Google Docs ACTION

Insert Image

Insert an inline image into a Google Doc from a publicly reachable image URL. The URL must be publicly accessible (Google fetches it server-side) and point to a PNG, JPEG, or GIF. Set Width and/or Height to control the display size. Docs preserves the image's aspect ratio, so setting one scales the other, and setting both may adjust one of them to fit (a 272x92 image asked for 150x51 PT comes back 150x50.7). An image already in the document cannot be resized in place - delete it and insert it again at the size you want. Use Find Document to resolve a document's name to its ID. In a multi-tab document, set Tab ID to choose which tab receives the image - without it the image goes into the document's first tab; use List Tabs to get the IDs. 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 Insert Image 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-insert-image",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    documentId: "Document ID",
    imageUri: "Image URL",
  },
})

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-insert-image",
    "configured_props": {
      "google_docs": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "documentId": "Document ID",
      "imageUri": "Image URL"
    }
  }'

// 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-insert-image",
  arguments: {
    documentId: "Document ID",
    imageUri: "Image URL",
  },
})

SCHEMA

Inputs

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

Insert Image inputs
Property	Type	Description
`documentId` 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
`imageUri` Image URL	`string`	A publicly reachable URL of the image to insert (PNG, JPEG, or GIF). Example: `https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png`. Required
`position` Position	`string`	Where to insert the content: `end` to append to the end of the document (default), `beginning` to insert at the start, or a numeric character index (e.g., `1`) for a specific location. Optional
`width` Width	`integer`	Optional display width in points (1 inch = 72 PT), e.g. `200`. Docs keeps the image's aspect ratio, so Height scales with this unless it is also set - and when both are set one may be adjusted slightly to fit. Omit both to insert at the image's natural size. Optional
`height` Height	`integer`	Optional display height in points (1 inch = 72 PT), e.g. `150`. Docs keeps the image's aspect ratio, so Width scales with this unless it is also set - and when both are set one may be adjusted slightly to fit. Omit both to insert at the image's natural size. Optional
`tabId` Tab ID	`string`	For a multi-tab document, the ID of the tab to write into (e.g. `t.0`). Get tab IDs from List Tabs, or use the ID returned by Create Tab. Omit to write into the document's first tab — the Google Docs API sends every untargeted edit there, so pass this whenever the document has more than one tab. Optional
`fields` Fields	`string`	Optional Google Docs API field mask limiting which document fields are returned, e.g. `documentId,title,revisionId` instead of the whole document. Valid top-level fields: `documentId`, `title`, `body`, `headers`, `footers`, `footnotes`, `documentStyle`, `suggestedDocumentStyleChanges`, `namedStyles`, `suggestedNamedStylesChanges`, `revisionId`, `suggestionsViewMode`, `commentsViewMode`, `inlineObjects`, `lists`, `positionedObjects`, `namedRanges`, `tabs` - the underscore spelling of each (e.g. `document_id`) is accepted too. Nested selections are allowed, e.g. `body/content`. There is no `url` field, and an invalid mask fails the call before the document is changed. Cannot be combined with Tab ID. Leave blank to return the full document. 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-insert-image
Version: 0.3.0
App: Google Docs
Authentication: OAuth
Read-only: No
Destructive: No
Open world: Yes
Source: View on GitHub ↗

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