How can I read and get the content from a Google Doc document?

Preben · April 11, 2024, 8:27am

I have tried the “Google Docs => read document” piece, but I have no idea how to get the formatted text, but not all the code.

I simply want to be able to either:

a) Solution 1

Read a document
Create a new document with the same + added content

or

b) Solution 2
Be able to just add a new section in the bottom of an existing document

How can I do this?

abuaboud · April 11, 2024, 10:34am

Hi @Preben,

I think it’s a great task if we can get contributors to contribute to it.

Note for any contributor:

We need something similar to this action, but instead of using createDocument, we need a property to have documentId:

github.com

activepieces/activepieces/blob/346c339de83bfccb7d93ecd2ac4adadc1717f669/packages/pieces/community/google-docs/src/lib/actions/create-document.ts

import { createAction } from '@activepieces/pieces-framework';
import { docsCommon } from '../common';
import { googleDocsAuth } from '../..';

export const createDocument = createAction({
  auth: googleDocsAuth,
  name: 'create_document',
  description: 'Create a document on Google Docs',
  displayName: 'Create Document',
  props: {
    title: docsCommon.title,
    body: docsCommon.body,
  },
  async run(context) {
    const document = await docsCommon.createDocument(
      context.propsValue.title,
      context.auth.access_token
    );
    const response = await docsCommon.writeToDocument(
      document.documentId,

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Thank you,
Mo.

abuaboud · April 12, 2024, 12:44am

Hi,

A great contributor (Abdullah Bitar) picked it up.

[Link to GitHub pull request: feat: added append text action to google docs piece. by AbdullahBitar · Pull Request #4430 · activepieces/activepieces · GitHub]

It’s released, I think this should solve your problem.

Preben · April 12, 2024, 1:35pm

Thank you Abdullah Bitar and @abuaboud ! This is excellent!

system · April 27, 2024, 1:36pm

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