Is there anyway to speed up this batch update code using google script? - api

Question

I am currently attempting to update 1600-2000 rows of data in google sheets. I am parsing data from an API Fetch but it keeps timing out because the update is taking way too long. I don't really know how to post reusable code without giving out the API which I can't do. Does anyone know how I can speed up this process?
function logDataInEveryCell3() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const vs = ss.getRange("A2:A1669").getValues().flat();
const osh = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
let row = 2;
vs.forEach(e => {
let res = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://api” + e +token");
let obj = JSON.parse(res.getContentText());
let items = obj["dispatches"]["items"];
let vo = items.map(itm => [itm.vehicle.driver.contact.name])
vo2 = vo.slice(-1);//good idea
osh.getRange(row,3).setValues(vo2);
row += vo2.length;
});
}

Answer 1

Try something like this:
function logDataInEveryCell() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const vs = ss.getRange("A2:A51").getValues().flat();
const osh = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
osh.clearContents();
let l = 1;
let a = [];
vs.forEach(e => {
let res = UrlFetchApp.fetch("API" + e + "Token");
let obj = JSON.parse(res.getContentText());
let items = obj["dispatches"]["items"];
let vo = items.map(itm => [itm.vehicle.driver.contact.name])
a.push(vo.slice(-1));
});
a.flat(1);
osh.getRange(l,1,a.length,a[0].length).setValues(a);
}
Reference:
Use batch operations