Maybe this is already known, or there is a better way if you know please tell me.
I want a google spreadsheet that shows me the last updated file on each folder on googledrive. and that it upgrades itself if new folders or files are added.
For example, i have a main Folder, the spreadsheet should tell me about updates subfolders A B C D
Folder name, lastfileupdatedname in that folder , Who updated it and when.
Since asked specifically about apps-script; two options come to mind:
Advanced Google Services\Google Drive Activity Service [ Google Drive Activity API in Apps Script]
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/advanced/drive-activity
or
use a folder/file iterator
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/drive/folder-iterator
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Question:
I have two Google Shared Drives (Team Drives), let's say Movies and MoviesBackup. I need to backup whatever I upload to Movies into MoviesBackup. For this, I need an unidirectional sync from Movies to MoviesBackup, once daily.
What I have tried:
I know of of Rclone, and have used its Command Line Interface to sync between two Shared Drives. Maybe if Rclone can be used from Google AppScript, I would set a daily trigger. But I seem to find no way to do so.
Any other solutions that work will be appreciated.
Although I'm not sure whether this is the direct solution of your issue, in your situation, how about the following sample script? This sample scripts uses a Google Apps Script library. Ref
When this library is used, a source folder can be copied to the specific destination folder. And, when the files in the source folder are updated, the updated files are copied to the destination folder as the overwrite.
Usage:
1. Install library.
Please install the library to your Google Apps Script project. The method of installing it can be seen at here.
2. Sample script.
Please copy and paste the following script to the script editor of your Google Apps Script project. And save it. And, in this library, Drive API is used. So please enable Drive API at Advanced Google services.
And, please set the source and destination folder IDs to the following object.
function myFunction() {
const object = {
sourceFolderId: "###", // Please set the source folder ID.
destinationFolderId: "###", // Please set the destination folder ID.
overwrite: true,
};
const res = CopyFolder.copyAllFilesFolders(object);
console.log(res);
}
Note:
When this script is run for the 1st time, all files are copied. And, after the script is run as 2 times, only the updated files are copied.
Reference:
CopyFolder of Google Apps Script library
I would like to allow my students to send me one or more files directly to my google drive via a form where they would just enter their name and choose the file(s) to send (drag and drop would be great). A folder with their name would be created in a specific folder on my drive and a warning email would be sent to me. Do you think this is feasible with google script? Thanks in advance.
An example here but paying ...
I've checked and Google Forms already allows for a File Upload kind of question (with drag and drop too).
It automatically creates a folder in your Google Drive (altough it doesnt create a folder for every student) (example here) and in the spreadsheet that it automatically generates there is a permanent link to that file (example here).
If that's not what you are looking for and you need the 'Folder per student' feature then yes, you can use google apps script to move files in folders quite easily.
I am creating a few forms using Google Apps Script which automatically generates in my root (My Drive) of my Google Drive.
I want to move these forms to a specific folder of a Shared Drive.
I googled about moving files (or any object) to another folder, most of them are suggesting that copy the file to a specific location, then delete from the source location.
But in this case, my formIds are changing which I don't want to change.
Is there any better way to move files (in my case Forms) to another location in Google Drive?
As a developer you should always favor canonical sources over 3rd party tutorials that pop-up in google search. The official documentation for the Drive API has guides describing how to move files from one drive folder to the next. I suggest you start there.
the following code should work for moving any file, including forms, to a destination folder in Google Drive:
var fileId = '1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'; //<--replace string with your file ID
var destinationFolderId = 'zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0987654321';//<--replace string with your destination folder ID
function moveFile(fileId,destinationFolderId) {
var destinationFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(destinationFolderId);
DriveApp.getFileById(fileId).moveTo(destinationFolder);
}
I'm looking for a way to create a copy of a given file in the same Google Drive directory using Google Apps Script.
The goal is to iterate through a folder structure looking for files owned by a specific user; when such a file is found [doc, spreadsheet, PDF], create a copy in the same place and delete the original.
The reason for this is that we have files owned by users in other domains and Google currently does not allows the transfer of ownership outside the domain. Using a script like this, could help us solve the problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
How can I add a prefix or a suffix to all files/ folders in Google Drive using Google Script. The objective is that whenever a users needs to be deleted to add a suffix to all files and folders and transfer to another user so that the documents of the user can easily be tracked at a later stage.
Regards
The File.setName() method in the Drive Service will do what you want. I'd be happy to help further if you post a sample of your code.