Google Docs ACTION

Append Text

Append text to the end of a Google Doc, or to the very beginning when Append at Beginning is set. Use when adding a line or paragraph to an existing document without choosing an exact character position. Use Insert Text instead when the text must land at a specific index, or when inserting into a particular tab. Use Find Document to resolve a document's name to its ID. See the documentation

Action
Writes data
OAuth
SDK
MCP

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IMPLEMENTATION

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Connect a user's Google Docs account once, then configure and run Append Text from your backend or agent.

Pipedream Connect

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_docs-append-text",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    docId: "Document ID",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

console.log(result)

curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "google_docs-append-text",
    "configured_props": {
      "google_docs": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "docId": "Document ID",
      "text": "Text"
    }
  }'

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "google_docs",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "google_docs-append-text",
  arguments: {
    docId: "Document ID",
    text: "Text",
  },
})

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Append Text inputs
Property	Type	Description
`docId` Document ID	`string`	The ID of the Google Doc. This is the long string in the document's URL: `https://docs.google.com/document/d/{DOCUMENT_ID}/edit`. Use Find Document to resolve a document's name to its ID. Required
`text` Text	`string`	Enter static text (e.g., `hello world`) or a reference to a string exported by a previous step (e.g., `{{steps.foo.$return_value}}`). Required
`appendAtBeginning` Append at Beginning	`boolean`	Whether to append at the beginning (`true`) of the document or at the end (`false`). Defaults to `false` Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key: google_docs-append-text
Version: 0.2.0
App: Google Docs
Authentication: OAuth
Read-only: No
Destructive: No
Open world: Yes
Source: View on GitHub ↗

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