I’m working on a javascript project that will list everything from user name, email, phone number, and notes from AD into into a spreadsheet, so far i have two functions. however anything i put after getExternalID(users[i].externalIds ||[] does not output any information. here’s a snippet of what i have. I’m a bit of a novice, would this be due to how I formatted the script?
function writeToSpreadsheet(){
var values = [];
var users = AdminDirectory.Users.list({domain:'domain'}).users;
for (var i=0; i<users.length; i++){
values.push([users[i].name.fullName, getExternalID(users[i].externalIds ||[], getPhones(users[i].phones ||[], ))]); // accounts for blank data
}
var spreadsheetUrl = 'https://docslink';
SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl(spreadsheetUrl).getSheets()[0].getRange(1, 1, values.length, values[0].length).setValues(values);
}
function getExternalID(arr) {
return arr.map(function(ExternalIDsObj) {
return ExternalIDsObj.value;
}).join(', ') + ('@differentemail') //takes employeeID and adds Email Address
}
function getPhones(arr) {
return arr.map(function(phoneObj) {
return phoneObj.value;
}).join(', ')
}
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Answer
Since you are aiming to output the data from Active Directory into a spreadsheet, you need to use Sheets API to do that after populating the values array.
Also, for best practice the two get functions are separated from the main function.
Edit: There must be a typo on your closing parenthesis on your getExternalID() call. It’s only supposed to get one argument.
Sample Code:
function writeToSpreadsheet(){
var values = [];
var users = AdminDirectory.Users.list({domain:'domain'}).users;
for (var i=0; i<users.length; i++){
values.push([users[i].name.fullName, getExternalID(users[i].externalIds || []), getPhones(users[i].phones || [])]);
}
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
sheet.getRange(1,1,values.length,values[0].length).setValues(values);
}
function getExternalID(arr) {
return arr.map(function(ExternalIDsObj) {
return ExternalIDsObj.value;
}).join(', ') + ('@differentemail.com');
}
function getPhones(arr) {
return arr.map(function(phoneObj) {
return phoneObj.value;
}).join(', ');
}
Sample Output: (note that these “accounts” do not have external ID information in Admin Console)
