Is it possible to add a comment attributed to specific text within Google Docs using Apps Script?

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Google docs comment:

My goal is to add a text-specific comment using Google Apps Script as seen in the picture above. Right now I have this working code, but it only adds a general comment for the whole document.

function myFunction() {
  var fileId = '{FILE_ID}';
  var resource = {'content': 'comment body text'};
  Drive.Comments.insert(resource, name);
}

Is this for a custom file or a Google Apps file(like a doc or a sheet) — Spencer Easton
– Spencer Easton, Commented Jan 30, 2017 at 19:02

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:33:29Z

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Not possible. In this video -- Google Drive SDK: Announcing the Comments API (5:30 - 5:39) -- it is mentioned that:

..We do have a proprietary anchoring scheme, which does make it difficult for, or actually rather impossible for you to create comments that are anchored to text in our document formats...

"in our document formats" refers to Google Docs and Sheets.

This is also mentioned in this answer. For more details regarding Comments, you can check the Manage Comments and Discussions documentation.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:33

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brookr Over a year ago

5 years later, and this is still the case? 😫

mustang Over a year ago

2023 - still the case

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