Content Service

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The Content Service allows scripts to serve text in various formats like text, XML, or JSON.
The ContentService class is used for returning text content from a script.
The MimeType enum defines the various mime types that can be served from a script.
The TextOutput object represents the text content that can be served from a script.

Content

This service allows scripts to serve text in various forms, such as text, XML, or JSON. See also the guide to Content Service . If you deploy the following script as a web app , you will see "Hello, world!" in the browser:

 function doGet() {
  return ContentService.createTextOutput('Hello, world!');
}

Name	Brief description
`Content Service`	Service for returning text content from a script.
`Mime Type`	An enum for mime types that can be served from a script.
`Text Output`	A TextOutput object that can be served from a script.

Property	Type	Description
`Mime Type`	`Mime Type`

Method	Return type	Brief description
`create Text Output()`	`Text Output`	Create a new `Text Output` object.
`create Text Output(content)`	`Text Output`	Create a new `Text Output` object that can serve the given content.

Method	Return type	Brief description
`append(addedContent)`	`Text Output`	Appends new content to the content that will be served.
`clear()`	`Text Output`	Clears the current content.
`download As File(filename)`	`Text Output`	Tells browsers to download rather than display this content.
`get Content()`	`String`	Gets the content that will be served.
`get File Name()`	`String`	Returns the file name to download this file as, or null if it should be displayed rather than downloaded.
`get Mime Type()`	`Mime Type`	Get the mime type this content will be served with.
`set Content(content)`	`Text Output`	Sets the content that will be served.
`set Mime Type(mimeType)`	`Text Output`	Sets the mime type for content that will be served.