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Published: January 6, 2024

Kanshi Tanaike

Introduction

At Stackoverflow, a lot of people post questions and answers to the questions every day. There are various tags in Stackoverflow. A lot of discussions are performed at each tag. Their discussions bring important information and are very useful for a lot of people. As one of the tags, there is “google-apps-script”. I sometimes discuss the questions with that tag. When we see the discussions, we notice that the discussions have changed and progressed over time, because “Google Apps Script” which is the origin of the tag is updated. This report thinks this change is the trend of the tag of “google-apps-script”. This trend includes the number of questions, questioners, answerers, and tags added to the tag of “google-apps-script”. The trend of the tag of “google-apps-script” is deeply related to the progression of Google Apps Script and the various applications for Google Apps Script.

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Description

Recently, Microsoft Docs files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files) could be manually edited by opening it on Google Drive using the browser. This is good news for a lot of users. With this situation, the URLs of Microsoft Docs files were changed. For example, when a Microsoft Word file (DOCX) is opened on Google Drive with the browser, the URL is https://docs.google.com/document/d/###/edit. ### of this URL is the file ID of the DOCX file on Google Drive. This URL is the same as that of Google Document while the length of the file ID is different. From this situation, it might be guessed that the Document service of Google Apps Script might be able to be used for DOCX files.

Overview

This is a Google Apps Script library for using Microsoft Docs files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files) using Document service, Spreadsheet service, and Slides Service of Google Apps Script.

Description

Recently, Microsoft Docs files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files) could be manually edited by opening it on Google Drive using the browser. This is good news for a lot of users. With this situation, the URLs of Microsoft Docs files were changed. For example, when a Microsoft Word file (DOCX) is opened on Google Drive with the browser, the URL is https://docs.google.com/document/d/###/edit. ### of this URL is the file ID of the DOCX file on Google Drive. This URL is the same as that of Google Document while the length of the file ID is different. From this situation, it might be guessed that the Document service of Google Apps Script might be able to be used for DOCX files.

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Description

On December 7, 2020, new IDE has been released. Ref This has been helping users develop various applications using Google Apps Script with the new IDE very much. When it develops scripts and applications using Google Apps Script with the new IDE, it is considered that the existence of JSDoc in the script will be helpful for both the developers and the client users, because it is reflected in the auto-completion. However, when I tried to add the built-in Class objects of Google Apps Script for returning an object using JSDoc, unfortunately, I’m worried that the detailed official documents related to JSDoc for Google Apps Script are few. Ref and Ref In this report, I would like to introduce a method for adding JSDoc for using auto-completion of the built-in Class objects to functions of Google Apps Script.

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Description

When the generated text can be automatically inserted into the cursor position of Google Document, Google Spreadsheet, and Google Slide, it will be useful for users. This report introduces sample scripts for achieving this.

Sample scripts

Here, I would like to introduce 3 sample scripts for a Google Document, a Google Spreadsheet, and a Google Slide.

Create an API key

These sample scripts request Gemini Pro API using an API key. So, please create your API key.

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Abstract

It is considered that when the current error message of Google Apps Script is expanded, it will be useful for a lot of users. This report introduces a sample script for expanding the error message of Google Apps Script using Gemini Pro API with Google Apps Script.

Introduction

The recent release of the LLM model Gemini as an API on Vertex AI and Google AI Studio opens a world of possibilities. Ref and Ref

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Abstract

The release of Gemini API is expected to expand the future of Google Apps Script. This report introduces a sample script for flexible email labeling in Gmail using Gemini API with Google Apps Script.

Introduction

The recent release of the LLM model Gemini as an API on Vertex AI and Google AI Studio opens a world of possibilities. Ref and Ref I believe Gemini API significantly expands the potential of Google Apps Script and paves the way for diverse applications. In this report, I present a sample script for flexible email labeling in Gmail using Gemini Pro API with Google Apps Script.

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Gemini LLM, now a Vertex AI/Studio API, unlocks easy document summarization and image analysis via Google Apps Script. This report details an example script for automatically creating the description of the files on Google Drive and highlights seamless integration options with API keys.

Introduction

Recently, the LLM model Gemini has been released and is now available as an API on Vertex AI and Google AI Studio. Ref and Ref This report presents a simple Google Apps Script example for automatically creating descriptions of files on Google Drive using the Gemini Pro API. It is considered that when the description of files on Google Drive can be easily created, it will help users manage a lot of files.

Recently, when Drive API is enabled at Advanced Google services with the script editor, Drive API v3 is automatically used. In the official document, Drive API v3 has already been used. Ref In the current stage, the users can select V3 and V2.

When Drive API v3 is used with Advanced Google services, the following advantages can be considered.

1. Drive API v3 can be used with only the scopes for Drive API without adding a scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.external_request.
2. The files and folders can be searched by the search query of createdTime. Ref

References:

• You can see the official document of “Drive API v2 & v3 comparison reference”.

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Description

Google Documents can be managed by the Document service of Google Apps Script. Ref One day, you might have a situation in which you are required to manage the footnotes on Google Documents using Google Apps Script. There are several official documents related to the footnotes for Google Apps Script. Ref and Ref However, unfortunately, I’m worried that it might be difficult a little to understand the management of the footnotes from these documents. Actually, I saw some questions related to the footnotes on Google Documents at Stackoverflow. In this report, I would like to introduce a method for managing the footnotes on Google Documents using Google Apps Script.