Creating a new document on google drive through the API

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Is it possible to create a new document (either using a template or completely dynamic) using the Google Drive APIs? I am working with a client that requires generation of word documents. I tired looking up but I couldn't find sufficient documentation on how to "create and format" documents using the APIs. For example, can I include the client's company logo on the top of the doc programmatically? I'd like whatever I am doing for this client to be generic (i.e including logo at the top etc) to be dynamic, so I can re-purpose this for other clients as well. I also am having difficulty finding documentation on any kind of formatting we could do on the documents (bold, italic, new paragraph) etc

Accepted Answer

The Google Drive API only deals with whole file operations. It has no understanding of the content of the files, including formatting.

You have two options:-

Use Apps Script (ie. not the Drive API) which has document manipulation features. See https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/document/

Create your templates in HTML (or Word, OpenOffice), then upload them to a new file, setting the option to 'convert to google docs'

Creating a new document on google drive through the API

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