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A append-responses.gs

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+function AppendResponses() {
+    // get spreadsheet data  
+    const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JV3BUiZ1t2N1NiX-yW-XMxEgo-qOVVSifjFVQVMe24E/edit");
+    const rows = sheet.getDataRange();
+    const numRows = rows.getNumRows();
+    const values = rows.getValues();
+    
+    // get form data
+    const form = FormApp.openByUrl("https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IVrUpV_cIljb-EzN2_JUMXlTo-UozDQPOpRz_dh7m_s/edit");
+    const items = form.getItems().filter(i => i.getType() != "SECTION_HEADER"); // filter out section headers, since these get no answers
+    
+    // for every row in values ...
+    for (let v = 1; v < values.length; v ++) {
+        const value = values[v];
+        const formResponse = form.createResponse(); // the response object we will submit
+        let data_index = 1; // we will increment on this, but we don't want the first column, since it's the date!
+        
+        // ... take each element and make it a response for the corresponding item of the form
+        // CHECKBOX answers are in a single cell as comma separated values
+        // GRID answers take multiple cells, each for every row, so we need to keep track of the column position
+        for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+            const item = items[i];
+            const type = item.getType();
+            
+            if (type == "TEXT") {
+                const textItem = item.asTextItem();
+                const response = textItem.createResponse(value[data_index]);
+                formResponse.withItemResponse(response);
+                data_index++;
+                
+            } else if (type == "PARAGRAPH_TEXT") {
+                const paragraphTextItem = item.asParagraphTextItem();
+                const response = paragraphTextItem.createResponse(value[data_index]);
+                formResponse.withItemResponse(response);
+                data_index++;
+                
+            } else if (type == "MULTIPLE_CHOICE") {
+                const multipleChoiceItem = item.asMultipleChoiceItem();
+                const response = multipleChoiceItem.createResponse(value[data_index]);
+                formResponse.withItemResponse(response);
+                data_index++;
+                
+            } else if (type == "CHECKBOX") {
+                const arr = value[data_index].split(',').map(x => x.trim());
+                // since we split on commas, it's thoughtfull to replace commas in user submitted answers with dashes
+                const checkboxItem = item.asCheckboxItem();
+                const response = checkboxItem.createResponse(arr);
+                formResponse.withItemResponse(response);
+                data_index++;
+                
+            } else if (type == "GRID") {
+                const gridItem = item.asGridItem();
+                const gridHeight = gridItem.getRows().length;
+                const arr = value.slice(data_index, data_index + gridHeight);
+                const response = gridItem.createResponse(arr);
+                formResponse.withItemResponse(response);
+                data_index += gridHeight;
+            }
+            else {
+                throw new Error('This kind of item in not implemented. DIY or drop a line at me@bendersteed.tech');
+            }          
+        }
+        formResponse.submit();
+        Utilities.sleep(500);   
+    }
+};