How to allow access for importrange function via apps script?

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@Franzi suggested using undocumented approach which works and does not require making a donor/source spreadsheet public. Here’s how you can do it from Google App Script:

function addImportrangePermission() {
  // id of the spreadsheet to add permission to import
  const ssId = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getId();

  // donor or source spreadsheet id, you should get it somewhere
  const donorId = '1GrELZHlEKu_QbBVqv...';

  // adding permission by fetching this url
  const url = `https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/${ssId}/externaldata/addimportrangepermissions?donorDocId=${donorId}`;

  const token = ScriptApp.getOAuthToken();

  const params = {
    method: 'post',
    headers: {
      Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token,
    },
    muteHttpExceptions: true
  };
  
  UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, params);
}

Usually there is no need, but in some rare cases you might want to add the required oauthScopes in appscript.json manifest:

  ...,
  "oauthScopes": [
    "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets",
    "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.external_request"
  ],
  ...

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