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How to clear certain cells on opening a spreadsheet

I am trying to get my Google Sheet to clear certain cells on opening it. I've never added Apps Script to any sheet, so step by sp instructions will be greatly appreciated.
I'm getting an error when trying to deploy the script below.
function onOpen() {
function clearRange() {
// replace 'Sheet2' with your actual sheet name
// replace '1AsVArsUf5DaIXqzyPEokCRkPVglxSPW4NgWg_PVtLhA/edit#gid=1395849459' with your actual sheet ID
var sheetActive = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1AsVArsUf5DaIXqzyPEokCRkPVglxSPW4NgWg_PVtLhA/edit#gid=1395849459").getSheetByName("Sheet2");
sheetActive.getRange('G83,G143,E143,G210,G221').clearContent();
}
}

Clear Ranges:
function onOpen() {
clearRange()
}
function clearRange() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1AsVArsUf5DaIXqzyPEokCRkPVglxSPW4NgWg_PVtLhA/edit#gid=1395849459");
const sh = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet2");
const rgl = sh.getRangeList(['G83','G143','E143','G210','G221']).getRanges().forEach(r => r.clearContent())
}
You probably need an installable trigger because you are using openById()
Sheet.getRangeList

Extend seach range for all sheets

I am using this script and an input form to search a Google spreadsheet, this script has a range of one sheet,i.e. Data , but I need to extend my range to all sheets in the same spreadsheet, any ideas?
function doGet(e) {
return HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile("Index").evaluate()
.setTitle("WebApp: Search By Password")
.addMetaTag('viewport', 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1')
.setXFrameOptionsMode(HtmlService.XFrameOptionsMode.ALLOWALL);
}
/* PROCESS FORM */
function processForm(formObject) {
var concat = formObject.searchtext + formObject.searchtext2;
var result = "";
if (concat) {//Execute if form passes search text
result = search(concat);
}
return result;
}
//SEARCH FOR MATCHED CONTENTS ;
function search(searchtext) {
var spreadsheetId = ' '; //** CHANGE !!!!
var sheetName = "Data"
var range = SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetId).getSheetByName(sheetName).getDataRange();
var data = range.getValues();
var ar = [];
data.forEach(function (f) {
if (~[f[8]].indexOf(searchtext)) {
ar.push([f[2], f[3], f[4], f[5], f[6], f[7]]);
}
});
return ar;
}

I believe your goal is as follows.
You want to search for a text from all sheets of a Google Spreadsheet.
You want to achieve this by modifying the script in your question.
In this case, I would like to propose modifying the function search as follows.
Modified script:
function search(searchtext) {
return SpreadsheetApp
.getActiveSpreadsheet()
.getSheets()
.flatMap(s =>
s
.getDataRange()
.getValues()
.filter(r => r[8] && r[8].includes(searchtext))
.map(([,,c,d,e,f,g,h]) => [c,d,e,f,g,h])
);
}
Note:
When you modified the Google Apps Script, please modify the deployment as a new version. By this, the modified script is reflected in Web Apps. Please be careful about this.
You can see the detail of this in the report of "Redeploying Web Apps without Changing URL of Web Apps for new IDE".
References:
getSheets()
filter()
map()

Reading JSON in Google Sheets with Google Script

I am currently pulling data from an external API to Google Sheets and wanted to get a certain part of the data to show from the JSON. The only part that should be added to the cell is $440.00 but currently it shows {"data":[{"cost":"$440.00"}],"success":true,"totalNumRows":1}. Is there a way to just pull that?
// Add menu to run program
function onOpen() {
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
ui.createMenu('Get Crobo Cost')
.addItem('Display daily cost', 'callCrobo')
.addToUi();
}
// Function to call Crobo
function callCrobo() {
// Call Crobo daily spend
var apiKey = '****omitted****'
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("http://cis.crobo.com/stats/stats.json?api_key=" + apiKey + "&start_date=2018-03-12&end_date=2018-03-12&field[]=Stat.revenue")
Logger.log(response.getContentText());
// Parse to JSON reply
var json = response.getContentText();
var obj = JSON.parse(json);
Logger.log(obj.data);
//Gets hold of ActiveSheet in current workbook
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Set value in cell A1
sheet.getRange(sheet.getLastRow() + 1,1).setValue([response]);
}
The logger's current output is:
[18-03-13 17:22:02:377 EDT] {"data":
[{"cost":"$440.00"}],"success":true,"totalNumRows":1}
[18-03-13 17:22:02:378 EDT] undefined
Thank you

Export data from Google AppMaker Datasource automatically

Does anyone know how we can generate report from data in datasource in Google AppMaker automatically (e.g generate report at 12a.m.) instead of manually click export data in deployments every time user need the report.
I have seen something similar on Exporting data out of Google AppMaker but also no one tried to answer that.
Really appreciate if there is anyone who know how to solve this :)

This can be achieved by using Installable Triggers.
Say for example, you have a model with students data that has three fields; name(string), age(number) and grade(number). On the server script you can write something like this:
//define function to do the data export
function dataExport() {
//create sheet to populate data
var fileName = "Students List " + new Date(); //define file name
var newExport = SpreadsheetApp.create(fileName); // create new spreadsheet
var header = ["Name", "Age", "Grade"]; //define header
newExport.appendRow(header); // append header to spreadsheet
//get all students records
var ds = app.models.students.newQuery();
var allStudents = ds.run();
for(var i=0; i< allStudents.length; i++) {
//get each student data
var student = allStudents[i];
var studentName = student.name;
var studentAge = student.age;
var studentGrade = student.grade;
var newRow = [studentName, studentAge, studentGrade]; //save studen data in a row
newExport.appendRow(newRow); //append student data row to spreadsheet
}
console.log("Finished Exporting Student Data");
}
//invoke function to set up the auto export
function exportData(){
//check if there is an existing trigger for this process
var existingTrigger = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().getProperty("autoExportTrigger");
//if the trigger already exists, inform user about it
if(existingTrigger) {
return "Auto export is already set";
} else { // if the trigger does not exists, continue to set the trigger to auto export data
//runs the script every day at 1am on the time zone specified
var newTrigger = ScriptApp.newTrigger('dataExport')
.timeBased()
.atHour(1)
.everyDays(1)
.inTimezone("America/Chicago")
.create();
var triggerId = newTrigger.getUniqueId();
if(triggerId) {
PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().setProperty("autoExportTrigger", triggerId);
return "Auto export has been set successfully!";
} else {
return "Failed to set auto export. Try again please";
}
}
}
Then, to delete/stop the auto export, in case you need to, you can write the following on the server script too:
function deleteTrigger() {
//get the current auto export trigger id
var triggerId = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().getProperty("autoExportTrigger");
//get all triggers
var allTriggers = ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers();
//loop over all triggers.
for (var i = 0; i < allTriggers.length; i++) {
// If the current trigger is the correct one, delete it.
if (allTriggers[i].getUniqueId() === triggerId) {
ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(allTriggers[i]);
break;
//else delete all the triggers found
} else {
ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(allTriggers[i]);
}
}
PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().deleteProperty("autoExportTrigger");
return "Auto export has been cancelled";
}
You can check the demo app right here.
The reference to the script properties service is here.
The reference to the Time Zones list is here.
I hope this helps!

It seems that you are looking for daily database backups. App Maker Team recommends migrating apps to Cloud SQL if you haven't done this so far. Once you start using Cloud SQL as your data backend you can configure backups through Google Cloud Console:
https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/backup-recovery/backups

Using Google App Script to get values from sheets and display them in text box

So, Google recently updated Google App Script API and added lots of nice features, however, in the process, they also depreciated LOTS of API. I have been working on a Library Database user interface for the place I work on my college campus, and when I wanted to update my app to the new API, a lot of things broke, and I can't figure out how to make them work again.
What I am trying to do is get a value from a Google Sheets file, and simply put that value in a text box on the web app. Currently I cannot get that work work. In addition, I discovered something that was troublesome, and that is, the debugger seems to not be correct. I know, bold accusation. Let me try to show you.
Code.gs
function doGet(e) {
var html = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('index')
.setSandboxMode(HtmlService.SandboxMode.IFRAME);
return html;
}
function searchBooks(searchItem, searchType){
var sI = searchItem;
Logger.log(sI);
var sT = searchType;
Logger.log(sT);
var sheets = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets();
var ss = sheets[0];
var itemDataRange = ss.getRangeByName("itemInformation");
var selectedItem = null; //the item that will be returned
//var selectedSearch = searchItem;
var titles = sheet.getRange("K2:K9507").getValues(); //get the titles of the items
var authors = sheet.getRange("J2:J9507").getValues(); //get the authors in the sheet
var barcodes = sheet.getRange("B2:B9507").getValues(); //get the barcodes in the sheet
var itemsArray = new Array();
if (sT == '')
{
return null;
}
else if (sT.value == 'Please select type...')
{
var test = "this works";
Logger.log(test);
return selectedItem;
}
else if(sT == 'Barcode')
{
var selectedBarcode = sI;
for(var i = 0; i < barcodes.length; i++) //search for the barcode
{
if(barcodes[i] == selectedBarcode)
{
selectedItem = titles[i];
break; //break immediately because barcodes are not duplicated
}
}
if(selectedItem != null)
{
return selectedItem;
}
else
{
selectedItem = "No book(s) found";
return selectedItem;
}
return selectedItem;
}
}
...
index.html
<script>
function bookSearch()
{
var searchItem = String(document.getElementById('searchItem').value.toLowerCase());
var searchType = String(document.getElementById('searchType').value.toLowerCase());
google.script.run.withSuccessHandler(bookFound).searchBooks(searchItem, searchType);
}
...
function bookFound(selectedItem)
{
document.getElementById("bookResultBox").innHTML = selectedItem;
alert(selectedItem);
}
</script>
When I test this code, and put a search value with the category "Barcodes" selected, I successfully get console logs of the data being brought into the function searchBooks, however the debug console says that the variables sI, sT, searchItems, and searchType are all undefined.
I've also been having trouble trying to figure out the proper API calls to use to search through the spreadsheet (when dealing with stuff like getRangeByName). I think there might be a slightly different way to do this since the big update. I may have had it working before I changed some of the code, although I started changing a lot of it when I was trying to figure out WHY nothing was displaying. When I saw at the "undefined" debug console logs, it scared me a bit. I can't tell if I'm messing up, or the API is messing up.
Any help is much appreciated in advance :)

There's probably an error in your code. It's probably coming from line:
var itemDataRange = ss.getRangeByName("itemInformation");
Your variable ss is not a spreadsheet class, it's a sheet class. You can't get a RangeByName of a sheet class. There is no getRangeByName() method of the Sheet class.
I'd change your code to this:
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var itemDataRange = ss.getRangeByName("itemInformation");
If you need to get the first sheet:
var theFirstSheet = ss.getSheets()[0];