Class HeaderSection

    Header Section

    An element representing a header section. A Document typically contains at most one Header Section . The Header Section may contain List Item , Paragraph , and Table elements. For more information on document structure, see the guide to extending Google Docs .

    Methods

    Method Return type Brief description
    append Horizontal Rule()
    		Horizontal Rule Creates and appends a new Horizontal Rule .
    append Image(image)
    		Inline Image Creates and appends a new Inline Image from the specified image blob.
    append Image(image)
    		Inline Image Appends the given Inline Image .
    append List Item(listItem)
    		List Item Appends the given List Item .
    append List Item(text)
    		List Item Creates and appends a new List Item containing the specified text contents.
    append Paragraph(paragraph)
    		Paragraph Appends the given Paragraph .
    append Paragraph(text)
    		Paragraph Creates and appends a new Paragraph containing the specified text contents.
    append Table()
    		Table Creates and appends a new Table .
    append Table(cells)
    		Table Appends a new Table containing a Table Cell for each specified string value.
    append Table(table)
    		Table Appends the given Table .
    clear()
    		Header Section Clears the contents of the element.
    copy()
    		Header Section Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.
    edit As Text()
    		Text Obtains a Text version of the current element, for editing.
    find Element(elementType)
    		Range Element Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type.
    find Element(elementType, from)
    		Range Element Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type, starting from the specified Range Element .
    find Text(searchPattern)
    		Range Element Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern using regular expressions.
    find Text(searchPattern, from)
    		Range Element Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern, starting from a given search result.
    get Attributes()
    		Object Retrieves the element's attributes.
    get Child(childIndex)
    		Element Retrieves the child element at the specified child index.
    get Child Index(child)
    		Integer Retrieves the child index for the specified child element.
    get Images()
    		Inline Image[] Retrieves all the Inline Images contained in the section.
    get List Items()
    		List Item[] Retrieves all the List Items contained in the section.
    get Num Children()
    		Integer Retrieves the number of children.
    get Paragraphs()
    		Paragraph[] Retrieves all the Paragraphs contained in the section (including List Items ).
    get Parent()
    		Container Element Retrieves the element's parent element.
    get Tables()
    		Table[] Retrieves all the Tables contained in the section.
    get Text()
    		String Retrieves the contents of the element as a text string.
    get Text Alignment()
    		Text Alignment Gets the text alignment.
    get Type()
    		Element Type Retrieves the element's Element Type .
    insert Horizontal Rule(childIndex)
    		Horizontal Rule Creates and inserts a new Horizontal Rule at the specified index.
    insert Image(childIndex, image)
    		Inline Image Creates and inserts an Inline Image from the specified image blob, at the specified index.
    insert Image(childIndex, image)
    		Inline Image Inserts the given Inline Image at the specified index.
    insert List Item(childIndex, listItem)
    		List Item Inserts the given List Item at the specified index.
    insert List Item(childIndex, text)
    		List Item Creates and inserts a new List Item at the specified index, containing the specified text contents.
    insert Paragraph(childIndex, paragraph)
    		Paragraph Inserts the given Paragraph at the specified index.
    insert Paragraph(childIndex, text)
    		Paragraph Creates and inserts a new Paragraph at the specified index, containing the specified text contents.
    insert Table(childIndex)
    		Table Creates and inserts a new Table at the specified index.
    insert Table(childIndex, cells)
    		Table Creates and inserts a new Table containing the specified cells, at the specified index.
    insert Table(childIndex, table)
    		Table Inserts the given Table at the specified index.
    remove Child(child)
    		Header Section Removes the specified child element.
    remove From Parent()
    		Header Section Removes the element from its parent.
    replace Text(searchPattern, replacement)
    		Element Replaces all occurrences of a given text pattern with a given replacement string, using regular expressions.
    set Attributes(attributes)
    		Header Section Sets the element's attributes.
    set Text(text)
    		Header Section Sets the contents as plain text.
    set Text Alignment(textAlignment)
    		Header Section Sets the text alignment.

    Detailed documentation

    append Horizontal Rule()

    Creates and appends a new Horizontal Rule .

    The Horizontal Rule will be contained in a new Paragraph .

    Return

    Horizontal Rule — The new horizontal rule.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Image(image)

    Creates and appends a new Inline Image from the specified image blob.

    The image will be contained in a new Paragraph .

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    image
    		Blob Source The image data.

    Return

    Inline Image — The appended image.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Image(image)

    Appends the given Inline Image .

    The Inline Image will be contained in a new Paragraph .

    Use this version of append Image when appending a copy of an existing Inline Image .

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    image
    		Inline Image The image data.

    Return

    Inline Image — The appended image.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append List Item(listItem)

    Appends the given List Item .

    Use this version of append List Item when appending a copy of an existing List Item .

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    list Item
    		List Item The list item to append.

    Return

    List Item — The appended list item.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append List Item(text)

    Creates and appends a new List Item containing the specified text contents.

    Consecutive list items are added as part of the same list.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    text
    		String The list item's text contents.

    Return

    List Item — The new list item.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Paragraph(paragraph)

    Appends the given Paragraph .

    Use this version of append Paragraph when appending a copy of an existing Paragraph .

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    paragraph
    		Paragraph The paragraph to append.

    Return

    Paragraph — The appended paragraph.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Paragraph(text)

    Creates and appends a new Paragraph containing the specified text contents.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    text
    		String The paragraph's text contents.

    Return

    Paragraph — The new paragraph.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Table()

    Creates and appends a new Table .

    This method will also append an empty paragraph after the table, since Google Docs documents cannot end with a table.

    Return

    Table — The new table.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Table(cells)

    Appends a new Table containing a Table Cell for each specified string value.

    This method will also append an empty paragraph after the table, since Google Docs documents cannot end with a table.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    cells
    		String[][] The text contents of the table cells to add to the new table.

    Return

    Table — The appended table.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    append Table(table)

    Appends the given Table .

    Use this version of append Table when appending a copy of an existing Table . This method will also append an empty paragraph after the table, since Google Docs documents cannot end with a table.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    table
    		Table The table to append.

    Return

    Table — The appended table.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    clear()

    Clears the contents of the element.

    Return

    Header Section — The current element.

    copy()

    Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.

    Any child elements present in the element are also copied. The new element doesn't have a parent.

    Return

    Header Section — The new copy.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    edit As Text()

    Obtains a Text version of the current element, for editing.

    Use edit As Text for manipulating the elements contents as rich text. The edit As Text mode ignores non-text elements (such as Inline Image and Horizontal Rule ).

    Child elements fully contained within a deleted text range are removed from the element.

     const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (). 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (). 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Insert two paragraphs separated by a paragraph containing an 
 // horizontal rule. 
 body 
 . 
 insertParagraph 
 ( 
 0 
 , 
  
 'An editAsText sample.' 
 ); 
 body 
 . 
 insertHorizontalRule 
 ( 
 0 
 ); 
 body 
 . 
 insertParagraph 
 ( 
 0 
 , 
  
 'An example.' 
 ); 
 // Delete " sample.\n\n An" removing the horizontal rule in the process. 
 body 
 . 
 editAsText 
 (). 
 deleteText 
 ( 
 14 
 , 
  
 25 
 );

    Return

    Text — a text version of the current element

    find Element(elementType)

    Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    element Type
    		Element Type The type of element to search for.

    Return

    Range Element — A search result indicating the position of the search element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    find Element(elementType, from)

    Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type, starting from the specified Range Element .

     const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (). 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (). 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Define the search parameters. 
 let 
  
 searchResult 
  
 = 
  
 null 
 ; 
 // Search until the paragraph is found. 
 while 
  
 ( 
  
 ( 
 searchResult 
  
 = 
  
 body 
 . 
 findElement 
 ( 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 ElementType 
 . 
 PARAGRAPH 
 , 
  
 searchResult 
 , 
  
 ))) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 par 
  
 = 
  
 searchResult 
 . 
 getElement 
 (). 
 asParagraph 
 (); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 par 
 . 
 getHeading 
 () 
  
 === 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 ParagraphHeading 
 . 
 HEADING1 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Found one, update and stop. 
  
 par 
 . 
 setText 
 ( 
 'This is the first header.' 
 ); 
  
 break 
 ; 
  
 } 
 }

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    element Type
    		Element Type The type of element to search for.
    from
    		Range Element The search result to search from.

    Return

    Range Element — A search result indicating the next position of the search element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    find Text(searchPattern)

    Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern using regular expressions.

    A subset of the JavaScript regular expression features are not fully supported, such as capture groups and mode modifiers.

    The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    search Pattern
    		String the pattern to search for

    Return

    Range Element — a search result indicating the position of the search text, or null if there is no match

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    find Text(searchPattern, from)

    Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern, starting from a given search result.

    A subset of the JavaScript regular expression features are not fully supported, such as capture groups and mode modifiers.

    The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    search Pattern
    		String the pattern to search for
    from
    		Range Element the search result to search from

    Return

    Range Element — a search result indicating the next position of the search text, or null if there is no match

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Attributes()

    Retrieves the element's attributes.

    The result is an object containing a property for each valid element attribute where each property name corresponds to an item in the Document App.Attribute enumeration.

     const 
  
 doc 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (); 
 const 
  
 documentTab 
  
 = 
  
 doc 
 . 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (); 
 const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 documentTab 
 . 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Append a styled paragraph. 
 const 
  
 par 
  
 = 
  
 body 
 . 
 appendParagraph 
 ( 
 'A bold, italicized paragraph.' 
 ); 
 par 
 . 
 setBold 
 ( 
 true 
 ); 
 par 
 . 
 setItalic 
 ( 
 true 
 ); 
 // Retrieve the paragraph's attributes. 
 const 
  
 atts 
  
 = 
  
 par 
 . 
 getAttributes 
 (); 
 // Log the paragraph attributes. 
 for 
  
 ( 
 const 
  
 att 
  
 in 
  
 atts 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 Logger 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` 
 ${ 
 att 
 } 
 : 
 ${ 
 atts 
 [ 
 att 
 ] 
 } 
 ` 
 ); 
 }

    Return

    Object — The element's attributes.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Child(childIndex)

    Retrieves the child element at the specified child index.

     const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (). 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (). 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Obtain the first element in the tab. 
 const 
  
 firstChild 
  
 = 
  
 body 
 . 
 getChild 
 ( 
 0 
 ); 
 // If it's a paragraph, set its contents. 
 if 
  
 ( 
 firstChild 
 . 
 getType 
 () 
  
 === 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 ElementType 
 . 
 PARAGRAPH 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 firstChild 
 . 
 asParagraph 
 (). 
 setText 
 ( 
 'This is the first paragraph.' 
 ); 
 }

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index of the child element to retrieve.

    Return

    Element — The child element at the specified index.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Child Index(child)

    Retrieves the child index for the specified child element.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child
    		Element The child element for which to retrieve the index.

    Return

    Integer — The child index.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Images()

    Retrieves all the Inline Images contained in the section.

    Return

    Inline Image[] — The section images.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get List Items()

    Retrieves all the List Items contained in the section.

    Return

    List Item[] — The section list items.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Num Children()

    Retrieves the number of children.

     const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (). 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (). 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Log the number of elements in the tab. 
 Logger 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 `There are 
 ${ 
 body 
 . 
 getNumChildren 
 () 
 } 
 elements in the tab's body.` 
 );

    Return

    Integer — The number of children.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Paragraphs()

    Retrieves all the Paragraphs contained in the section (including List Items ).

    Return

    Paragraph[] — The section paragraphs.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Parent()

    Retrieves the element's parent element.

    The parent element contains the current element.

    Return

    Container Element — The parent element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Tables()

    Retrieves all the Tables contained in the section.

    Return

    Table[] — The section tables.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Text()

    Retrieves the contents of the element as a text string.

    Return

    String — the contents of the element as text string

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Text Alignment()

    Gets the text alignment. The available types of alignment are Document App.TextAlignment.NORMAL , Document App.TextAlignment.SUBSCRIPT , and Document App.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT .

    Return

    Text Alignment — the type of text alignment, or null if the text contains multiple types of text alignments or if the text alignment has never been set

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    get Type()

    Retrieves the element's Element Type .

    Use get Type() to determine the exact type of a given element.

     const 
  
 doc 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (); 
 const 
  
 documentTab 
  
 = 
  
 doc 
 . 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (); 
 const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 documentTab 
 . 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Obtain the first element in the active tab's body. 
 const 
  
 firstChild 
  
 = 
  
 body 
 . 
 getChild 
 ( 
 0 
 ); 
 // Use getType() to determine the element's type. 
 if 
  
 ( 
 firstChild 
 . 
 getType 
 () 
  
 === 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 ElementType 
 . 
 PARAGRAPH 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 Logger 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'The first element is a paragraph.' 
 ); 
 } 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 Logger 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'The first element is not a paragraph.' 
 ); 
 }

    Return

    Element Type — The element type.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Horizontal Rule(childIndex)

    Creates and inserts a new Horizontal Rule at the specified index.

    The Horizontal Rule will be contained in a new Paragraph .

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert the element.

    Return

    Horizontal Rule — The new horizontal rule.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Image(childIndex, image)

    Creates and inserts an Inline Image from the specified image blob, at the specified index.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert the element.
    image
    		Blob Source The image data.

    Return

    Inline Image — The inserted inline image.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Image(childIndex, image)

    Inserts the given Inline Image at the specified index.

    The image will be contained in a new Paragraph .

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert the element.
    image
    		Inline Image The image to insert.

    Return

    Inline Image — The inserted inline image.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert List Item(childIndex, listItem)

    Inserts the given List Item at the specified index.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.
    list Item
    		List Item The list item to insert.

    Return

    List Item — The inserted list item.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert List Item(childIndex, text)

    Creates and inserts a new List Item at the specified index, containing the specified text contents.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.
    text
    		String The list item's text contents.

    Return

    List Item — The new list item.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Paragraph(childIndex, paragraph)

    Inserts the given Paragraph at the specified index.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.
    paragraph
    		Paragraph The paragraph to insert.

    Return

    Paragraph — The inserted paragraph.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Paragraph(childIndex, text)

    Creates and inserts a new Paragraph at the specified index, containing the specified text contents.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.
    text
    		String The paragraph's text contents.

    Return

    Paragraph — The new paragraph.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Table(childIndex)

    Creates and inserts a new Table at the specified index.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.

    Return

    Table — The new table.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Table(childIndex, cells)

    Creates and inserts a new Table containing the specified cells, at the specified index.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.
    cells
    		String[][] The text contents of the table cells to add to the new table.

    Return

    Table — The new table.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    insert Table(childIndex, table)

    Inserts the given Table at the specified index.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child Index
    		Integer The index at which to insert.
    table
    		Table The table to insert.

    Return

    Table — The inserted table.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    remove Child(child)

    Removes the specified child element.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    child
    		Element The child element to remove.

    Return

    Header Section — The current element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    remove From Parent()

    Removes the element from its parent.

     const 
  
 doc 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (); 
 const 
  
 documentTab 
  
 = 
  
 doc 
 . 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (); 
 const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 documentTab 
 . 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Remove all images in the active tab's body. 
 const 
  
 imgs 
  
 = 
  
 body 
 . 
 getImages 
 (); 
 for 
  
 ( 
 let 
  
 i 
  
 = 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 i 
 < 
 imgs 
 . 
 length 
 ; 
  
 i 
 ++ 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 imgs 
 [ 
 i 
 ]. 
 removeFromParent 
 (); 
 }

    Return

    Header Section — The removed element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    replace Text(searchPattern, replacement)

    Replaces all occurrences of a given text pattern with a given replacement string, using regular expressions.

    The search pattern is passed as a string, not a JavaScript regular expression object. Because of this you'll need to escape any backslashes in the pattern.

    This methods uses Google's RE2 regular expression library, which limits the supported syntax .

    The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

     const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (). 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (). 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Clear the text surrounding "Apps Script", with or without text. 
 body 
 . 
 replaceText 
 ( 
 '^.*Apps ?Script.*$' 
 , 
  
 'Apps Script' 
 );

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    search Pattern
    		String the regex pattern to search for
    replacement
    		String the text to use as replacement

    Return

    Element — the current element

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    set Attributes(attributes)

    Sets the element's attributes.

    The specified attributes parameter must be an object where each property name is an item in the Document App.Attribute enumeration and each property value is the new value to be applied.

     const 
  
 doc 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (); 
 const 
  
 documentTab 
  
 = 
  
 doc 
 . 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (); 
 const 
  
 body 
  
 = 
  
 documentTab 
 . 
 getBody 
 (); 
 // Define a custom paragraph style. 
 const 
  
 style 
  
 = 
  
 {}; 
 style 
 [ 
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 Attribute 
 . 
 HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 HorizontalAlignment 
 . 
 RIGHT 
 ; 
 style 
 [ 
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 Attribute 
 . 
 FONT_FAMILY 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 'Calibri' 
 ; 
 style 
 [ 
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 Attribute 
 . 
 FONT_SIZE 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 18 
 ; 
 style 
 [ 
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 Attribute 
 . 
 BOLD 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 true 
 ; 
 // Append a plain paragraph. 
 const 
  
 par 
  
 = 
  
 body 
 . 
 appendParagraph 
 ( 
 'A paragraph with custom style.' 
 ); 
 // Apply the custom style. 
 par 
 . 
 setAttributes 
 ( 
 style 
 );

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    attributes
    		Object The element's attributes.

    Return

    Header Section — The current element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    set Text(text)

    Sets the contents as plain text.

    Note: existing contents are cleared.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    text
    		String The new text contents.

    Return

    Header Section — The current element.

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

    set Text Alignment(textAlignment)

    Sets the text alignment. The available types of alignment are Document App.TextAlignment.NORMAL , Document App.TextAlignment.SUBSCRIPT , and Document App.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT .

     // Make the entire first paragraph in the active tab be superscript. 
 const 
  
 documentTab 
  
 = 
  
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 getActiveDocument 
 (). 
 getActiveTab 
 (). 
 asDocumentTab 
 (); 
 const 
  
 text 
  
 = 
  
 documentTab 
 . 
 getBody 
 (). 
 getParagraphs 
 ()[ 
 0 
 ]. 
 editAsText 
 (); 
 text 
 . 
 setTextAlignment 
 ( 
 DocumentApp 
 . 
 TextAlignment 
 . 
 SUPERSCRIPT 
 );

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    text Alignment
    		Text Alignment the type of text alignment to apply

    Return

    Header Section — the current element

    Authorization

    Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes :

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

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