Enable data filters on a range with Google Apps Script

Question

Is there a way to enable data filters by script in a Google Sheet for a certain range? Currently this can be doen manually, but I do not want to select a range, then click \

Answer 1

Now you can apply filters using google sheets advanced service. First you need to turn on the Google Sheets API. For that follow the steps as mentioned in the below link:

https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/apps-script

After that you can use the following function to apply filters.

function applyFilter() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var ssId = ss.getId();
  var dataSheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
  var lastRow = dataSheet.getLastRow();
  var lastColumn = dataSheet.getLastColumn();
  var sheetId = dataSheet.getSheetId();

  var filterSettings = {
    "range": {
      "sheetId": sheetId,
      "startRowIndex": 0,
      "endRowIndex": lastRow,
      "startColumnIndex": 0,
      "endColumnIndex": lastColumn
    }
  };
  var requests = [{
    "setBasicFilter": {
      "filter": filterSettings
    }
  }];
  Sheets.Spreadsheets.batchUpdate({'requests': requests}, ssId);
}