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Replace Image

Replace image in a existing document. Works on multi-tab documents: pass a Tab ID, or leave it blank and the tab holding the image is found automatically. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • Destructive
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Docs account once, then configure and run Replace Image 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-replace-image",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_docs: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    docId: "Document",
    imageId: "Image ID",
  },
})

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.

Replace Image inputs
Property Type Description
docId Document string
Search for and select a document. You can also use a custom expression to pass a value from a previous step (e.g., {{steps.foo.$return_value.documentId}}) or you can enter a static ID (e.g., 1KuEN7k8jVP3Qi0_svM5OO8oEuiLkq0csihobF67eat8).
Required Dynamic
imageId Image ID string
The image that will be replaced
Required Dynamic
imageUri Image URL string
The URL of the image you want to insert into the doc
Required
tabId Tab ID string
For a multi-tab document, the tab the image lives in (e.g. t.0). Get tab IDs from List Tabs. Omit to locate the image automatically.
Optional Dynamic

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-replace-image
Version
0.1.0
App
Google Docs
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
Yes
Open world
Yes