chang48 / addressbook

Simple LaTeX Address Book

A simple workflow that generates a LaTeX address book. The workflow consists of the following elements

• Google Forms
  • Each entry of the address book represents a household. So the form has a common section "Household Address" that collects household address info such as: street number, city, state, and zip code.
  • Following the "Household Address" section are multiple member contact cards. Each card collects name, phone number, and email address.
• Google Sheet
  • Collects Google Forms responses
  • Use App Script to convert multi-section responses into rows with the common "Household Address" column. Because the Household Address is unique, this column will be used in pandas groupby operation, as explained in the following.
• Python
  • A python script that pulls the rows and write the contact info into .tex file for each addressbook entry. Here the converted responses are imported as a pandas dataframe. Using the Household Address as groupby column, the code iterates over each household and outputs address book entry in .tex format. Additionally, the code uses Google API to communicate with Google Sheet and Google Forms services.

Reference to the Google APIs:

• Google Sheet API python quick start
• Google Drive API python quick start