Hello everyone,
I’m working on a rewards program application and my client wants to export member category information straight into Google Sheets.
Has anyone done something similar with their app before? I’m having trouble finding a solution that doesn’t need my users to have technical knowledge for setup. At the same time, I want to make sure the integration is secure and doesn’t create vulnerabilities where unauthorized people could access sensitive member data through automated attacks.
Any suggestions or experiences would be really helpful. Thanks!
we use zapier for this - beats coding from scratch! just set up workflows that auto-push data 2 google sheets without exposing api keys to users. make sure to filter sensitive fields first and rely on zapier’s sec features.
Did this for a client about six months back - went with Google Apps Script and service accounts. The trick is setting up auth through Google Cloud Console so users don’t have to mess with any technical stuff. You authenticate once on the backend and handle everything server-side. Security-wise, I locked down the service account to only write to specific sheets and added data validation before anything gets sent over. Also encrypted sensitive data before it hits the sheets. Whole thing runs on autopilot now and hasn’t given us any issues. Setup’s a bit of a pain initially but totally worth it for the security and smooth user experience.
I built this with Google Sheets API and OAuth2 about a year ago. The trick was creating middleware that handles auth tokens and refresh cycles automatically. I used hourly access tokens plus IP whitelisting on the Google Cloud side to block unauthorized attempts. For exports, I batch the requests and sanitize everything - never send raw database dumps. Added a preview feature so users see exactly what data gets exported before it happens. Performance’s been solid and no security issues since launch.