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Is there a way to get a response ID in the responses spreadsheet of a Google Forms?

I need it in order to keep track of responses that may have been edited as I match them with my own database of responses. An edited response now looks just like a new response. It has a different date/time and a different position in the spreadsheet. I cannot match it by email address, because there may be multiple responses with the same email address.

If I disable edits, people who have the edit link can still edit their response. Then Google Forms treats this as a new response, keeping both the old and the new response.

This answer seems to indicate that it is possible to get a response ID through Google Apps Script: Get the Id of the response from Google Forms via a Google Apps Script.

Is this the only way?

I don't know how to use Google Apps Script, so it would take me some time to learn.

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Yes, Google Apps Script is the only way to get the response id.

Check out the forms and spreadsheets add-ons, maybe there's one that fit your needs.

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  • Great. After 3 hours I learned enough Google Apps Script to get the data I need, and I like it better than the default spreadsheet.
    – user13097
    Dec 11, 2017 at 22:26

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