[HN Gopher] Turn your Google Sheets into a webhook without code
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       Turn your Google Sheets into a webhook without code
        
       Author : wayneshng
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2022-10-29 13:48 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (logicsheet.co)
 (TXT) w3m dump (logicsheet.co)
        
       | soared wrote:
       | Low code tools can be a bit funny and this is the perfect
       | example. A person who knows what a webhook is probably doesn't
       | need this tool. The people who need this tool's functionality..
       | likely don't know what a webhook is.
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       | I just started use an app script called importJSON which lets you
       | make api calls directly from gsheets, since I get a lot of value
       | from apis but don't know how to actually code. This post looks to
       | be in a comparable area, but I don't know if that's accurate. The
       | introduction needs improvement.
       | 
       | > In this article, we will talk about how to turn your Google
       | Sheets into a webhook so that you can receive data from the
       | endpoint and have the data inserted into your Google spreadsheet
       | 
       | What value does this provide, and can you give me an example use
       | case? What is "the data" in this context? Ideally you don't want
       | a lowcode user to leave your blog post to google the answers to
       | these questions.
        
         | ec109685 wrote:
         | You need some proxy from webhook into the google sheet, right?
        
           | soared wrote:
           | I don't know what a webhook is, so I don't know :P
        
         | wayneshng wrote:
         | Hi, thanks for the advices. I think I should have added some
         | explanation about what a webhook is and how it can be useful.
         | Will update the post.
        
           | soared wrote:
           | Looking forward to it. I have many gsheets that would make
           | excellent websites, but converting gsheet logic to work on a
           | website has eluded me.
        
       | gl9 wrote:
       | This could work great with sql2sheets[1] new feature[2] I
       | launched yesterday, which lets you collect html form responses
       | directly to google sheets, if you want to stay on brand and not
       | use the google forms product.
       | 
       | [1]https://sql2sheets.com
       | 
       | [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAgbhPRT9D4
        
       | habibur wrote:
       | $15/month.
        
         | ducharmdev wrote:
         | Behind every no code solution, is a SaaS company making bank
         | off the belief that we don't need code... by writing code.
        
           | ivix wrote:
           | You have just described the whole software industry.
        
           | stevesearer wrote:
           | I just started to pay $9/mo for a tool that monitors a folder
           | on an sFTP server for updates to a .csv, then parses the
           | files and posts the data to a webhook.
           | 
           | At first I balked at that, and then realized I had no idea
           | how to do that and it has worked flawlessly so far.
        
             | gl9 wrote:
             | That is how I look at SaaS tools. If your hourly rate is
             | greater than the months subscription it is worth it. In
             | enterprise, just getting something hosted in a local server
             | was hell, add in maintenance and the money is worth it.
        
           | zoover2020 wrote:
           | ~turtles~ programmers all the way down!
        
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