Google Docs ACTION
Insert Table
Insert an empty table with the given number of rows and columns into a Google Doc. If you already have the data, use Write Table instead so you don't have to fill cells one by one. 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 table — without it the table goes into the document's first tab; use List Tabs to get the IDs. 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 Insert Table 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-insert-table",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
documentId: "Document ID",
rows: 10,
},
})
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-table",
"configured_props": {
"google_docs": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"documentId": "Document ID",
"rows": 10
}
}'// 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-table",
arguments: {
documentId: "Document ID",
rows: 10,
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| 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 |
rows Rows | integer | The number of rows in the table. Must be a positive integer (e.g. 3). Required |
columns Columns | integer | The number of columns in the table. Must be a positive integer (e.g. 4). 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 |
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 |
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-table
- Version
- 1.1.0
- App
- Google Docs
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗