GoogleJsonResponseException: Field name is required - google-apps-script

Question

I'm working with the Google Analytics API for the first time and I'm trying to create a new property. I wrote a JS function in Google App Script:
function insertProperty() {
var resource =
{
// "accountId": "177832616",
"resource":{
"name": "Test Property 7",
// "dataRetentionResetOnNewActivity": false,
"websiteUrl": "https://www.test.com"
}
}
var accountID = '177832616';
var request = Analytics.Management.Webproperties.insert(resource, accountID);
// request.execute(function (response) { console.log(property.id) });
}
This is the error the API throws:
GoogleJsonResponseException: API call to analytics.management.webproperties.insert failed with error: Field name is required. (line 56, file "Code")
The insert() method seems to take two parameters: insert(Webproperty resource, string accountId);
Since it's not recognizing the name key/value I added to resource, my guess is I haven't declared the variable as a Webproperty type and I'm not sure how to do this. I assumed Webproperty was a { } variable type, but at this point I'm not sure what to try next. Doing research online, I'm not able to find anything regarding the API's Webproperty so any context/info is helpful.

Answer 1

From your question, I could understand that Google Analytics API is used with Advanced Google services of Google Apps Script. In this case, resource of Analytics.Management.Webproperties.insert(resource, accountId) can directly use the request body of the method of "Web Properties: insert". I think that the reason of your error is due to this. So please modify as follows and test it again.
From:
var resource =
{
// "accountId": "177832616",
"resource":{
"name": "Test Property 7",
// "dataRetentionResetOnNewActivity": false,
"websiteUrl": "https://www.test.com"
}
}
To:
var resource = {
"name": "Test Property 7",
"websiteUrl": "https://www.test.com"
}
Note:
When accountId is not correct, an error occurs. Please be careful this.
From iansedano's comment, in this case, request of var request = Analytics.Management.Webproperties.insert(resource, accountID); directly returns the values. So you can see the value like console.log(request) and console.log(request.toString()).
Reference:
Web Properties: insert