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Twitter directly from within Google Docs

Shown by andreasklinger on Aug 10, 2012. Click the card to turn it over.

160points

15comments

#115of 1,677 in 2012

Top 7%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.

Idea: 4 for, 0 against

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Clever hack that shows what Apps Script can do
From 3 comments
- hilarity, and thanks for showing me that apps script is worth looking at.
  jnazario on HN
- Didn't know that a google document could connect to internet services, very nice.
  darkstalker on HN
- crazy :)
  subnet on HN
Useful for teams that tweet from shared spreadsheets
From 1 comment
- We use a Google Spreadsheet as a buffer for our tweets at work, hacking the ’sheet to post would be an awesome addition - and not one I’d’ve ever thought of. This is a cool hack…
  nmcfarl on HN

Does Apps Script run in the browser or on the server?
From 1 comment
- Are Apps scripts run in browser or on the server? Because this could be used as a Twitter proxy for anyone whose network filters for Twitter.com but not docs.google.com. Or, for…
  nollidge on HN
Why does Run ask for authorization only sometimes?
From 1 comment
- I dont get the "authorize" option in Run. It just says "running my function." Am I missing something?
  sit12 on HN

Harvesting tweets with a Google Spreadsheet script (Hawksey)
From 1 comment
- Here's another awesome Google Doc in this area: A Google Spreadsheet that will harvest all tweets containing a given search string. The code is interesting, and I had no idea…
  dotBen on HN
DataNitro for Excel with Python
From 1 comment
- Or you can do the same right from MS Excel (in Python) using DataNitro: http://mit.edu/~victorj/www/blog/2012/08/06/Twitter-reader-in-Excel-with-Python-and-DataNitro/
  vj44 on HN