Gapps
GAPPS is a library that allows developers to easily and flexibly build add-ons for Google Workspace using Python 🐍. With GAPPS, you can create powerful tools and integrations for Gmail, Google Chat, Calendar, Sheets, Drive, Docs and other Google Workspace apps, that can streamline your workflow and automate common tasks.
Install / Use
/learn @futzslab/GappsREADME
📝 Table of Contents
<div style="background-color: #EBE8FC">- ❗ What is GAPPS?
- ⚡ Key Features
- 🏁 Getting Started
- 🚀 Demos
- 💬 Tutorials
- 📄 Methods Reference
- ⚠️ Notes
- ✅ Tests
- ✨ Contribute
- 🎓 License
❗ What is GAPPS?
GAPPS is a library that allows developers to easily and flexibly build add-ons for Google Workspace using Python 🐍. With GAPPS, you can create powerful tools and integrations for Gmail, Google Chat, Calendar, Sheets, Drive, Docs and other Google Workspace apps, that can streamline your workflow and automate common tasks.
⚡ Key Features
- A simple and easy-to-use API for building Google Workspace add-ons.
- Flexible interface that can be used for a variety of use cases.
- Built-in support for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and other Google Workspace apps.
- Well-documented, well-maintained codebase and easy to contribute.
🏁 Getting Started
🚜 Installation
This client is hosted at PyPi under the name gapps, to install it, simply run
pip install gapps
or install dev version:
git clone https://github.com/skoudoro/gapps.git
pip install -e .
⚙️ CardService: Choose your coding style!
GAPPS allows you to build extensions by following your favorite coding style
<!--  -->Appscript Style
from gapps import CardService
def create_cat_card(text):
# Use the "Cat as a service" API to get the cat image. Add a "time" URL
# parameter to act as a cache buster.
now = datetime.now()
caption = text.replace('/', ' ')
imageUrl = f'https://cataas.com/cat/says/{caption}?time={now.timestamp()}'
image = CardService.newImage() \
.setImageUrl(imageUrl) \
.setAltText('Meow')
# Create a button that changes the cat image when pressed.
# Note: Action parameter keys and values must be strings.
action = CardService.newAction() \
.setFunctionName('on_change_cat') \
.setParameters({'text': text, 'is_homepage': str(is_homepage)})
button = CardService.newTextButton() \
.setText('Change cat') \
.setOnClickAction(action) \
.setTextButtonStyle(CardService.TextButtonStyle.FILLED)
buttonSet = CardService.newButtonSet() \
.addButton(button)
# Assemble the widgets and return the card.
section = CardService.newCardSection() \
.addWidget(image) \
.addWidget(buttonSet)
card = CardService.newCardBuilder() \
.addSection(section)
return card.build()
Pythonic Style
from gapps import CardService
def create_cat_card(text):
# Use the "Cat as a service" API to get the cat image. Add a "time" URL
# parameter to act as a cache buster.
now = datetime.now()
caption = text.replace('/', ' ')
imageUrl = f'https://cataas.com/cat/says/{caption}?time={now.timestamp()}'
image = CardService.Image(image_url=imageUrl, alt_text='Meow')
action = CardService.Action(
function_name='on_change_cat',
parameters={'text': text, 'is_homepage': str(is_homepage)})
button = CardService.TextButton(
text='Change cat', action=action,
text_button_style=CardService.TextButtonStyle.FILLED)
button_set = CardService.ButtonSet(button=button)
section = CardService.CardSection(widget=[image, button_set])
card = CardService.CardBuilder(section=section)
return card.build()
⛏️ Card Builder
The online Card builder can help you prototype your app's interface.
🚀 Demos
Check out the examples folder for sample codes. It contains the following examples:
- cats.py: Mirror of google Cats example. Compatible with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs and Google sheets
- simple_demo.py: minimalistic example to show how to build a basic card.
- card_builder.py: This example show how to reproduce all the templates from the online Card builder. It can help you prototype your app's interface.
💬 Tutorials
Coming soon...
📄 Methods reference
CardService: For the complete reference, visit the official Google Workspace Add Ons API reference.
⚠️ Notes
We still need to handle some widgets/builders but 90% of them are working correctly
✅ Tests
- Step 1: Install pytest
pip install pytest
- Step 2: Run the tests
pytest -svv gapps
✨ Contribute
We love contributions!
You've discovered a bug or something else you want to change - excellent! Create an issue!
You've worked out a way to fix it – even better! Submit a Pull Request!
Start with the contributing guide!
Do you like GAPPS?
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🎓 License
Project under MIT license, more information here
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