I'm fairly new to Ajax and was working on some scripts in Google Spreadsheets and was given the error: "ReferenceError: "XMLHttpRequest" is not defined. (line 21, file "getBookmarks")". Is there a problem with my code or is it that certain functions are limited when making a XMLHtppRequest in Google Spreadsheets to an external source?... I checked and all the other functions I used were fine?

function getBookmarks() {
   //Opening Active Spreadsheet
   var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
   var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

    // Get the range of cells that stores event data.
    var eventDataRange = ss.getRangeByName("Url");

    // Stores URL into eventObject
    var eventObject = getRowsData(sheet, eventDataRange);

     for (var i=0; i < countProperties(eventObject); i++)
    {

     //Making the Ajax Call

      var xmlhttp;
      xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
      xmlhttp.open("GET",eventObject[i],true);
    }
   //search for string ""global-bookmark-count" class="count-text">"
   //get bookmark number bookmark
   //return bookmark //returning bookmark count 
  }

I'm fairly new to Ajax and was working on some scripts in Google Spreadsheets and was given the error: "ReferenceError: "XMLHttpRequest" is not defined. (line 21, file "getBookmarks")". Is there a problem with my code or is it that certain functions are limited when making a XMLHtppRequest in Google Spreadsheets to an external source?... I checked and all the other functions I used were fine?

function getBookmarks() {
   //Opening Active Spreadsheet
   var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
   var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

    // Get the range of cells that stores event data.
    var eventDataRange = ss.getRangeByName("Url");

    // Stores URL into eventObject
    var eventObject = getRowsData(sheet, eventDataRange);

     for (var i=0; i < countProperties(eventObject); i++)
    {

     //Making the Ajax Call

      var xmlhttp;
      xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
      xmlhttp.open("GET",eventObject[i],true);
    }
   //search for string ""global-bookmark-count" class="count-text">"
   //get bookmark number bookmark
   //return bookmark //returning bookmark count 
  }

• javascript
• google-apps-script
• xmlhttprequest
• google-sheets

• Does this answer your question? Ajax calls made from Google Spreadsheet Custom Function – Christoph Rackwitz Commented Jan 21, 2024 at 22:46

1 Answer 1

Google Apps Script does not support that function, see this answer for guidance.