How to export single cell from google sheets into a text file

Question

I have a Google Sheet with a bunch of numbers that get added up and totalled using the SUM feature.

The totals are in cells D2 and E2

I need a Google Apps Script that will export each of those cells individually to their own .txt files (labelled D2Total.txt & E2Total.txt) in my google drive.

I need them to overwrite themselves every time the script is run because I will be having them update constantly (every few minutes) using the triggers in G Suite.

This is probably pretty straight forward but I am lame when it comes to coding.

I tried some random code on the internet that was kind of close but would only export the entire spreadsheet.

Answer 1

Append a table of data from Spreadsheet to a Google Doc or Ascii Text File

Assuming you have CSV data in a 'A2' like this '1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 13,14,14,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 with line delimiters '\\n' the you can use this code to create a Google Document and append it as a table or simply export it to an ascii text file.

Export to Google Document:

function exportToGDoc() {
  var fn=Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), Session.getScriptTimeZone(), "MM/dd/yy:HH:mm") + '_Report';
  var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
  var sh=ss.getSheetByName('Sheet62');//Need Sheet Name
  var rg=sh.getRange(1,1);
  var csv=rg.getValue();
  var vA=Utilities.parseCsv(csv);
  var fldr=DriveApp.getFolderById('Your Folder Id');//Need Folder Id
  var dk=DocumentApp.create(fn);
  var bd=dk.getBody();
  bd.appendTable(vA)
  dk.saveAndClose();
  var fileId=dk.getId();
  Drive.Files.update({"parents": [{"id": fldr.getId()}]}, dk.getId());//Need to install Drive API
}

Export to Ascii Text File:

function exportToAsciiText() {
  var fn=Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), Session.getScriptTimeZone(), "MM/dd/yy:HH:mm") + '_Report.csv';
  var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
  var sh=ss.getSheetByName('Sheet62');//Need Sheet Name
  var rg=sh.getRange(1,1);//A1
  var csv=rg.getValue();
  var fldr=DriveApp.getFolderById('Your Folder Id');//Need Folder Id
  var file=fldr.createFile(fn, csv, MimeType.PLAIN_TEXT);
}

Reloading the same ascii text file

function exportToAsciiText() {
  var fn='MyReport.csv';//Your report name
  var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
  var sh=ss.getSheetByName('Sheet62');//Need Sheet Name
  var rg=sh.getRange(1,1);//A1
  var csv=rg.getValue();
  var fldr=DriveApp.getFolderById('Your Folder Id');//Need Folder Id
  var files=fldr.getFilesByName(fn);
  var n=0;
  while(files.hasNext()) {
    var file=files.next();
    n++;
  }
  switch (n) {
    case 0:
      var file=fldr.createFile(fn, csv, MimeType.PLAIN_TEXT);
      break;
    case 1:
      file.setContent(csv);
      break;
    default:
      SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModalDialog(HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(Utilities.formatString('You have more than one file named %s in folder named %s.',fn,fldr.getName())), 'Error: To many files with that name.');
      break;                                       
  }
}

• Drive API
• DocumentApp Class
• SpreadsheetApp Class