/
function RefreshImports() {
var lock = LockService.getScriptLock();
if (!lock.tryLock(5000)) return; // Wait up to 5s for previous refresh to end.
// At this point, we are holding the lock.
var id = "YOUR-SHEET-ID";
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(id);
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
for (var sheetNum=0; sheetNum<sheets.length; sheetNum++) {
var sheet = sheets[sheetNum];
var dataRange = sheet.getDataRange();
var formulas = dataRange.getFormulas();
var tempFormulas = [];
for (var row=0; row<formulas.length; row++) {
for (col=0; col<formulas[0].length; col++) {
// Blank all formulas containing any "import" function
// See https://regex101.com/r/bE7fJ6/2
var re = /.*[^a-z0-9]import(?:xml|data|feed|html|range)\(.*/gi;
if (formulas[row][col].search(re) !== -1 ) {
tempFormulas.push({row:row+1,
col:col+1,
formula:formulas[row][col]});
sheet.getRange(row+1, col+1).setFormula("");
}
}
}
// After a pause, replace the import functions
Utilities.sleep(5000);
for (var i=0; i<tempFormulas.length; i++) {
var cell = tempFormulas[i];
sheet.getRange( cell.row, cell.col ).setFormula(cell.formula)
}
// Done refresh; release the lock.
lock.releaseLock();
}
}
Hope this helps.