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Getting Started

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

  1. Configure the Create New File From Template action
    1. Connect your Google Drive account
    2. Select a File
    3. Select a Folder
    4. Configure Name
    5. Select one or more Mode
    6. Configure Replace text placeholders
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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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 New File From Template on Google Drive
Description: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](https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-docs-mustaches)
Version:0.1.0
Key:google_drive-create-file-from-template

Code

import googleDrive from "../../google_drive.app.mjs";
import Mustaches from "google-docs-mustaches";

const MODE_GOOGLE_DOC = "Google Doc";
const MODE_PDF = "Pdf";

export default {
  key: "google_drive-create-file-from-template",
  name: "Create New File From Template",
  description: "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](https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-docs-mustaches)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleDrive,
    templateId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileId",
      ],
      description:
        "Select the template document you'd like to use as the template, or use a custom expression to reference a document ID from a previous step. Template documents should contain placeholders in the format {{xyz}}.",
    },
    folderId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "folderId",
      ],
      description:
        "Select the folder of the newly created Google Doc and/or PDF, or use a custom expression to reference a folder ID from a previous step.",
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileName",
      ],
      description:
        "Name of the file you want to create (eg. `myFile` will create a Google Doc called `myFile` and a pdf called `myFile.pdf`)",
      optional: false,
    },
    mode: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Mode",
      description: "Specify if you want to create a Google Doc, PDF or both.",
      options: [
        MODE_GOOGLE_DOC,
        MODE_PDF,
      ],
    },
    replaceValues: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Replace text placeholders",
      description: "Replace text placeholders in the document. Use the format {{xyz}} in the document but exclude the curly braces in the key. (eg. `{{myPlaceholder}}` in the document will be replaced by the value of the key `myPlaceholder` in the action.",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const result = {
      folderId: this.folderId,
      name: this.name,
      mode: this.mode,
    };

    const client = new Mustaches.default({
      token: () => this.googleDrive.$auth.oauth_access_token,
    });

    /* CREATE THE GOOGLE DOC */

    let googleDocId;
    try {
      googleDocId = await client.interpolate({
        source: this.templateId,
        destination: this.folderId,
        name: this.name,
        data: this.replaceValues,
      });
    } catch (e) {
      const {
        code, message,
      } = e.error.error;
      let errorMessage = `Status: ${code}, ${message} `;
      if (code == 404 || code == 400) {
        errorMessage += "Make sure that the template file selected contains placeholders in the format {{xyz}}.";
      }
      throw new Error(errorMessage);
    }
    result["googleDocId"] = googleDocId;

    /* CREATE THE PDF */

    if (this.mode.includes(MODE_PDF)) {
      const pdfId = await client.export({
        file: googleDocId,
        mimeType: "application/pdf",
        name: this.name,
        destination: this.folderId,
      });
      result["pdfId"] = pdfId;
    }

    /* REMOVE THE GOOGLE DOC */

    if (!this.mode.includes(MODE_GOOGLE_DOC)) {
      await this.googleDrive.deleteFile(googleDocId);
    }

    $.export("$summary", "New file successfully created");
    return result;
  },
};

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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
Google DrivegoogleDriveappThis component uses the Google Drive app.
FiletemplateIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
FolderfolderIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Namenamestring

Name of the file you want to create (eg. myFile will create a Google Doc called myFile and a pdf called myFile.pdf)

Modemodestring[]Select a value from the drop down menu:Google DocPdf
Replace text placeholdersreplaceValuesobject

Replace text placeholders in the document. Use the format {{xyz}} in the document but exclude the curly braces in the key. (eg. {{myPlaceholder}} in the document will be replaced by the value of the key myPlaceholder in the action.

Authentication

Google Drive uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Drive account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Drive 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 Drive API.

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

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

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