Google Email: Button/Link which trigger a script for sheet - javascript

I am looking for a way to send an email with Google App Script (I know how to do that) which includes an approval button/link. When the user clicks the link/button in the email to approve the request, I want to trigger a script (this is the part I do not know if possible from email) which goes back to the Google Sheet and changes a value in a cell.
Example:
User A submits a request using google form, and a new row is appended in SheetA. With some formulas, I automatically associate an ID = X to that request/row. A script will then send an email to user B to ask to approve the request of user A. User B will click a link in the email and the script will find the record X in SheetA and update a value in that row.

You can create a simple web app, using code like
function doGet(e) {
params = e.parameter;
var range=e.parameter.range;
var value=e.parameter.value;
SpreadsheetApp.openById('SHEETID').getRange(range).setValue(value);
return HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(`<b>${range}</b> set to <b>${value}</b>`);
}
publish it with "execute as me", "everyone, even anonymous" options,
and then exec it using a link
https://script.google.com/macros/s/SCRIPTID/exec?range=B1&value=100
Example sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jNEzil1dOtXj-Qc5ZVcZnd1fwGQ7V18irWIsH9G8to8/edit?usp=sharing
Update link:
https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycby5KYzQELQNS0y0uf0CwjwzoWkabCJywqkpph7wUUXoTGjERUg/exec?range=Sheet1!B1&value=500

I don't know of a prefect way to do this, but with a small work-around, it is possible.
Instead of "clicking an Approve button," the user could click an Approve link. This link would open a Google Form that is pre-filled with the a request ID and Marked as Approved. All they would need to do is submit the pre-filled form. The email would also contain a Reject link that would also pre-fill the request_id and mark Reject. (I recommend radio buttons for this question)
Then set up a trigger onFormSumit(). for this form that makes the appropriate edits to the spreadsheet when a user submits this form.
If you wanted to make the solution even more complicated, but perhaps avoid the second click, the links could be to a WebApp and you could code the site to automatically record the data in the url to Google sheet.
PS: Both solutions also work as a way to get read receipts for emails sent from Google Scripts.

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Using a HTML tag and making a request with javascript
Making a request with a custom image tag
On the past i ve just added the URL with parameters where you want the request to be made on an image tag and worked perfectly for me.
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Why do you need various HTML pages?
I think you should refactor your code so every form is on the same HTML and everything shows and hides with Jquery or Javascript. You can send the same URL but with differente URL parameters.
If this isn't your case, you should post some code of yours and detail a little bit more your question. Also, wich limit does it triggers?

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