Append Text with Google Docs API on New Shared Drive from Google Drive API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Google Drive trigger and Google Docs action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Shared Drive trigger
1. Connect your Google Drive account
2. Configure Polling interval
Configure the Append Text action
1. Connect your Google Docs account
2. Select a Document
3. Configure Text
4. Optional- Configure Append at Beginning
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are 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.

Trigger#

New Shared Drive on Google Drive

Description:Emits a new event any time a shared drive is created.

Version:0.1.1

Key:google_drive-new-shared-drive

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Google Drive Overview#

Using the Google Drive API, you can build applications that:

Create and manage files and folders
Download and upload files
Share and organize files
Search for files
Track changes to files
And much more!

Trigger Code#

import googleDrive from "../../google_drive.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "google_drive-new-shared-drive",
  name: "New Shared Drive",
  description: "Emits a new event any time a shared drive is created.",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    googleDrive,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      label: "Polling interval",
      description: "Interval to poll the Google Drive API for new shared drives",
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      const { drives: initDrives } = await this.googleDrive.listDrivesInPage();
      for (const drive of initDrives) {
        const newDrive = await this.googleDrive.getDrive(drive.id);
        const meta = this.generateMeta(newDrive);
        this.$emit(newDrive, meta);
      }

      this._setKnownDrives(initDrives.map((drive) => drive.id));
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getKnownDrives() {
      return this.db.get("driveIds");
    },
    _setKnownDrives(driveIds) {
      this.db.set("driveIds", Array.from(driveIds));
    },
    generateMeta(drive) {
      const ts = new Date(drive.createdTime).getTime();
      return {
        id: drive.id,
        summary: drive.name,
        ts,
      };
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const knownDrives = new Set(this._getKnownDrives());
    const drivesStream = this.googleDrive.listDrives();
    for await (const drive of drivesStream) {
      if (knownDrives.has(drive.id)) {
        // We've already seen this drive, so we skip it
        continue;
      }

      knownDrives.add(drive.id);

      const newDrive = await this.googleDrive.getDrive(drive.id);
      const meta = this.generateMeta(newDrive);
      this.$emit(newDrive, meta);
    }

    this._setKnownDrives(knownDrives);
  },
};

Trigger 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.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Drive	`googleDrive`	`app`	This component uses the Google Drive app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling interval	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Interval to poll the Google Drive API for new shared drives

Trigger 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

About Google Drive#

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service which allows you to create and share your work online, and access your documents from anywhere.

Action#

Append Text on Google Docs

Description:Append text to an existing document. [See the docs](https://developers.google.com/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#InsertTextRequest)

Version:0.1.2

Key:google_docs-append-text

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Google Docs Overview#

You can use the Google Docs API to build a wide variety of applications,
including:

Word processors
Spreadsheets
Presentation software
Database management tools
Data visualization tools
Document management systems
Web scraping tools
Text analysis tools
And much more!

Action Code#

import googleDocs from "../../google_docs.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_docs-append-text",
  name: "Append Text",
  description: "Append text to an existing document. [See the docs](https://developers.google.com/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#InsertTextRequest)",
  version: "0.1.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleDocs,
    docId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDocs,
        "docId",
      ],
    },
    text: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDocs,
        "text",
      ],
    },
    appendAtBeginning: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDocs,
        "appendAtBeginning",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const text = {
      text: this.text,
    };
    await this.googleDocs.insertText(this.docId, text, this.appendAtBeginning);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully appended text to doc");
    return {
      documentId: this.docId,
    };
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Docs	`googleDocs`	`app`	This component uses the Google Docs app.
Document	`docId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Text	`text`	`string`	Enter static text (e.g., `hello world`) or a reference to a string exported by a previous step (e.g., `{{steps.foo.$return_value}}`).
Append at Beginning	`appendAtBeginning`	`boolean`	Whether to append at the beginning (`true`) of the document or at the end (`false`). Defaults to `false`

Action Authentication#

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

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

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

About Google Docs#

Use Google Docs to create, edit and collaborate on online documents.

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