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Create a new Drive file
function createFileOnDrive(name, content) {
// Create an HTML file with the name and content provided
DriveApp.createFile(name, content, MimeType.HTML);
}
Get a file from Drive
function
getFileFromDrive
(
name
)
{
const
files
=
DriveApp
.
getFilesByName
(
name
);
if
(
files
.
hasNext
())
{
return
files
.
next
();
}
else
{
console
.
log
(
`
No
file
found
with
name
$
{
name
}
.
`
);
}
}
List of files on a user's Drive
function
listAllFiles
()
{
//
Log
the
name
of
every
file
in
the
user
's Drive.
const
files
=
DriveApp
.
getFiles
();
for
(
const
file
of
files
)
{
console
.
log
(
file
.
getName
());
}
}
List of files in a folder
function
listAllFilesInFolder
(
folderId
)
{
//
Log
the
name
of
every
file
in
the
folder
.
const
files
=
DriveApp
.
getFolderById
(
folderId
)
.
getFiles
();
for
(
const
file
of
files
)
{
console
.
log
(
file
.
getName
());
}
}
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Last updated 2025-08-20 UTC.
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