Meraki Dashboard with Google Scripts & Forms

Overview

This learning lab demonstrates the power of Meraki APIs with Google Scripts and Forms.

By building a simple Google Form and attaching a script written in JavaScript, a Meraki Dashboard administrator can easily be created. This is incredibly helpful when running workshops that require several administrators to have access to a lab network.

Instructions

Create a Google Form

https://forms.google.com

The first two questions should be as follows:

• Email
• Name

[SAMPLE]

Link the form to a Google Script

Paste the contents of this repository's example-registerMerakiAdmin-form.gs file into the Google Scripts IDE.

• example-registerMerakiAdmin-form.gs
• update the API_KEY, ORG_ID and SHARD to match your settings.
• save your changes

Add a Trigger to launch the script when the Form is submitted.

Configure the trigger

• Run: onFormSubmit
• Events: From form
• --> On form submit

Test the API calls

Several additional functions are included in this code to allow you to test with sample data and collect information.

• Run --> Select a test function

Feel free to modify the sample JSON data defined in the testAddMerakiAdmin function.

function testAddMerakiAdmin(){
  var data = {
    "name":"Google Scripts Demo",
    "email":"GoogleScriptsDemo@meraki.com", // change this to an email you have access to!
    "orgAccess":"full"
  };
  addMerakiAdmin(API_KEY,ORG_ID,SHARD,data);
}

View the results

• View --> Logs

Google Form

Now that the API calls are working, test the Google Form by hitting the preview button.

Complete the form with a valid email address.

If everything worked, you should get an email from Meraki asking to complete the admin account verification.

Verify Meraki account is created

• Meraki Dashboard --> Organization --> Administrators

SUCCESS!

You have now used the Meraki APIs to dynamically create Meraki administrator accounts. With Google Apps, you do not even need to host a server to run the application. Cool!

Meraki API Resources

http://developers.meraki.com/