Create a New Document with Google Docs API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create a New Document with the Google Docs API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create a New Document action
1. Connect your Google Docs account
2. Configure Title
3. Optional- Configure Text
4. Optional- Select a Folder
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

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HTTP / Webhook + Google Docs

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RSS + Google Docs

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Create a New Document with Google Docs API on New Message from Discord API

Discord + Google Docs

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Create a New Document with Google Docs API on New Message In Channels from Slack API

Slack + Google Docs

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Create a New Document with Google Docs API on New Message in Channel from Discord Bot API

Discord Bot + Google Docs

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create a New Document on Google Docs

Description:Create a new document. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/create)

Version:0.1.5

Key:google_docs-create-document

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Code#

import googleDocs from "../../google_docs.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_docs-create-document",
  name: "Create a New Document",
  description: "Create a new document. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/create)",
  version: "0.1.5",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleDocs,
    title: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Title",
      description: "Title of the new document",
    },
    text: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDocs,
        "text",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    folderId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDocs,
        "folderId",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    // Create Doc
    const { documentId } = await this.googleDocs.createEmptyDoc(this.title);

    // Insert text
    if (this.text) {
      await this.googleDocs.insertText(documentId, {
        text: this.text,
      });
    }

    // Move file
    if (this.folderId) {
    // Get file to get parents to remove
      const file = await this.googleDocs.getFile(documentId);

      // Move file, removing old parents, adding new parent folder
      await this.googleDocs.updateFile(documentId, {
        fields: "*",
        removeParents: file.parents.join(","),
        addParents: this.folderId,
      });
    }

    // Get updated doc resource to return
    const doc = await this.googleDocs.getDocument(documentId);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created document with ID: ${documentId}`);
    return doc;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Docs	`googleDocs`	`app`	This component uses the Google Docs app.
Title	`title`	`string`	Title of the new document
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}}`).
Folder	`folderId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

Google Docs uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Docs account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Docs and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Docs API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive

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New or Updated Document (Instant) from the Google Docs API

Emit new event when a document is created or updated in Google Docs. See the documentation

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Actions#

Append Text with the Google Docs API

Append text to an existing document. See the documentation

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Append Image to Document with the Google Docs API

Appends an image to the end of a document. See the documentation

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Create New Document From Template with the Google Docs API

Create a new Google Docs file from a template. Optionally include placeholders in the template document that will get replaced from this action. See documentation

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Find Document with the Google Docs API

Search for a specific file by name. See the documentation for more information

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Get Document with the Google Docs API

Get the contents of the latest version of a document. See the documentation

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