Script Service

This service provides access to script triggers and script publishing.

Classes

Name	Brief description
`AuthMode`	An enumeration that identifies which categories of authorized services Apps Script is able to execute through a triggered function.
`AuthorizationInfo`	An object that checks if the user has granted authorization for the required scopes of the script.
`AuthorizationStatus`	An enumeration denoting the authorization status of a script.
`CalendarTriggerBuilder`	Builder for calendar triggers.
`ClockTriggerBuilder`	A builder for clock triggers.
`DocumentTriggerBuilder`	A builder for document triggers.
`EventType`	An enumeration denoting the type of triggered event.
`FormTriggerBuilder`	A builder for form triggers.
`InstallationSource`	An enumeration that indicates how the script came to be installed as an add-on for the current user.
`ScriptApp`	Access and manipulate script publishing and triggers.
`Service`	Access and manipulate script publishing.
`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Builder for spreadsheet triggers.
`StateTokenBuilder`	Allows scripts to create state tokens that can be used in callback APIs (like OAuth flows).
`Trigger`	A script trigger.
`TriggerBuilder`	A generic builder for script triggers.
`TriggerSource`	An enumeration denoting the source of the event that causes the trigger to fire.

`AuthMode`

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`NONE`	`Enum`	A mode that does not allow access to any services that require authorization.
`CUSTOM_FUNCTION`	`Enum`	A mode that allows access to a limited subset of services for use in custom spreadsheet functions.
`LIMITED`	`Enum`	A mode that allows access to a limited subset of services.
`FULL`	`Enum`	A mode that allows access to all services that require authorization.

`AuthorizationInfo`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`getAuthorizationStatus()`	`AuthorizationStatus`	Gets a value that indicates whether the user needs to authorize this script to use one or more services (for example, `ScriptApp.AuthorizationStatus.REQUIRED`).
`getAuthorizationUrl()`	`String\|null`	Gets the authorization URL that can be used to grant access to the script.
`getAuthorizedScopes()`	`String[]\|null`	Gets a list of authorized scopes for the script.

`AuthorizationStatus`

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`REQUIRED`	`Enum`	The user needs to authorize this script to use one or more services.
`NOT_REQUIRED`	`Enum`	The user has granted this script all the authorization it currently requires.

`CalendarTriggerBuilder`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`create()`	`Trigger`	Creates the trigger and returns it.
`onEventUpdated()`	`CalendarTriggerBuilder`	Specifies a trigger that fires when a calendar entry is created, updated, or deleted.

`ClockTriggerBuilder`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`after(durationMilliseconds)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies the minimum duration (in milliseconds) after the current time that the trigger runs.
`at(date)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies when the trigger runs.
`atDate(year, month, day)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies that the trigger fires on the given date, by default near midnight (+/- 15 minutes).
`atHour(hour)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies the hour the trigger at which the trigger runs.
`create()`	`Trigger`	Creates the trigger.
`everyDays(n)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies to run the trigger every `n` days.
`everyHours(n)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies to run the trigger every `n` hours.
`everyMinutes(n)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies to run the trigger every `n` minutes.
`everyWeeks(n)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies to run the trigger every `n` weeks.
`inTimezone(timezone)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies the timezone for the specified dates/time when the trigger runs.
`nearMinute(minute)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies the minute at which the trigger runs (plus or minus 15 minutes).
`onMonthDay(day)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies the date in the month that the trigger runs.
`onWeekDay(day)`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Specifies the day of the week that the trigger runs.

`DocumentTriggerBuilder`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`create()`	`Trigger`	Creates and returns the new trigger.
`onOpen()`	`DocumentTriggerBuilder`	Specifies a trigger that fires when the document is opened.

`EventType`

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`CLOCK`	`Enum`	The trigger fires once the time-driven event reaches a specific time.
`ON_OPEN`	`Enum`	The trigger fires once the user opens the Google Docs, Sheets, or Forms file.
`ON_EDIT`	`Enum`	The trigger fires once the user edits the Google Sheets file (for example, by entering a new value into a cell, which counts as an edit instead of a change).
`ON_FORM_SUBMIT`	`Enum`	The trigger fires once the user responds to a Google Form.
`ON_CHANGE`	`Enum`	The trigger fires once the user changes the Google Sheets file (for example, by adding a row, which counts as a change instead of an edit).
`ON_EVENT_UPDATED`	`Enum`	The trigger fires once an event gets created, updated, or deleted on the specified Google Calendar.

`FormTriggerBuilder`

Methods

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

`InstallationSource`

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`APPS_MARKETPLACE_DOMAIN_ADD_ON`	`Enum`	Add-on was installed by the administrator for the user's domain.
`NONE`	`Enum`	Script is not running as an add-on.
`WEB_STORE_ADD_ON`	`Enum`	Add-on was installed by the user from the Chrome Web Store.

`ScriptApp`

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`AuthMode`	`AuthMode`	An enumeration that identifies which categories of authorized services Apps Script is able to execute through a triggered function.
`AuthorizationStatus`	`AuthorizationStatus`	An enumeration denoting the authorization status of a script.
`EventType`	`EventType`	An enumeration denoting the type of triggered event.
`InstallationSource`	`InstallationSource`	An enumeration denoting how the script was installed to the user as an add-on.
`TriggerSource`	`TriggerSource`	An enumeration denoting the source of the event that causes the trigger to fire.
`WeekDay`	`Weekday`	An enumeration representing the days of the week.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`deleteTrigger(trigger)`	`void`	Removes the given trigger so it no longer runs.
`getAuthorizationInfo(authMode)`	`AuthorizationInfo`	Gets an object that checks if the user has granted authorization for all the script requirements.
`getAuthorizationInfo(authMode, oAuthScopes)`	`AuthorizationInfo`	Gets an object that checks if the user has granted authorization for the requested scopes.
`getIdentityToken()`	`String\|null`	Gets an OpenID Connect identity token for the effective user, if the `openid` scope has been granted.
`getInstallationSource()`	`InstallationSource`	Returns an enum value that indicates how the script came to be installed as an add-on for the current user (for example, whether the user installed it personally through the Chrome Web Store, or whether a domain administrator installed it for all users).
`getOAuthToken()`	`String`	Gets the OAuth 2.0 access token for the effective user.
`getProjectTriggers()`	`Trigger[]`	Gets all installable triggers associated with the current project and current user.
`getScriptId()`	`String`	Gets the script project's unique ID.
`getService()`	`Service`	Gets an object used to control publishing the script as a web app.
`getUserTriggers(document)`	`Trigger[]`	Gets all installable triggers owned by this user in the given document, for this script or add-on only.
`getUserTriggers(form)`	`Trigger[]`	Gets all installable triggers owned by this user in the given form, for this script or add-on only.
`getUserTriggers(spreadsheet)`	`Trigger[]`	Gets all installable triggers owned by this user in the given spreadsheet, for this script or add-on only.
`invalidateAuth()`	`void`	Invalidates the authorization the effective user has to execute the current script.
`newStateToken()`	`StateTokenBuilder`	Creates a builder for a state token that can be used in a callback API (like an OAuth flow).
`newTrigger(functionName)`	`TriggerBuilder`	Begins the process of creating an installable trigger that, when fired, calls a given function.
`requireAllScopes(authMode)`	`void`	Validates if the user has granted consent for all of the scopes requested by the script.
`requireScopes(authMode, oAuthScopes)`	`void`	Validates if the user has granted consent for the requested scopes.

`Service`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`getUrl()`	`String`	Returns the URL of the web app, if it has been deployed; otherwise returns `null`.
`isEnabled()`	`Boolean`	Returns `true` if the script is accessible as a web app.

`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`create()`	`Trigger`	Creates the trigger and returns it.
`onChange()`	`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Specifies a trigger that fires when the spreadsheet's content or structure is changed.
`onEdit()`	`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Specifies a trigger that fires when the spreadsheet is edited.
`onFormSubmit()`	`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Specifies a trigger that fires when the spreadsheet has a form submitted to it.
`onOpen()`	`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Specifies a trigger that fires when the spreadsheet is opened.

`StateTokenBuilder`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`createToken()`	`String`	Constructs an encrypted string representation of the state token.
`withArgument(name, value)`	`StateTokenBuilder`	Adds an argument to the token.
`withMethod(method)`	`StateTokenBuilder`	Sets a callback function.
`withTimeout(seconds)`	`StateTokenBuilder`	Sets the duration (in seconds) for which the token is valid.

`Trigger`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`getEventType()`	`EventType`	Returns the event type that the trigger fires on.
`getHandlerFunction()`	`String`	Returns the function that is called when the trigger fires.
`getTriggerSource()`	`TriggerSource`	Returns the source of events that causes the trigger to fire.
`getTriggerSourceId()`	`String`	Returns the id specific to the source.
`getUniqueId()`	`String`	Returns a unique identifier that can be used to distinguish triggers from each other.

`TriggerBuilder`

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`forDocument(document)`	`DocumentTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `DocumentTriggerBuilder` tied to the given document.
`forDocument(key)`	`DocumentTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `DocumentTriggerBuilder` tied to the document with the given ID.
`forForm(form)`	`FormTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `FormTriggerBuilder` tied to the given form.
`forForm(key)`	`FormTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `FormTriggerBuilder` tied to the form with the given ID.
`forSpreadsheet(sheet)`	`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder` tied to the given spreadsheet.
`forSpreadsheet(key)`	`SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `SpreadsheetTriggerBuilder` tied to the spreadsheet with the given ID.
`forUserCalendar(emailId)`	`CalendarTriggerBuilder`	Returns a builder for building calendar triggers.
`timeBased()`	`ClockTriggerBuilder`	Creates and returns a `ClockTriggerBuilder` for building time-based triggers.

`TriggerSource`

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`SPREADSHEETS`	`Enum`	Google Sheets causes the trigger to fire.
`CLOCK`	`Enum`	A time-driven event causes the trigger to fire.
`FORMS`	`Enum`	Google Forms causes the trigger to fire.
`DOCUMENTS`	`Enum`	Google Docs causes the trigger to fire.
`CALENDAR`	`Enum`	Google Calendar causes the trigger to fire.

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Last updated 2026-04-13 UTC.

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