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Last active December 13, 2018 01:35
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google_sheets_twitter_followers.gs
function initTwitterFollowerCount() {
insertTwitterFollowerCount("IG followers", "nickboyce");
}
function insertTwitterFollowerCount(sheetName, username) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(sheetName);
Logger.log(sheet.getRange("A1").getValue());
sheet.appendRow([Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT", "yyyy-MM-dd"), getTwitterFollowerCount(username)]); 
}
function getTwitterFollowerCount(username) {
var url = "https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/widgets/followbutton/info.json?screen_names="+username;
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();
return JSON.parse(response)[0].followers_count;
}
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LenaFR commented Feb 21, 2018

I'm having issues getting this script to run correctly. I think the issue is in line two? Are you able to advise?

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@LenaFR – looks like the quotes got messed up. Try again with the updated gist.

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cvanciu commented Oct 16, 2018

I'm also having issues getting this script to run correctly. It is still not registering the sheetname and username as specified in initTwitterFollowerCount() even though the quotes are updated. Any idea what would be happening?

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