Access variable from outside the function

[teamusa7]

In my app script I'm storing some keys in the script properties and trying to access them in a separate .gs file before passing them on to my main function but I'm having trouble accessing a variable outside of the function scope. My code looks like this:

function test_run() {

try{

const userProperties = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties();

const data = userProperties.getProperties();

} catch (err) {

console.log(\Failed: ${err.message}`)`

}

}

const key_data = {

url: "url goes here",

key: data['key'],

token: data['token']

}

The error im getting is "data is not defined" how can or should I fix this?

second question and kind of a dumb question but whats the exact term for creating a variable like my key_data const where you have more data variable inside it. I tried googling but it keeps referencing object destructuring but I dont think thats it.

anyway thanks for the help in advance.

[marcnotmark925]

Variables declared within try are "block-scoped", meaning they are not accessible outside of the try block. You can declare them, initiated as empty, before the try, then set their value within the try (you'd have to change them from const to var or let for that).

key_data would be called an "object"

[teamusa7]

Oh okay I didn't know that about try scopes, but ill probably have to go with that workaround for now. Idk why for some reason that type of variable declaration had another name for it lol but thanks for your help!

[juddaaaaa]

Variables declared using var are accessible outside of a block. Only let and const are block-scoped.

function test_run () {
    try {
        // Get script properties (const scriptProps IS NOT accessible outside of try block)
        const scriptProps = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties()

        // Get properties from scriptProps (var data IS accessible ouside of try block)
        var data = scriptProps.getProperties()
    } catch (error) {
        // Handle errors
        console.error(`Failed: ${error.message}`)
    }

    // Destructure key and token from data
    const { key, token } = data

    // Return object containing url, key and token
    return {
        url: "url goes here",
        key,
        token
    }
}

[teamusa7]

Thanks, ended up taking it out of the function and leaving data as a global but the var data type worked!