Class FormTriggerBuilder

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• FormTriggerBuilder helps in creating custom triggers for Google Forms.

• It offers methods to set triggers for form submission (onFormSubmit()) and form opening (onOpen()).

• create() method finalizes and returns the new trigger.

• Triggers execute specified functions (myFunction in the examples) when the defined event (submit or open) occurs.

FormTriggerBuilder

A builder for form triggers.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
create()	Trigger	Creates and returns the new trigger.
onFormSubmit()	FormTriggerBuilder	Specifies a trigger that will fire when a response is submitted to the form.
onOpen()	FormTriggerBuilder	Specifies a trigger that will fire when the form's edit view is opened.

Detailed documentation

create()

Creates and returns the new trigger.

Return

Trigger — The new trigger.

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onFormSubmit()

Specifies a trigger that will fire when a response is submitted to the form.

const form = FormApp.openById('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');
ScriptApp.newTrigger('myFunction').forForm(form).onFormSubmit().create();

Return

FormTriggerBuilder — this FormTriggerBuilder, for chaining

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onOpen()

Specifies a trigger that will fire when the form's edit view is opened.

const form = FormApp.getActiveForm();
ScriptApp.newTrigger('myFunction').forForm(form).onOpen().create();

Return

FormTriggerBuilder — This FormTriggerBuilder, for chaining.