Conditional Formatting to a specific column - google-sheets

Question

I'm new to google sheets and I like to set conditional formatting to a specific column.
Starting on Row 8, Column D
I want to set the back ground color based on that is on the cell
If cell content like 'pass' then background color should be green (183,225,205)
If cell content like 'fail' then background color should be Red (213,139,139)
If cell content like 'pending' then background color should be Yellow (252,232,178)
So on edit of the cell I want to check the value of the cell
function onEdit(e){
var actualSheetName =
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet().getName()
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet()
var allValuesOnColumA = ss.getRange("A1:A").getValues()
var lastRow = allValuesOnColumA.filter(String).length + 1
var range = ss.getRange(8, lastRow)
conditionalFormatting(8, 4, (lastRow +1) -8, 1, actualSheetName)
}
I started a conditionalFormatting Function but I can't get it to work.
function conditionalFormatting(rowN, colN, optRows, optCols, spreadsheetName)
{
var mySpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var mySheet = mySpreadsheet.getSheetByName(spreadsheetName)
var range1Values = mySheet.getRange(rowN,colN, optRows, optCols).getValues()
//debugger
for (var row in range1Values)
{
for (var col in range1Values[row])
{
for(var i=0, iLen=range1Values.length; i<iLen; i++)
{
if(range1Values[row][col] == 'pass')
{
//debugger
Logger.log('Local Row ' + locRow + ' Local Col ' + locCol)
var pendingCell=mySheet.getRange(locRow, locCol)
pendingCell.setBackground("green")
}
else if(range1Values[row][col] == 'fail')
{
// Logger.log('fail in')
//mySheet.getRange(range1Values.offset(row, col, 1, 1).getA1Notation()).setBackgroundColor(213,139,139) //red
//Logger.log('fail Out')
}
else if(range1Values[row][col] == 'pending')
{
//Logger.log('Pending in')
//mySheet.getRange(range1Values.offset(row, col, 1, 1).getA1Notation()).setBackgroundColor(252,232,178) //Yellow
//Logger.log('Pending Out')
}
}
}
}
}
Edit:
The desired result should look like:

Answer 1

Try this (works on cells that have the keywords 'pass', 'fail', and 'pending' starting in row 8 for column D as specified):
function onEdit(e){
var actualSheetName = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet().getName();
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
var lastRow = ss.getLastRow();
conditionalFormatting(8, 4, (lastRow +1) - 8, 1, actualSheetName);
}
function conditionalFormatting(rowN, colN, optRows, optCols, spreadsheetName) {
var mySpreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var mySheet = mySpreadsheet.getSheetByName(spreadsheetName);
var range1Values = mySheet.getRange(rowN,colN, optRows, optCols).getValues();
for (var row in range1Values) {
for (var col in range1Values[row]) {
if (range1Values[row][col].toLowerCase() == 'pass' || range1Values[row][col].toLowerCase() == 'passed') {
mySheet.getRange(Number(row)+rowN, Number(col)+colN).setBackground('green')
Logger.log('Contents PASS')
} else if (range1Values[row][col].toLowerCase() == 'fail' || range1Values[row][col].toLowerCase() == 'failed') {
mySheet.getRange(Number(row)+rowN, Number(col)+colN).setBackgroundRGB(213,139,139)
Logger.log('Contents FAIL')
} else if (range1Values[row][col].toLowerCase() == 'pending') {
mySheet.getRange(Number(row)+rowN, Number(col)+colN).setBackgroundRGB(252,232,178)
Logger.log('Contents PENDING')
} else {
Logger.log('Contents did not meet any of the criteria')
}
}
}
}
Out of curiosity, is there any reason you aren't just using the built-in conditional formatting feature in Google Sheets? Although this code works, I find it much easier to just use the built-in conditional formatting feature.
EDIT (FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTION IN COMMENTS):
Modified code to not be case sensitive with keywords and also included keywords 'passed' & 'failed'
Hope this helps!