Google Apps Script: Cannot find function insertText in object Document

Question

I'd like to copy a Google Docs document and add text to the copy. This is my code:

function main() {
    var template = DriveApp.getFileById(TEMPLATE_DOC_ID);
    var copy = template.makeCopy('copied file');
    var form = DocumentApp.openById(copy.getId());
    form.insertText(0, 'Inserted text.\n');
  }

When I run main(), I get the following error: TypeError: Cannot find function insertText in object Document. (line 5, file "Code")

Tanaike · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-21 22:01:35Z

2

You want to put a text using insertText().

If my understanding is correct, how about this modification?

Pattern 1:

When you want to put the text to the body, please modify as follows.

From:

form.insertText(0, 'Inserted text.\n');

To:

form.getBody().editAsText().insertText(0, 'Inserted text.\n');

Pattern 2:

When you want to put the text to the paragraph, please modify as follows.

From:

form.insertText(0, 'Inserted text.\n');

To:

form.getBody().getParagraphs()[0].insertText(0, 'Inserted text.\n');

In this case, the text is put to the first paragraph.

References:

If I misunderstood your question and this was not the result you want, I apologize.

answered Aug 21, 2019 at 22:01

Tanaike

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