Page Summary
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Google Workspace add-on manifest configurations for Editor extensions require specific components, especially if they extend the Editor.
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The
onFileScopeGrantedTriggeris necessary if your add-on interacts with the current Editor document after the user grantsdrive.filescope. -
linkPreviewTriggers[]are mandatory for enabling link previews in Docs, Sheets, or Slides. -
createActionTriggers[]are required for allowing the creation of third-party resources via the @ menu. -
The
runFunctionfield in triggers specifies the function to execute when the trigger fires.
The resource configuration that is used to define Google Workspace add-on content and behavior within the editors. Google Workspace add-on manifests must have all the components marked as Required if they extend the Editor.
Editors
The Google Workspace add-on manifest configuration for Editor extensions. See Extending Editors with Google Workspace add-ons for more information.
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{ "homepageTrigger": { object (HomepageTrigger) }, "onFileScopeGrantedTrigger": { object (OnFileScopeGrantedTrigger) }, "linkPreviewTriggers": [ { object (LinkPreviewTriggers) } ], "createActionTriggers": [ { object (CreateActionTriggers) } } |
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homepageTrigger |
This trigger function creates the add-on homepage in the host app. This overrides |
onFileScopeGrantedTrigger |
Required if your add-on includes behavior specific to the current Editor document, triggered when the user authorizes the |
linkPreviewTriggers[] |
Required for link previews. A list of triggers for previewing links in a Google Docs, Sheets or Slides file. For details, see Preview links with smart chips. |
createActionTriggers[] |
Required for third-party resource creation. A list of triggers for creating resources in a third-party service from the @ menu. For details, see Create third-party resources with smart chips. |
OnFileScopeGrantedTrigger
A configuration for a contextual trigger that fires when the request file scope dialog using CardService.newEditorFileScopeActionResponseBuilder() .requestFileScopeForActiveDocument().build(); and the user grants drive.file scope authorization.
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{ "runFunction": string } |
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runFunction |
drive.file scope is granted. If specified, you must implement this function to build and return an array of Card objects for display in the add-on UI. |
LinkPreviewTriggers
The configuration for a trigger that fires when a user types or pastes a link from a third-party or non-Google service into a Docs, Sheets, or Slides file.
To set up this trigger for a Google Workspace add-on, see Preview links with smart chips.
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{ "labelText": string, "localizedLabelText": { string: string, ... }, "runFunction": string, "logoUrl": string, "patterns": [ { object(patterns) } ] } |
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labelText |
Example: Support case. This text is static and displays before users execute the add-on. |
localizedLabelText |
labelText to localize into other languages. Format the language in ISO 639 and country/region in ISO 3166, separated by a hyphen -. For example, en-US. If a user's locale is present in the map's keys, the user sees the localized version of the |
patterns[] |
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runFunction |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/workspace.linkpreview scope. If specified, you must implement this function to accept an event object containing EDITOR_NAME.matchedUrl.url as an argument and return a single Card object that displays a link preview in the add-on UI. |
logoUrl |
logoUrl. |
UriPattern
The configuration for each URL pattern that triggers a link preview.
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{ "hostPattern": string, "pathPrefix" : string } |
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hostPattern |
subdomain.example.com, include the subdomain. To preview links for the entire domain, specify a wildcard character with an asterisk (*) as the subdomain. For example, |
pathPrefix |
hostPattern. For example, if the URL host pattern is To match all URLs in the host pattern domain, leave |
CreateActionTriggers
The configuration for a trigger that fires when a user selects a third-party integration menu item from the Google Docs @ menu.
To set up this trigger for a Google Workspace add-on, see Create third-party resources with smart chips.
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{ "id": string, "labelText": string, "localizedLabelText": { string: string, ... }, "runFunction": string, "logoUrl": string, } |
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id |
[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.. |
labelText |
Create support case. |
localizedLabelText |
labelText to localize into other languages. Format the language in ISO 639 and country/region in ISO 3166, separated by a hyphen -. For example, en-US. If a user's locale is present in the map's keys, the user sees the localized version of the |
runFunction |
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logoUrl |
logoUrl. |