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Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by eatonphil »

That is what Google Forms does, but it looks like you've added the benefit of more custom styling which Google Forms is not very flexible about.

I run my blog's subscription system off of Google Forms -> Google Sheets. It's free and very simple but I definitely don't like how ugly Google Forms is.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by a_band »

eatonphil wrote: post #2

That is what Google Forms does, but it looks like you've added the benefit of more custom styling which Google Forms is not very flexible about. I run my blog's subscription system off of Google Forms -> Google Sheets. It's free and very simple but I definitely don't like how ugly Google Forms is.

You got it 100%. Google Forms is great until you have to integrate it with a website. This is meant to work just like Google Forms but with the ability to be embedded right into any layout.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by eatonphil »

a_band wrote: post #3
eatonphil wrote: post #2

That is what Google Forms does, but it looks like you've added the benefit of more custom styling which Google Forms is not very flexible about. I run my blog's subscription system off of Google Forms -> Google Sheets. It's free and very simple but I definitely don't like how ugly Google Forms is.

You got it 100%. Google Forms is great until you have to integrate it with a website. This is meant to work just like Google Forms but with the ability to be embedded right into any layout.

Nice, I liked the blog post you've got too [0]. I forgot my other gripe with Google Forms is that there's probably lost conversions to subscribers because it leaves my own site.

I keep meaning to follow one of these guides to embedding a form and posting to Google Sheets but the Google Sheets API is confusing and everyone's guide for doing this has a different method.

I just need to spend the time on it...

[0] https://sheetmonkey.io/articles/how-to-submit-a-html-form-to...

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by a_band »

eatonphil wrote: post #4
a_band wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You got it 100%. Google Forms is great until you have to integrate it with a website. This is meant to work just like Google Forms but with the ability to be embedded right into any layout.

Nice, I liked the blog post you've got too [0]. I forgot my other gripe with Google Forms is that there's probably lost conversions to subscribers because it leaves my own site. I keep meaning to follow one of these guides to embedding a form and posting to Google Sheets but the Google Sheets API is confusing and everyone's guide for doing this has a different method. I just need to spend the time on it... [0] https:…

Thanks! Glad you found that post helpful. Yeah, the Google APIs are very powerful but not user-friendly at all for developers looking for a quick way to save data into a sheet.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by livatlantis »

Although I'm not in the target audience (because Google), I think some of my less nerdy friends would find this extremely useful. I've had quite a few ask me for an easy way to create a quick form to gather responses when organising an event or to run a little survey. Thanks for creating it, bookmarked. Will recommend.

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by a_band »

livatlantis wrote: post #6

Although I'm not in the target audience (because Google), I think some of my less nerdy friends would find this extremely useful. I've had quite a few ask me for an easy way to create a quick form to gather responses when organising an event or to run a little survey. Thanks for creating it, bookmarked. Will recommend.

Thank you! Hope they find it useful. :-)

Re: Show HN: I made a form builder that saves data in Google Sheets

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Post by Biologist123 »

This is great. Two questions:

1. Could I have “code” in subsequent sheets to manipulate data coming in through the form and output results.

2. Could you embed questions in an android app? If you could I would immediately have a lot of use for this.

Thanks and well done!

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