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Reputation: 23

How to update google doc using google docs api (Python)

I'm new to Google Docs api and want to be able to add text using the replaceText option. How would I set this up? I am doing this in Python 3.6

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2878

Answers (1)

Jessica Rodriguez
Jessica Rodriguez

Reputation: 2974

Just follow the steps from Google Docs API quickstart using Python. Then try to run this code to insert text using InsertTextRequest method:

requests = [
     {
        'insertText': {
            'location': {
                'index': 25,
            },
            'text': text1
        }
    },
             {
        'insertText': {
            'location': {
                'index': 50,
            },
            'text': text2
        }
    },
             {
        'insertText': {
            'location': {
                'index': 75,
            },
            'text': text3
        }
    },
]

result = service.documents().batchUpdate(
    documentId=DOCUMENT_ID, body={'requests': requests}).execute()

To insert text into a document, use the BatchUpdate method and include an InsertTextRequest with the text and location as the payload. It's better to use this suggested method in the documentation.

Upvotes: 2

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