Run Google Sheets script on insert - google-sheets

Question

So, i have a google form, and based on the data of the submitted form, a response is generated, i want that response to be emailed to the person who completed the form
Is there a way to send an email when a new row is inserted in the answer sheets?

Answer 1

The way I've accomplished this in the past is to write a simple google docs script to listen to the onChange trigger of a spreadsheet and send an email with the contents of the row of said sheet. Here are the specific steps:
With your google sheet open go to Tools > Script editor...
This will bring you to the script associated to this file where you can write a simple function to send the contents of the last rows of your sheet. Something like the following would work:
function sendEmailOfLastEditedRow() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var numRows = 1; // Number of rows to process
var cols = sheet.getLastColumn();
// Fetch the range of cells A2:D5
var dataRange = sheet.getRange(lastRow, 1, numRows, cols)
// Fetch values for each row in the Range.
var data = dataRange.getValues();
// Fetch your row as an array
var lastRowData = data[0];
// Format data by separating values into comma separated list for email
var emailContent = lastRowData.join(",");
// Send an email (change this to your email)
MailApp.sendEmail('alex#simoes.com', 'Email subject', emailContent);
// Log contents for debugging
Logger.log(emailContent);
}
Add a trigger in the script editor to run this function when the google sheet is edited: Edit > Current project's triggers