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Unlocking Power: Leverage the Google Docs API Beyond Apps Script's Document Service

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:05:33 +0900

Abstract

Google Apps Script offers Document service for basic document tasks and Google Docs API for advanced control, requiring more technical expertise. This report bridges the gap with sample scripts to unlock the API’s potential.

Introduction

Google Apps Script provides two powerful tools for managing Google Documents: the Document service (DocumentApp) and the Google Docs API. Ref, Ref While the Document service offers a user-friendly interface for common document manipulation tasks within Apps Script, it has limitations. The Google Docs API, on the other hand, grants finer-grained control over document elements and functionalities not readily available through the Document service.

Techniques for Creating Nested Lists on Google Documents using Google Docs API

Tue, 28 May 2024 17:09:12 +0900

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Abstract

Current Google Docs API documentation offers methods for working with existing lists but lacks instructions for creating nested lists in new documents. This report fills this gap, empowering developers and streamlining nested list creation using Google Apps Script (concepts applicable to other languages).

Introduction

The official Google Docs API documentation provides instructions for working with existing lists, including converting paragraphs to lists and removing bullets. However, it lacks guidance on creating nested lists within an empty document body. Ref

Removing Vertical Borders of Table in Google Document using Google Apps Script

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:23:27 +0900

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These are sample scripts for removing the vertical borders of a table in Google Document using Google Apps Script.

Unfortunately, in the current stage, only the vertical borders cannot be removed from the table in Google Document using the Google Document service (DocumentApp). I believe that this might be resolved in the future update. But, in the current stage, when Google Docs API is used, this can be achieved. So, Google Docs API can be used as the current workaround. But, I thought that the combination of Google Document service (DocumentApp) and Google Docs API might be a bit complicated. So, I would like to introduce 3 sample scripts.

Replacing Images on Google Document in Order using Google Apps Script

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:19:20 +0900

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This is a sample script for replacing images on Google Document in order using Google Apps Script.

Sample script

This sample script uses Drive API and Docs API. So, please enable Drive API and Docs API at Advanced Google services. Ref

In this sample script, the images on Google Document are replaced with the image files on your Google Drive in order. Each image in Document is replaced in order of file Ids in fileIds.

Report: Inserting Multiple Paragraphs to Google Document in Order using Google Docs API

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 20:56:16 +0900

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This is a report for inserting the multiple paragraphs to Google Document in order using Google Docs API.

When the multiple paragraphs are inserted to Google Document using Google Docs API, it is required to pay attention to the index for inserting the texts. In this report, I would like to introduce the points for achieving this with a simple method.

Although this report uses Google Apps Script, the logic of this method can be used for other language.

Retrieving All URLs in Google Document using Google Apps Script

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:57:55 +0900

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This is a sample script for retrieving All URLs in Google Document using Google Apps Script. In this sample script, the method of “documents.get” in Google Docs API is used. By this, the URL can be retrieve using JSON.parse().

Sample script

Before you use this script, please enable Google Docs API at Advanced Google Services.

const documentId = "###"; // Please set the Google Document ID.

const content = Docs.Documents.get(documentId).body.content;
const urls = [];
JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(content), (k, v) => {
  if (k == "url") urls.push(v);
});
console.log(urls);

References

Modifying 1st-Page Header in Google Document using Google Apps Script

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:42:35 +0900

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These are sample scripts for modifying the 1st-page header in Google Document using Google Apps Script. Unfortunately, in the current stage, the 1st-page header cannot be modified by Document service. In this case, it is required to use Google Docs API. Here, I would like to introduce 2 sample scripts for modifying the 1st page header using Docs API.

When you use this, please enable Google Docs API at Advanced Google services.

Libraries of gdoctableapp for golang, Node.js and python were updated to v110

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:22:54 +0900

Libraries of gdoctableapp for golang, Node.js and python were updated to v1.1.0

go-gdoctableapp
- v1.1.0 (January 22, 2020)
  1. 2 new methods were added. From this version, the texts can be replaced by images. The direct link and local file can be used as the image.
node-gdoctableapp
- v1.1.0 (January 22, 2020)
  1. New method was added. From this version, the texts can be replaced by images. The direct link and local file can be used as the image.
gdoctableapppy

Libraries of gdoctableapp for golang, Node.js and python were updated to v105

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:00:02 +0900

Libraries of gdoctableapp for golang, Node.js and python were updated to v1.0.5

Update History

v1.0.5 (January 21, 2020)
- When the inline objects and tables are put in the table. An error occurred. This bug was removed by this update.
I got the pull request at here.

python library - gdoctableapppy

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:46:31 +0900

Overview

This is a python library to manage the tables on Google Document using Google Docs API.

Description

Google Docs API has been released. When I used this API, I found that it is very difficult for me to manage the tables on Google Document using Google Docs API. Although I checked the official document, unfortunately, I thought that it’s very difficult for me. So in order to easily manage the tables on Google Document, I created this library.

node module - node-gdoctableapp

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:44:08 +0900

Overview

This is a Node.js module to manage the tables on Google Document using Google Docs API.

Description

Go Library - go-gdoctableapp

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:40:54 +0900

Overview

This is a Golang library for managing tables on Google Document using Google Docs API.

Description

Creating New Table and Putting Values to Cells using Google Docs API with Google Apps Script

Wed, 22 May 2019 11:06:37 +0900

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This is a sample script for creating new table and putting values to cells using Google Docs API with Google Apps Script. Unfortunately, in the current stage, although I had been looking for the method for creating a table and putting the values in each cell at the official document, I couldn’t find. Google Docs API is growing now. So such documents might be not prepared yet. By this situation, I investigated about the method for achieving this method.