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Turn your Google Sheets into a webhook without code

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62 pointswayneshng14 comments

Low code tools can be a bit funny and this is the perfect example. A person who knows what a webhook is probably doesn’t need this tool. The people who need this tool’s functionality.. likely don’t know what a webhook is.

I just started use an app script called importJSON which lets you make api calls directly from gsheets, since I get a lot of value from apis but don’t know how to actually code. This post looks to be in a comparable area, but I don’t know if that’s accurate. The introduction needs improvement.

> In this article, we will talk about how to turn your Google Sheets into a webhook so that you can receive data from the endpoint and have the data inserted into your Google spreadsheet

What value does this provide, and can you give me an example use case? What is “the data” in this context? Ideally you don’t want a lowcode user to leave your blog post to google the answers to these questions.

Hi, thanks for the advices. I think I should have added some explanation about what a webhook is and how it can be useful. Will update the post.

Looking forward to it. I have many gsheets that would make excellent websites, but converting gsheet logic to work on a website has eluded me.

You need some proxy from webhook into the google sheet, right?

I don't know what a webhook is, so I don't know :P

$15/month.

Behind every no code solution, is a SaaS company making bank off the belief that we don't need code... by writing code.

~turtles~ programmers all the way down!

I just started to pay $9/mo for a tool that monitors a folder on an sFTP server for updates to a .csv, then parses the files and posts the data to a webhook.

At first I balked at that, and then realized I had no idea how to do that and it has worked flawlessly so far.

That is how I look at SaaS tools. If your hourly rate is greater than the months subscription it is worth it. In enterprise, just getting something hosted in a local server was hell, add in maintenance and the money is worth it.

You have just described the whole software industry.

You don't need code! You need functionality ;)

This should be the topmost comment.

This could work great with sql2sheets[1] new feature[2] I launched yesterday, which lets you collect html form responses directly to google sheets, if you want to stay on brand and not use the google forms product.

[1]https://sql2sheets.com

[2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAgbhPRT9D4

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