Apps Script Autocomplete with JSDoc

Max Makhrov
2 min readAug 10, 2023

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How about autocomplete options for your app script methods? I was interested in using JSDoc. If you add a separate gs file with the code below, you may use it with autocomplete, like this:

I’ve created a repo file to collect types there.

Sample type:

//  Represents the options for an HTTP request.
// https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/url-fetch/url-fetch-app#getrequesturl,-params
/**
* @typedef {Object} UrlFetchRequest
* @property {string} url
* @property {string} contentType - The content type, e.g., 'application/xml; charset=utf-8'.
* @property {Object.<string, string>} headers - JavaScript key/value map of HTTP headers.
* @property {string} method - HTTP method: get, delete, patch, post, put.
* @property {string | number[] | Blob | Object.<string, (string | Blob)>} payload - The POST body; string, blob, or object.
* @property {boolean} validateHttpsCertificates - If false, ignores invalid certificates.
* @property {boolean} followRedirects - If false, doesn't auto-follow HTTP redirects.
* @property {boolean} muteHttpExceptions - If true, doesn't throw on failure.
* @property {boolean} escaping - If false, no URL character escaping.
*/

Usage

/** @type {UrlFetchRequest} */
var request = {

}

Other cases

If we want, we may also add types for event objects for:

  • onEdit
  • doGet + doPost
  • onFormSubmit

and others.

See also types for Telegram Bot by 💪🏼Alex Ivanov. And go “to infinity and beyond” with JSDoc tips by 🦸🏼Tanaike.

Homework

Give me some useful types, please.

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