How to create an empty Google doc / Spreadsheet

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What is the best way to create an empty Google doc / spreadsheet? I am using the GData docs / spreadsheet api right now but I'd prefer to use the Drive API. Is there a mimetype that will create an empty Google Doc/Google Spreadsheet?

Check stackoverflow.com/a/11415443/186674 for the list of Google Docs MIME types. — Claudio Cherubino
– Claudio Cherubino, Commented Aug 3, 2012 at 16:03
Possible duplicate of Creating empty spreadsheets in Google Drive using Drive API (in Python) — wescpy
– wescpy, Commented Jul 15, 2016 at 23:44

Steve Bazyl · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-03 23:51:16Z

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As Claudio mentioned in the comment, you can see the list of the supported MIME types in the other question. In practice, its very easy to create a blank doc. For example:

POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files

{
'title' : 'My new document',
'mimeType':'application/vnd.google-apps.document'
}

answered Aug 3, 2012 at 23:51

Steve Bazyl

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Takashi Oguma Over a year ago

Thanks! I had to add 'Content-Type: application/json' http header in the request. Otherwise I got '400 Bad Request - parse error'.

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