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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Insert Text with the Google Docs API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Insert Text action
    1. Connect your Google Docs account
    2. Select a Document
    3. Configure Text
    4. Optional- Configure Index
    5. Optional- Select a Tab ID
  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.

Insert Text on Google Docs
Description:Insert text into a document. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#inserttextrequest)
Version:0.0.2
Key:google_docs-insert-text

Code

import googleDocs from "../../google_docs.app.mjs"; export default { key: "google_docs-insert-text", name: "Insert Text", description: "Insert text into a document. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#inserttextrequest)", version: "0.0.2", annotations: { destructiveHint: false, openWorldHint: true, readOnlyHint: false, }, type: "action", props: { googleDocs, docId: { propDefinition: [ googleDocs, "docId", ], }, text: { propDefinition: [ googleDocs, "text", ], }, index: { type: "integer", label: "Index", description: "The index to insert the text at", default: 1, optional: true, }, tabId: { propDefinition: [ googleDocs, "tabId", (c) => ({ documentId: c.docId, }), ], }, }, async run({ $ }) { const text = { text: this.text, location: { index: this.index, tabId: this.tabId, }, }; await this.googleDocs._batchUpdate(this.docId, "insertText", text); $.export("$summary", "Successfully inserted text"); return this.googleDocs.getDocument(this.docId, !!this.tabId); }, };

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 DocsgoogleDocsappThis component uses the Google Docs app.
DocumentdocIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Texttextstring

Enter static text (e.g., hello world) or a reference to a string exported by a previous step (e.g., {{steps.foo.$return_value}}).

Indexindexinteger

The index to insert the text at

Tab IDtabIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.

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:

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

About Google Docs

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

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