DriveApp

    • Learn how to create new files on Google Drive using a provided function.

    • Discover how to retrieve a specific file from Google Drive by its name.

    • Explore methods to list all files within a user's entire Google Drive.

    • Understand how to list all files contained within a specific Google Drive folder.

    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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