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This project is part of the liveProject series Create AI-Powered Workspace Add-ons
prerequisites
basic Apps Script or JavaScript • basic understanding of how APIs work • Google Cloud Console basics • Google Sheets basics
skills learned
use the Google Drive API to create conversion routes • convert a range of documents to native • summarize, sort, and deduplicate converted documents
Bruce Mcpherson
1 week · 6--8 hours per week · BEGINNER
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Acme Widgets has a Google Workspace invoice processing add-on that uses Google Document AI to interpret data from PDFs and image formats. To make the tool more valuable, your task is to add the ability to accept documents in other formats. You’ll start by enabling a pop-up web app that displays the expanded list of newly supported file types. You’ll add functionality for picking additional file types and automatically converting them to a Document AI-supported format, then archiving them. You’ll also enable sorting and duplicate removal as you create a summarized view of invoices and expenses, making the company’s employees’ tasks easier and less time-consuming.

This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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Bruce Mcpherson

Bruce Mcpherson is a Google Developer Expert focusing on Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform. Throughout his distinguished career, he’s held titles including Chief Architect, Head of Engineering, CTO, and CIO, at Motorola, Lucent, and Symbol. He's the author of O'Reilly Media’s Going GAS, Google Apps Script for Beginners, and Google Apps Script for Developers. His long-running Desktop Liberation site provides his expert guidance on Google Apps Script and Microsoft automation. He’s the developer of many open-source libraries (github.com/brucemcpherson) in a variety of languages and platforms. He speaks at conferences on Google technologies. He’s currently developing the platform for a startup specializing in AI-assisted video content analysis and classification and continues to mentor organizations whose mission is to improve diversity in tech.

prerequisites

This liveProject is for beginner-level Apps Script or JavaScript developers interested in learning to enhance a Google Workspace add-on with support for a variety of document types. To begin these liveProjects you’ll need to be familiar with the following:

TOOLS
  • Google Workspace account (Google Sheets, JavaScript/Apps Script, Google Drive)
  • Google Cloud Console
  • Your favorite browser
TECHNIQUES
  • Basic JavaScript/Apps Script
  • Create and manage a billing account and cloud projects

you will learn

In this liveProject, you’ll learn to enhance a Google Workspace add-on with the ability to accept a variety of formats and provide a convenient summarized view of the document data.

  • Implement a contextual add-on workspace for Google Sheets
  • Enable APIs in Google Cloud Platform
  • Write JavaScript (Apps Script) code, customize and add features using the CardService
  • Use metadata in Google Cloud Storage objects to archive conversions history and archive thumbnail images as DataUrls for converted documents
  • Deploy and test the add-on
  • Debug state management
  • Create and run incremental unit tests
  • Customize sorting, deduping, and filtering with Fiddle
  • Customize and implement a web app to report on conversions supported by the Google Drive API
  • Use the Google Cloud Storage API to archive thumbnail and icon images as URL links

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