Class HostAppDataSource

HostAppDataSource is used with SelectionInput widgets in multiselect menus to populate items from a Google Workspace application data source.
This feature is exclusively available for Google Chat apps and cannot be used with Google Workspace add-ons.
The setChatDataSource method allows setting the data source from Google Chat.

For a SelectionInput widget that uses a multiselect menu, a data source from a Google Workspace application. The data source populates selection items for the multiselect menu.

const chatSpaceDataSource =
    CardService.newChatSpaceDataSource().setDefaultToCurrentSpace(true);

const chatClientDataSource =
    CardService.newChatClientDataSource().setSpaceDataSource(
        chatSpaceDataSource);

const hostAppDataSource =
    CardService.newHostAppDataSource().setChatDataSource(chatClientDataSource);

Only available for Google Chat apps and Google Workspace add-ons that extend flows. Not available for other Google Workspace add-ons.

Detailed documentation

`setChatDataSource(chatClientDataSource)`

Sets the data source from Google Chat.

const chatSpaceDataSource =
    CardService.newChatSpaceDataSource().setDefaultToCurrentSpace(true);

const chatClientDataSource =
    CardService.newChatClientDataSource().setSpaceDataSource(
        chatSpaceDataSource);

const hostAppDataSource =
    CardService.newHostAppDataSource().setChatDataSource(chatClientDataSource);

Only available for Google Chat apps. Not available for Google Workspace add-ons.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`chatClientDataSource`	`ChatClientDataSource`	The data source to be set.

Return

HostAppDataSource — This object, for chaining.

`setWorkflowDataSource(workflowDataSource)`

Sets the data source from Google Workspace Flows.

Only available for Google Workspace add-ons that extend Google Workspace Studio.

const workflowDataSource =
    CardService.newWorkflowDataSource().setIncludeVariables(true);

const hostAppDataSource =
    CardService.newHostAppDataSource().setWorkflowDataSource(workflowDataSource);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`workflowDataSource`	`WorkflowDataSource`	The data source to be set.

Return

HostAppDataSource — This object, for chaining.