mechnicov / google_forms_ruby

Posting to Google Forms from your ruby scripts

Google Forms Ruby Gem

When you need to post something to a Google Form from your ruby script.

How it works

I got tired of copypasting field names from Google Forms to my code and created a gem that gets the whole Google Form page using curb and grabs input names from it using Nokogiri.

Installation

Add to your Gemfile:

gem 'google_forms'

and run bundle, or just:

gem install google_forms

Usage

Assuming you have a form to fill with your script:

Make sure your fields don't have any validations

Add the gem to your project:

require 'google_forms'

Pass a Google Form id or an url (yes, short url will work too):

form = GoogleForm.new('https://forms.gle/QvQbSm5Gxg7GNwBq9')

 => #<GoogleForm:12134640 @id=\"1FAIpQLScgwPtuN0aMJ6NLztq2kTZ4pdebxcrE_99Ax6I0fQtBwaT7fA\">

Get the list of input fields:

form.inputs

 => [#<GoogleFormInput:... @input_type="text", @label="id", @name="entry.462465405">, ...]

form.inputs.map(&:label)

 => ["id", "username", "first_name", "last_name"]

Fill in the inputs (using labels):

form.id = 12345
form.username = 'installero'
form.first_name = 'Vadim'
form.last_name = 'V'

And post the response:

form.post

Or do it all in one line:

form.post(id: 12345, username: 'installero', first_name: 'Vadim', last_name: 'V')

Yes, you can combine:

form.id = 12345
form.post(username: 'installero', first_name: 'Vadim', last_name: 'V')