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by soared 1326 days ago
Low code tools can be a bit funny and this is the perfect example. A person who knows what a webhook is probably doesn’t need this tool. The people who need this tool’s functionality.. likely don’t know what a webhook is.

I just started use an app script called importJSON which lets you make api calls directly from gsheets, since I get a lot of value from apis but don’t know how to actually code. This post looks to be in a comparable area, but I don’t know if that’s accurate. The introduction needs improvement.

> In this article, we will talk about how to turn your Google Sheets into a webhook so that you can receive data from the endpoint and have the data inserted into your Google spreadsheet

What value does this provide, and can you give me an example use case? What is “the data” in this context? Ideally you don’t want a lowcode user to leave your blog post to google the answers to these questions.

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Hi, thanks for the advices. I think I should have added some explanation about what a webhook is and how it can be useful. Will update the post.
Looking forward to it. I have many gsheets that would make excellent websites, but converting gsheet logic to work on a website has eluded me.
You need some proxy from webhook into the google sheet, right?
I don't know what a webhook is, so I don't know :P