Easiest Way To Upload Responses to Google Forms

About this Video

• Video Title: Easiest Way To Upload Responses to Google Forms
• Channel: Bootstrapping Tools
• Speakers: (Speaker name not explicitly mentioned in the transcript)
• Duration: 00:05:32

Introduction

This video demonstrates how to upload multiple responses to a Google Form using its API. The creator initially explores the Google Forms API documentation and a potential "hacky" solution (using a POST request), but ultimately finds these methods unsuccessful. The video then details a successful method involving iterative code that handles various response item types.

Key Takeaways

• Directly uploading responses via the Google Forms UI is not possible.
• Initial attempts using the API and a POST request were unsuccessful.
• A successful method involves iterating through the data and creating responses individually, handling different item types (text, list, etc.) using a switch statement. This requires understanding the structure of the form's responses and using appropriate item types.
• The process involves nested loops to handle multiple responses and their respective items.
• The method is time-consuming for large datasets due to the one-response-at-a-time approach.