add data-attributes and print form data in order for email #351

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opened 2025-10-14 16:54:07 -06:00 by navan · 0 comments

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2025-10-14 16:54:07 -06:00

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Originally created by @mckennapsean on 4/23/2017

Fixes #76 and pulled in some ideas from #90 to store data in the HTML form element.

For example, the HTML element can contain a data-sheet="responses" to send the data into responses sheet, or whichever sheet you want. By default, no data element uses the same default before (no breaking functionality). Similarly, you have to use data-email if you want to send an email in the Google Script (or set the variable in the Javascript).

The motivation is that I am trying to make it easier for people to just use the Javascript and Google Script without changing them. They just change things in the HTML, which makes it easier to deploy changes, like changing emails or which spreadsheet to store data in.

I think there are more things we can move here, over time, but I wanted to see what people think of this idea.

Lastly, I have the form fields get stored as a stringified array and use that array later when printing out the email. This makes sure that the email gets printed out in order of the form data! :)

*Originally created by @mckennapsean on 4/23/2017* Fixes #76 and pulled in some ideas from #90 to store data in the HTML form element. For example, the HTML element can contain a `data-sheet="responses"` to send the data into responses sheet, or whichever sheet you want. By default, no data element uses the same default before (no breaking functionality). Similarly, you have to use `data-email` if you want to send an email in the Google Script (or set the variable in the Javascript). The motivation is that I am trying to make it easier for people to just use the Javascript and Google Script without changing them. They just change things in the HTML, which makes it easier to deploy changes, like changing emails or which spreadsheet to store data in. I think there are more things we can move here, over time, but I wanted to see what people think of this idea. Lastly, I have the form fields get stored as a stringified array and use that array later when printing out the email. This makes sure that the email gets printed out in order of the form data! :)