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Part 1: How to Set Up Google Sheets to Collect Your Data
To collect data from your landing page, you need to create a Google Sheet and then use Google Apps Script to turn it into a web server that can receive the information. Here are the step-by-step instructions.
Step 1: Prepare Your Google Sheet
First, you need to create the spreadsheet where all the visitor data will be stored.
Sign in to your Google Account and go to sheets.google.com .
Click the + Blank button to create a new, empty spreadsheet .
Name your spreadsheet (e.g., "ApeGames Visitor Log") by clicking on "Untitled spreadsheet" at the top left.
In the first row of your sheet, enter the headers for the data you will be collecting. In separate columns (starting from A1), type the following exactly as you want them to appear:
Timestamp
Choice
IP Address
User Agent
Step 2: Create the Apps Script "Receiver"
This is the core of the setup. You'll write a small script that acts as the endpoint for your landing page.
In your new Google Sheet, click on Extensions in the top menu, then select Apps Script.
This will open a new tab. You'll see a code editor with a default function. Delete that default code and paste the following script in its place:
javascript
function doPost(e) {
// This function runs when your script receives a POST request
var params = JSON.parse(e.postData.getDataAsString());
// Get the active spreadsheet and the first sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
// Append the data as a new row
sheet.appendRow([
params.timestamp, // Column A: Timestamp
params.choice, // Column B: Choice
params.ipAddress, // Column C: IP Address
params.userAgent // Column D: User Agent
]);
// Return a success response
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({ result: 'success' }))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
}
Click on the floppy disk icon Save or press Ctrl + S (Cmd + S on Mac). Give your project a name, like "LogVisitorData".
Step 3: Deploy as a Web App
This step makes your script accessible via a unique URL.
In the Apps Script editor, click the blue Deploy button at the top right.
From the dropdown, select New deployment.
Next to "Select type," click the settings gear icon and choose Web App.
Fill in the following details:
Description: Enter a description, like "Visitor Data Collector".
Execute as: Select "Me" (this means the data will go into your spreadsheet).
Who has access: Select "Anyone" (so your landing page, which any visitor can trigger, can send data to it).
Click the Deploy button.
A pop-up window will appear. This is the most important step. You must copy the Web App URL (it will look like https://script.google.com/macros/s/.../exec). This is the URL you will put into your HTML code. After you click "Done," you cannot easily get this exact same URL again without creating a new deployment.
Step 4: Connect Your Landing Page
Now, you just need to plug this URL into the HTML code I provided earlier.
Copy the Web App URL you just generated.
Open the HTML file from my previous response.
Find the line where it says const GOOGLE_SHEETS_ENDPOINT = 'https://httpbin.org/post'; (around line 170).
Replace that entire URL with your new Web App URL, making sure to keep it enclosed in quotes.
javascript
const GOOGLE_SHEETS_ENDPOINT = 'YOUR_COPIED_WEB_APP_URL_HERE';
Save your HTML file, and your data logging is now fully functional.