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GET Google Maps Images from Address Text

Jul 17, 20212 min read 33 views

Today I will be integrating with Google's Static Maps API and using Appsmith to retrieve a map image, given a text-string street address. There's a bit of setup involved if you've never used the Google Cloud Platform before. You'll have to accept the...

GET Google Maps Images from Address Text

Saving Files to Google Drive by POST-ing the Url to a Web App

Jul 25, 20213 min read 25 views

In this tutorial, I'll be writing a general purpose Apps Script Web App to save a cloud-hosted file to Google Drive as a new file, when the original file url is POST-ed to the script's web app endpoint. function getFileByUrl(url , folderId){ // ...

Saving Files to Google Drive by POST-ing the Url to a Web App

Building a Reddit Browser (and XML Parser) in Appsmith

Jul 21, 20212 min read 37 views

Did you know you can turn almost any sub-Reddit into an RSS feed by adding .RSS to the url?! RSS? Ok, by why is this useful? 🤨 Because it's basically an API to GET the recent posts, in XML format, without all the setup of enabling the API!! And wi...

Building a Reddit Browser (and XML Parser) in Appsmith

Google's AppSheet: No-Code Apps from Spreadsheets

Jul 19, 20214 min read 9 views

AppSheet is a no-code, mobile/web-app builder that connects to cloud spreadsheets and databases. It's a great tool for throwing together a quick mobile app with no coding experience, but also powerful enough to create complex business solutions. Hi...

Google's AppSheet: No-Code Apps from Spreadsheets

Replacing Google Forms with Appsmith

Jul 18, 20213 min read 19 views

Google Forms is widely used in various integrations and workflows that all start with capturing data and sending it to a Google Sheet. Whether it's a contact form embedded on your website, a registration form to share on social media, or something m...

Replacing Google Forms with Appsmith

Validating Emails with Appsmith & the Verifalia API

Jul 16, 20213 min read 22 views

Verifalia is an email validation service with an API and a free plan that can be used to verify up to 25 emails per day (or more with the paid plans). Send in one or more email addresses, and Verifalia will generate a report with all kinds of data a...

Validating Emails with Appsmith & the Verifalia API