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Show HN: Transform Google spreadsheets into a ready-to-embed widget table

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Getting a video error when I try to watch. Does this let me display certain spreadsheet cells or arrays as say, an Android widget?

I've been looking for something that lets me do that in a manner that offers solid privacy and security. Of the solutions I've seen in the app store, I'm not sure I feel convinced about those aspects of them.

I wish Google would release a native Sheets Android widget.

The video is here if you want to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpkde3eMqG4

The widget can be used in any platform that supports javascript :)

https://updatefy.co/documentation#types

Err.. so there are only 3 widget types right now? This looks like a neat idea. More widgets needed.

But i am not a UI or front-end guy. Am i mis-understanding? Are users supposed to design our own widgets?

Thanks :) At the moment we have 3 widget types we are planning to release more. No, all widgets are coming from us :)

That looks fantastic! Have been looking for a way to embed a roadmap into my app while keeping the data disconnected from it in a frictionless way.

Wonder if there could be a way to two-way-bind so that users can actually make changes to the data when displayed as a table.

Thank you! and happy to hear that you might use it :) No, at the moment is only visible data, we don't support writing in the spreadsheet.

Very cool! I like the logo a lot. I also have a web application that relies on spreadsheets but as an Excel file upload. Cool to see what is possible with Google Sheets.

There's an idea for you. Create a static widget from a users uploaded .xlsx file..

Great idea and clean demo.

Do you know what some of your customers are doing with this in the real world.

Thank you! Yes! For example one of our customers is using Updatefy to update order status in their websites, so any employee with Google Sheets knowledge can do it.

How do you know that?

I talked with them :), also is as a testimonial in home page https://updatefy.co

Cool idea! Looking forward to see what's coming.

Great product! Looking forward to see whats coming.

Thanks! :)

Solid demo video.

Thank you!

how long with smartsheet last?

Hi, what do you mean? Theres no limit.

Great demo

Thank you!

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