google-docs

how to get application name for a google doc?

I am trying to talk the google docs. I need the appcation name string. I have no idea what it is. please help ...

How would you simulate Google Docs type functionality in a Rails app (without multiuser simultaneous edits)?

I know that there is an API for Google Data that lets you interact with Google Docs. But if you wanted to avoid Google Docs entirely and try to build similar functionality into a Rails app, are there any existig Ruby gems that could help you to achieve some of the key features: collaborative editing revision history On the other ha...

Exception Problem when using Google Documents List Data API with PHP

Hi, I am trying to upload, download documents and spreadsheets using Google Documents List Data API with PHP. I gone through the documents and FAQ's. Only version 1.0 is available for sample using php in Google Documents List API. When i am registering my localhost domain with google domains it says not verfified even i tried with both m...

Version Control with Google Docs Best Practices?

From a quick perusal, it seems that Google Docs does not support version control the way git or svn does. My question is: If I want to store all my documents on Google Docs, what is the best way to make them be capable of branch/merge type version control? What would this require? Or what is the workflow you use to store your familie...

How to mimic DropBox functionality with Ruby script?

I would like to upload documents to GoogleDocs every time the OS hears that a file was added/dragged/saved in a designated folder, just the way DropBox uploads a file when you save it in the DropBox folder. What would this take in Ruby, what are the parts? How do you listen for when a File is Saved? How do you listen for when a File i...

Multiple file uploader - looking at Google Docs implementation

I'm looking to implement a multiple file uploader in my ASP.NET 3.5 site. Now, the Google Docs multi-file uploader is pretty awesome, and I'd like to create something like that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Google Docs is not open source, so I can't get my hands on the source code for it. Any ideas on how this is implemented, or the ...

RGoogleDocs and now RGoogleData

RGoogleDocs is fantastic. It allows one to store data on Google and read it in in real time to R. I tried to install it on a computer the other day and lo and behold all I could find was RGoogleData in RForge. What is the relationship between the two packages? I tried to google search RGoogleData and RGoogleDocs in the same search and fo...

Programatically updating a spreadsheet hosted on google docs

I've got a pre-existing spreadsheet hosted on google docs. Each month I update this document. I've got a template workseet in the spreadseet that I'd like to clone and then update. I'd prefer to clone the worksheet rather than create it from scratch as it has some pretty complex formulas. I'm using the Python api for the google docs ...

How can I search for particular cell data in column of 100 records using Google spreadsheet

Hi All, Can any one guide me how to search a particular cell data in column of 100 records (in Google spreadsheet) using the code of Google app engine. It very urgent please let me know how can I solve this issue. Ref: http://code.google.com/apis/spreadsheets/data/1.0/developers%5Fguide%5Fpython.html#addRow Regards SKSK ...

program "Share with others" in Google docs

Is it possible to program "Share with others" in Google docs through some API/interface etc., Essentially I want to reach out "Email Spreadsheet" or Docs page and utilize its services ...

How do etherpad & Google Docs do ChangeSets

I'm curious to learn how Etherpad and Google Docs automatically save data. When you're writing a text document the products send only the changes to the server. Any idea how this technology works and where I can go to learn more about the end-2-end? Thanks ...

Vlookup, Google Docs., Filter & Sum

I have a row with a cost, item type and a "tags" columns. I want to be able to find the total cost of all rows containing a certain "tag". I tried using VLOOKUP but I keep on getting a $0.00 return. Example Row Setup: PART NUMBER - COST - TAGS - MANU ID - WEIGHT 0001025-SVR - 25.99 - JP, CABLES, PVC - 17.4 0A06422-SVR - 14.2...

Reference to a FOSS project building desktop Google Docs client

Hi, I'm excited about desktop Google Docs client. I found a project using Adobe AIR which imitates Mozilla Prism. That didn't impress me at all. Do you have any pointer to a FOSS project building desktop Google Docs client? If there are none, if you were to build, how would you do? ...

Why would one develop a desktop client for Google Docs?

Google provided very comprehensive online version of Google Docs which is quite feature rich and reliable. I'm thinking of a desktop version built on their API & RESTful services. Yet I'm in early stage of reasoning and doing analysis. Inarguably it's good to improve skills, gain experience and create great tutorials for RESTful web ser...

How to use Google Docs for Mailer templates?

Is it possible to use Google Docs for Mailer templates? How can I change template variables via API? Basically, I want to keep a template on Google and export it as a PDF file after changing few variables like name, address etc. Is it possible to do it completely via API in PHP? EDIT LiveDocX is providing these features but I think do...

Bookmarklet pulls data from current page then injects it in a remote page

I'm working with a script that is scraping data from my currently viewed page correctly. Now I need to know the syntax that lets me inject (and submit) those values into a form found on a different page. code for the bookmarklet: javascript:var%20s=document.createElement('script');s.setAttribute('src',%20'http://jquery.com/src/jquery-l...

How to categorize Google Docs published as posts to a blog

I have a blog site running WordPress. I have users who want to use Google Docs to write blog posts and publish them to my site. There is an option in the "Share" menu for doing just this, and it works nicely, except the suggestion is made: To automatically categorize your blog posts, just tag your documents with a category name you ...

how to extract formatted text content from PDF using Python

How can I extract the text content (not images) from a PDF while (roughly) maintaining the style and layout like Google Docs can? ...

Custom image editor for Google Docs

I am designing a web application that as an end result creates images (graphs plots, etc). These images will get used in Google docs documents. Users also need to be able to edit these images after they already posted to Google docs. In the current version, I add a link around the image with the url to the location of my Flash editor, ...

Is it possible to generate notifications when new docs are uploaded to Google Docs?

Hi I have shared a Google Docs folder with our remote team and a few members of my team. Is it possible to send out emails to all collaborators/viewers when a document is uploaded or edited in the folder? Otherwise it becomes difficult to keep track of whether anything was changed or not. Thanks. ...