Google Apps Script quickstart

Create a Google Apps Script that makes requests to the Google Drive Activity API.

Quickstarts explain how to set up and run an app that calls a Google Workspace API. This quickstart uses a simplified authentication approach that is appropriate for a testing environment. For a production environment, we recommend learning about authentication and authorization before choosing the access credentials that are appropriate for your app.

In Apps Script, Google Workspace quickstarts use Advanced Google services to call Google Workspace APIs and handle some details of the authentication and authorization flow.

Objectives

Configure the environment.
Create and configure the script.
Run the script.

Prerequisites

A Google Account

Access to Google Drive

Create the script

Create a new script in the Apps Script editor by going to script.google.com/create .
Replace the contents of the script editor with the following code:

drive/activity-v2/quickstart.gs

View on GitHub

 /** 
 * Lists 10 activity for a Drive user. 
 * @see https://developers.google.com/drive/activity/v2/reference/rest/v2/activity/query 
 */ 
 function 
  
 listDriveActivity 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 request 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 pageSize 
 : 
  
 10 
  
 // Use other parameter here if needed. 
  
 }; 
  
 try 
  
 { 
  
 // Activity.query method is used Query past activity in Google Drive. 
  
 const 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 DriveActivity 
 . 
 Activity 
 . 
 query 
 ( 
 request 
 ); 
  
 const 
  
 activities 
  
 = 
  
 response 
 . 
 activities 
 ; 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 activities 
  
 || 
  
 activities 
 . 
 length 
  
 === 
  
 0 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'No activity.' 
 ); 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'Recent activity:' 
 ); 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
 const 
  
 activity 
  
 of 
  
 activities 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // get time information of activity. 
  
 const 
  
 time 
  
 = 
  
 getTimeInfo 
 ( 
 activity 
 ); 
  
 // get the action details/information 
  
 const 
  
 action 
  
 = 
  
 getActionInfo 
 ( 
 activity 
 . 
 primaryActionDetail 
 ); 
  
 // get the actor's details of activity 
  
 const 
  
 actors 
  
 = 
  
 activity 
 . 
 actors 
 . 
 map 
 ( 
 getActorInfo 
 ); 
  
 // get target information of activity. 
  
 const 
  
 targets 
  
 = 
  
 activity 
 . 
 targets 
 . 
 map 
 ( 
 getTargetInfo 
 ); 
  
 // print the time,actor,action and targets of drive activity. 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 '%s: %s, %s, %s' 
 , 
  
 time 
 , 
  
 actors 
 , 
  
 action 
 , 
  
 targets 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
  
 catch 
  
 ( 
 err 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // TODO (developer) - Handle error from drive activity API 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'Failed with an error %s' 
 , 
  
 err 
 . 
 message 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 /** 
 * @param {object} object 
 * @return {string}  Returns the name of a set property in an object, or else "unknown". 
 */ 
 function 
  
 getOneOf 
 ( 
 object 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
 const 
  
 key 
  
 in 
  
 object 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 key 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 'unknown' 
 ; 
 } 
 /** 
 * @param {object} activity Activity object. 
 * @return {string} Returns a time associated with an activity. 
 */ 
 function 
  
 getTimeInfo 
 ( 
 activity 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'timestamp' 
  
 in 
  
 activity 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 activity 
 . 
 timestamp 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'timeRange' 
  
 in 
  
 activity 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 activity 
 . 
 timeRange 
 . 
 endTime 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 'unknown' 
 ; 
 } 
 /** 
 * @param {object} actionDetail The primary action details of the activity. 
 * @return {string} Returns the type of action. 
 */ 
 function 
  
 getActionInfo 
 ( 
 actionDetail 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 getOneOf 
 ( 
 actionDetail 
 ); 
 } 
 /** 
 * @param {object} user The User object. 
 * @return {string}  Returns user information, or the type of user if not a known user. 
 */ 
 function 
  
 getUserInfo 
 ( 
 user 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'knownUser' 
  
 in 
  
 user 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 knownUser 
  
 = 
  
 user 
 . 
 knownUser 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 isMe 
  
 = 
  
 knownUser 
 . 
 isCurrentUser 
  
 || 
  
 false 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 isMe 
  
 ? 
  
 'people/me' 
  
 : 
  
 knownUser 
 . 
 personName 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 getOneOf 
 ( 
 user 
 ); 
 } 
 /** 
 * @param {object} actor The Actor object. 
 * @return {string} Returns actor information, or the type of actor if not a user. 
 */ 
 function 
  
 getActorInfo 
 ( 
 actor 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'user' 
  
 in 
  
 actor 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 getUserInfo 
 ( 
 actor 
 . 
 user 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 getOneOf 
 ( 
 actor 
 ); 
 } 
 /** 
 * @param {object} target The Target object. 
 * @return {string} Returns the type of a target and an associated title. 
 */ 
 function 
  
 getTargetInfo 
 ( 
 target 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'driveItem' 
  
 in 
  
 target 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 title 
  
 = 
  
 target 
 . 
 driveItem 
 . 
 title 
  
 || 
  
 'unknown' 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 'driveItem:"' 
  
 + 
  
 title 
  
 + 
  
 '"' 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'drive' 
  
 in 
  
 target 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 title 
  
 = 
  
 target 
 . 
 drive 
 . 
 title 
  
 || 
  
 'unknown' 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 'drive:"' 
  
 + 
  
 title 
  
 + 
  
 '"' 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 'fileComment' 
  
 in 
  
 target 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 parent 
  
 = 
  
 target 
 . 
 fileComment 
 . 
 parent 
  
 || 
  
 {}; 
  
 const 
  
 title 
  
 = 
  
 parent 
 . 
 title 
  
 || 
  
 'unknown' 
 ; 
  
 return 
  
 'fileComment:"' 
  
 + 
  
 title 
  
 + 
  
 '"' 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 getOneOf 
 ( 
 target 
 ) 
  
 + 
  
 ':unknown' 
 ; 
 }

Click Save.
Click Untitled project , type Quickstart , and click Rename .

Configure the script

Enable the Google Drive Activity API

Open the Apps Script project.

Click Editor .
Next to Services, click Add a service .
Select Drive Activity API and click Add.

Run the sample

In the Apps Script editor, click Run.

The first time you run the sample, it prompts you to authorize access:

Click Review permissions.
Choose an account.
Click Allow.

The script's execution log appears at the bottom of the window.