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amitagarwal

71 karma · joined September 29, 2012

I am a Google Apps Script developer and build G Suite add-ons for business.
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amitagarwal··on Ask HN: What other news feeds do you read besides Hacker News?
+1 There are very few people like Tara who have been curating such good stuff for such a long time.
amitagarwal··on Coding Courses on Udemy
This Google Sheet curates all Udemy courses that are currently available for free. The sheet is updated every few hours, and it internally uses the Udemy API with Google Scripts to scan the Udemy database for free courses in the dev category.

https://www.labnol.org/tech-courses-200403

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Razorpay Payment Links in Google Sheets
Use a custom Google Sheets function to generate Razorpay Payment Links in Google Sheets

Demo: https://twitter.com/labnol/status/1431252710691459075

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Turn Google Slides in GIFs and Videos
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/f_3hHIgnlYY

Unlike Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides doesn't offer a native option to save presentations as videos.

Creator Studio adds new export capabilities to your Google Slides and you'll be able to download your decks as animated GIFs, image sequences and HD video (with audio).

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Gmail Add-on
Email Studio adds power tools to Gmail including Mail Merge, Email Scheduler for sending emails later, Auto Responder for sending smart auto-replies and Email Forwarder for auto-forwarding emails to another address.

Download: https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/email_studio_for_g...

Source code: https://github.com/labnol/email-studio-gmail-addon

Video Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9-480xTEOc&list=PLIO7o3VwD0...

amitagarwal··on Node.js is now available on App Engine standard environment
My headless Chrome app is currently running on GAE Flex. It requires a few extra packages like fonts-liberation and fonts-indic. Does GAE standard allow that?
amitagarwal··on How Apple Programmer Sal Soghoian Got Apps Talking to Each Other
Direct link - https://youtu.be/8V67pNDRrDM?t=595
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Twitter Bot for Taking Screen Captures of Tweets
Share any tweet via DM to @screenshotguru and it will reply with a high-res screenshot image of the tweet.

Website: https://screenshot.guru

Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-screenshot...

Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8u1nCOk9oM

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Embed Google Photos Anywhere
Tutorial: https://twitter.com/labnol/status/790986429723664384
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Dictation – Type with Voice Commands
Dictation, available at https://dictation.io, lets you type with your voice in all popular languages. There are no apps to install and all you need is Google Chrome and a microphone.

Dictation uses the web speech API to magically transcribe your spoken voice in real time. It recognizes voice commands, like New Paragraph or Go to Sleep or Insert Happy Face, to help you do more without the keyboard.

All your transcribed text is stored in the local browser and it auto-saves everything in the cache.

Dictation: https://dictation.io Voice Commands: https://dictation.io/commands Languages: https://dictation.io/languages FAQ: https://dictation.io/help

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Convert your Google Slides to high-quality animated GIFs and tweet
No support in Safari https://caniuse.com/#feat=webm
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Convert your Google Slides to high-quality animated GIFs and tweet
That is likely the next step. Addon take more time for approval.
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Convert your Google Slides to high-quality animated GIFs and tweet
Here are some additional resources to get you started with TallTweets.

Sample tweet with the GIF embedded: https://twitter.com/labnol/status/945643019490824193

Blog post explaining the app: https://www.labnol.org/internet/google-slides-gif/30763/

Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POdIuzaFVH8

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Convert your Google Slides to high-quality animated GIFs and tweet
Thank you!
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Convert your Google Slides to high-quality animated GIFs and tweet
Unfortunately, that's how the Google File picker works. It needs permission to read files from Google Drive even if you are looking for a specific Mime Type (Google Slides in this case)
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Convert your Google Slides to high-quality animated GIFs and tweet
The animated GIF in this tweet was generated with TallTweets https://twitter.com/labnol/status/945643019490824193
amitagarwal··on Show HN: Automatically generate documents in any format
Document Studio is a new Google add-on that helps you create beautiful, pixel-perfect documents on the fly. Here're some of the top features:

  1. Automate document generation and create one or more documents from a template with no effort.
  2. Produce documents in PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ePUB or OpenOffice formats
  3. Includes Mail Merge http://bit.ly/GmailMerge for sending personalized emails
  4. Create PDF documents from Google Forms responses
  5. Embed Google Maps, QR Codes and PayPal links in documents
  6. Send merged document directly to the printer via Google Cloud Print
Download Document Studio from Google store http://bit.ly/docstudio

Watch YouTube video to get started with Document Studio. https://youtu.be/TSDXfdo3JVU

Check the docs to know more about the capabilities of Document Studio https://digitalinspiration.com/docs/document-studio

For help, email amit@labnol.org or send a DM at twitter.com/labnol

amitagarwal··on Show HN: Automatically generate documents in any format
The Google Chrome store, unfortunately, doesn't render on mobile screens. This YouTube video explains the add-on usage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDXfdo3JVU&list=PLIO7o3VwD0...

amitagarwal··on Uber CEO Plays with Fire
Here's an open source Google Script that lets you easily unsubscribe from bulk emails in Gmail. Source on Github. https://www.labnol.org/internet/gmail-unsubscribe/28806/
amitagarwal··on Ask HN: What info do you web scrape for?
I scrape Google to save search results.

http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-web-scraping/28450/

amitagarwal··on Command line tool for blocking sites to be more productive
Here's a similar script written in VBS http://www.labnol.org/software/temporarily-block-websites/18...