Execute Functions with the Apps Script API

Target Script

The function in this script uses the Drive API.

You must enable the Drive API in the project hosting the script.

Additionally, calling applications must send OAuth credentials which include the following Drive scope:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive

The example applications here use the Google client libraries to build credential objects for OAuth using this scope.

/**
 * Return the set of folder names contained in the user's root folder as an
 * object (with folder IDs as keys).
 * @return {Object} A set of folder names keyed by folder ID.
 */
function getFoldersUnderRoot() {
  const root = DriveApp.getRootFolder();
  const folders = root.getFolders();
  const folderSet = {};
  while (folders.hasNext()) {
    const folder = folders.next();
    folderSet[folder.getId()] = folder.getName();
  }
  return folderSet;
}
target.js

Java

/**
 * Create a HttpRequestInitializer from the given one, except set
 * the HTTP read timeout to be longer than the default (to allow
 * called scripts time to execute).
 *
 * @param {HttpRequestInitializer} requestInitializer the initializer
 *                                 to copy and adjust; typically a Credential object.
 * @return an initializer with an extended read timeout.
 */
private static HttpRequestInitializer setHttpTimeout(
    final HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer) {
  return new HttpRequestInitializer() {
    @Override
    public void initialize(HttpRequest httpRequest) throws IOException {
      requestInitializer.initialize(httpRequest);
      // This allows the API to call (and avoid timing out on)
      // functions that take up to 6 minutes to complete (the maximum
      // allowed script run time), plus a little overhead.
      httpRequest.setReadTimeout(380000);
    }
  };
}

/**
 * Build and return an authorized Script client service.
 *
 * @param {Credential} credential an authorized Credential object
 * @return an authorized Script client service
 */
public static Script getScriptService() throws IOException {
  Credential credential = authorize();
  return new Script.Builder(
      HTTP_TRANSPORT, JSON_FACTORY, setHttpTimeout(credential))
      .setApplicationName(APPLICATION_NAME)
      .build();
}

/**
 * Interpret an error response returned by the API and return a String
 * summary.
 *
 * @param {Operation} op the Operation returning an error response
 * @return summary of error response, or null if Operation returned no
 * error
 */
public static String getScriptError(Operation op) {
  if (op.getError() == null) {
    return null;
  }

  // Extract the first (and only) set of error details and cast as a Map.
  // The values of this map are the script's 'errorMessage' and
  // 'errorType', and an array of stack trace elements (which also need to
  // be cast as Maps).
  Map<String, Object> detail = op.getError().getDetails().get(0);
  List<Map<String, Object>> stacktrace =
      (List<Map<String, Object>>) detail.get("scriptStackTraceElements");

  java.lang.StringBuilder sb =
      new StringBuilder("\nScript error message: ");
  sb.append(detail.get("errorMessage"));
  sb.append("\nScript error type: ");
  sb.append(detail.get("errorType"));

  if (stacktrace != null) {
    // There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start
    // executing.
    sb.append("\nScript error stacktrace:");
    for (Map<String, Object> elem : stacktrace) {
      sb.append("\n  ");
      sb.append(elem.get("function"));
      sb.append(":");
      sb.append(elem.get("lineNumber"));
    }
  }
  sb.append("\n");
  return sb.toString();
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
  // ID of the script to call. Acquire this from the Apps Script editor,
  // under Publish > Deploy as API executable.
  String scriptId = "ENTER_YOUR_SCRIPT_ID_HERE";
  Script service = getScriptService();

  // Create an execution request object.
  ExecutionRequest request = new ExecutionRequest()
      .setFunction("getFoldersUnderRoot");

  try {
    // Make the API request.
    Operation op =
        service.scripts().run(scriptId, request).execute();

    // Print results of request.
    if (op.getError() != null) {
      // The API executed, but the script returned an error.
      System.out.println(getScriptError(op));
    } else {
      // The result provided by the API needs to be cast into
      // the correct type, based upon what types the Apps
      // Script function returns. Here, the function returns
      // an Apps Script Object with String keys and values,
      // so must be cast into a Java Map (folderSet).
      Map<String, String> folderSet =
          (Map<String, String>) (op.getResponse().get("result"));
      if (folderSet.size() == 0) {
        System.out.println("No folders returned!");
      } else {
        System.out.println("Folders under your root folder:");
        for (String id : folderSet.keySet()) {
          System.out.printf(
              "\t%s (%s)\n", folderSet.get(id), id);
        }
      }
    }
  } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
    // The API encountered a problem before the script was called.
    e.printStackTrace(System.out);
  }
}
Execute.java

JavaScript

/**
 * Load the API and make an API call.  Display the results on the screen.
 */
function callScriptFunction() {
  const scriptId = '<ENTER_YOUR_SCRIPT_ID_HERE>';

  // Call the Apps Script API run method
  //   'scriptId' is the URL parameter that states what script to run
  //   'resource' describes the run request body (with the function name
  //              to execute)
  try {
    gapi.client.script.scripts.run({
      'scriptId': scriptId,
      'resource': {
        'function': 'getFoldersUnderRoot',
      },
    }).then(function(resp) {
      const result = resp.result;
      if (result.error && result.error.status) {
        // The API encountered a problem before the script
        // started executing.
        appendPre('Error calling API:');
        appendPre(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
      } else if (result.error) {
        // The API executed, but the script returned an error.

        // Extract the first (and only) set of error details.
        // The values of this object are the script's 'errorMessage' and
        // 'errorType', and an array of stack trace elements.
        const error = result.error.details[0];
        appendPre('Script error message: ' + error.errorMessage);

        if (error.scriptStackTraceElements) {
          // There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start
          // executing.
          appendPre('Script error stacktrace:');
          for (let i = 0; i < error.scriptStackTraceElements.length; i++) {
            const trace = error.scriptStackTraceElements[i];
            appendPre('\t' + trace.function + ':' + trace.lineNumber);
          }
        }
      } else {
        // The structure of the result will depend upon what the Apps
        // Script function returns. Here, the function returns an Apps
        // Script Object with String keys and values, and so the result
        // is treated as a JavaScript object (folderSet).

        const folderSet = result.response.result;
        if (Object.keys(folderSet).length == 0) {
          appendPre('No folders returned!');
        } else {
          appendPre('Folders under your root folder:');
          Object.keys(folderSet).forEach(function(id) {
            appendPre('\t' + folderSet[id] + ' (' + id + ')');
          });
        }
      }
    });
  } catch (err) {
    document.getElementById('content').innerText = err.message;
    return;
  }
}
index.js

Node.js

/**
 * Call an Apps Script function to list the folders in the user's root Drive
 * folder.
 *
 */
async function callAppsScript() {
  const scriptId = '1xGOh6wCm7hlIVSVPKm0y_dL-YqetspS5DEVmMzaxd_6AAvI-_u8DSgBT';

  const {GoogleAuth} = require('google-auth-library');
  const {google} = require('googleapis');

  // Get credentials and build service
  // TODO (developer) - Use appropriate auth mechanism for your app
  const auth = new GoogleAuth({
    scopes: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive',
  });
  const script = google.script({version: 'v1', auth});

  try {
    // Make the API request. The request object is included here as 'resource'.
    const resp = await script.scripts.run({
      auth: auth,
      resource: {
        function: 'getFoldersUnderRoot',
      },
      scriptId: scriptId,
    });
    if (resp.error) {
      // The API executed, but the script returned an error.

      // Extract the first (and only) set of error details. The values of this
      // object are the script's 'errorMessage' and 'errorType', and an array
      // of stack trace elements.
      const error = resp.error.details[0];
      console.log('Script error message: ' + error.errorMessage);
      console.log('Script error stacktrace:');

      if (error.scriptStackTraceElements) {
        // There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start executing.
        for (let i = 0; i < error.scriptStackTraceElements.length; i++) {
          const trace = error.scriptStackTraceElements[i];
          console.log('\t%s: %s', trace.function, trace.lineNumber);
        }
      }
    } else {
      // The structure of the result will depend upon what the Apps Script
      // function returns. Here, the function returns an Apps Script Object
      // with String keys and values, and so the result is treated as a
      // Node.js object (folderSet).
      const folderSet = resp.response.result;
      if (Object.keys(folderSet).length == 0) {
        console.log('No folders returned!');
      } else {
        console.log('Folders under your root folder:');
        Object.keys(folderSet).forEach(function(id) {
          console.log('\t%s (%s)', folderSet[id], id);
        });
      }
    }
  } catch (err) {
    // TODO(developer) - Handle error
    throw err;
  }
}
index.js

Python

import google.auth
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError


def main():
  """Runs the sample."""
  # pylint: disable=maybe-no-member
  script_id = "1VFBDoJFy6yb9z7-luOwRv3fCmeNOzILPnR4QVmR0bGJ7gQ3QMPpCW-yt"

  creds, _ = google.auth.default()
  service = build("script", "v1", credentials=creds)

  # Create an execution request object.
  request = {"function": "getFoldersUnderRoot"}

  try:
    # Make the API request.
    response = service.scripts().run(scriptId=script_id, body=request).execute()
    if "error" in response:
      # The API executed, but the script returned an error.
      # Extract the first (and only) set of error details. The values of
      # this object are the script's 'errorMessage' and 'errorType', and
      # a list of stack trace elements.
      error = response["error"]["details"][0]
      print(f"Script error message: {0}.{format(error['errorMessage'])}")

      if "scriptStackTraceElements" in error:
        # There may not be a stacktrace if the script didn't start
        # executing.
        print("Script error stacktrace:")
        for trace in error["scriptStackTraceElements"]:
          print(f"\t{0}: {1}.{format(trace['function'], trace['lineNumber'])}")
    else:
      # The structure of the result depends upon what the Apps Script
      # function returns. Here, the function returns an Apps Script
      # Object with String keys and values, and so the result is
      # treated as a Python dictionary (folder_set).
      folder_set = response["response"].get("result", {})
      if not folder_set:
        print("No folders returned!")
      else:
        print("Folders under your root folder:")
        for folder_id, folder in folder_set.items():
          print(f"\t{0} ({1}).{format(folder, folder_id)}")

  except HttpError as error:
    # The API encountered a problem before the script started executing.
    print(f"An error occurred: {error}")
    print(error.content)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()
execute.py