E-Z Notes

E-Z Notes is a Google Chrome extension designed to help users easily gather information without leaving their web browser. E-Z Notes takes selected information and appends it to a Google Doc of the user's choice. Originally developed at SwampHacks '18.

Team Members:

Randy Tsui                Spring '20

Travis Raghubans     Spring '20

Warren Oliver            Spring '19

How:

E-Z Notes uses HTML and Javascript. Creates and appends text to files using Google Apps Script API and selects file with Google Picker API

Requirements

• Google Account
• Python SimpleHTTPServer

Installation

1. Create a new project on Google Cloud Developer Console

2. Navigate to IAM & admin/settings and record your Project Number and Project ID.

3. In the search bar, search for "Google Picker API" and enable it. Then navigate to credentials, create an API Key, and record it.

4. In the search bar, search for "Google Apps Script API" and enable it. Navigate to credentials and create an OAuth Client ID for a Web Application. Under "Authorized JavaScript Origins" Enter http://localhost:8000. Record the OAuth2 client ID.

5. Visit Google Apps Script and create a script consisting of the code within the googleScript.gs.

6. Navigate to the "Resources" tab in the Google Script, select Cloud Platform Project and enter your project ID (Step 2).

7. Go to your Google Apps Script Dashboard, visit settings on the left menu and enable Google Apps Script API.

8. Navigate to File>Project Properties and record your Script ID.

9. Within the config-empty.js file, enter all the information you just gathered: developerKey (API Key), scriptID, appID (Project Number), clientID (OAuth Client ID). Also, Change the config-empty.js to config.js

10. Navigate to GAS.html and append API Key to the URL on line 16, so that it will be: https://www.google.com/jsapi?key=YOUR_KEY).

Launch

1. Navigate to the directory of the project in command line and launch a python web server. python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
2. In your browser, navigate to http://localhost:8000/GAS.html

Current functionality

• Currently, it only exectues as a web application, not a chrome extension. This is due to a conflict between OAuth2 and Google Chrome Extensions.
• Can append selected information on the current page to document using hot key: <Enter>
• Can create new files