Publishing the Google Apps Script Library

Question

I'm a little confused about how new libraries should be published.

I am creating what I think is a very cool and useful library for Google Apps scripts.

google_api_client

But I do not know where I can post this so that others can enjoy and give some feedback. I notice that I can publish my script as a template, but I believe that this will allow other users to import my script and edit as they want, but if there are updates, they will need to import my code again.

The new library feature, on the other hand, requires users to find out about your application ID in order to import it into their projects.

To date, the only place libraries are listed is the " Famous Script Libraries " on Google Developers. But it’s easy for individual selected libraries from Google.

So my questions are here:

When should I publish my script as a template, and not publish it as a library? They seem a little overlapping to me.

How do other people share their libraries? Does Google plan any catalog?

Answer 1

Existing Script Gallery applications (Publish> Publish to Gallery) were created to exchange useful scripts with users who need to be fully built and ready to run. There is currently no official gallery for libraries targeting other Script developers. Currently, you can create a useful Script that uses your library and publish the Script gallery to get visibility.