OK, if you're taking the Google Apps Script approach, you'll want to head over to the apps-script forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/apps-script?hl=en
If you post the essential fragments of your script that isn't working, then they can pick it up over there. There is at least one supported way to 'call out' from the scripts environment. But possibly not the way you're trying. cheers, David.
