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Create Document From Template

Create a new Google Doc by copying a template document and substituting {{placeholder}} tokens with values. Use Find Document to resolve the template's name to its ID. Returns {documentId, title, url}. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Docs account once, then configure and run Create Document From Template from your backend or agent.

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-create-document-from-template",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    templateId: "Template ID",
    title: "Title",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

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

Create Document From Template inputs
Property Type Description
templateId Template ID string
The ID of the template document to copy. The template should contain placeholders like {{name}}. Use Find Document to resolve a template's name to its ID.
Required
title Title string
Title of the new document.
Required
variables Variables string
JSON object mapping placeholder tokens to their replacement values. Tokens are matched as {{key}} in the template. Example: {"species": "Velociraptor", "location": "Paddock 11"}.
Optional
folderId Folder ID string
The ID of the Drive folder to place the new document in (the string after /folders/ in a Drive folder URL). If omitted, the document is created in the root of My Drive.
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-create-document-from-template
Version
1.0.7
App
Google Docs
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes