I want to understand the moveFileToFolder script that is listed as an example when you select google drive scripts http://www.google.com/script/start/ (click "Start Scripting" then select "Drive" option in "Create script for" menu)
The code is below. My question is how would I alter this code so that it could be used to move the file "Austin" into the folder "Texas"? This is presuming that the file "Austin" is a google doc which is currently sitting in my main google drive file list and the folder "Texas" is also currently sitting in my main google drive list.
There are a few other posts regarding moving files in drive and I understand the main concepts but I can't seems to successfully procure the file or folder ID's. Any help greatly appreciated?
/**
* This script moves a specific file from one parent folder to another.
* For more information on interacting with files, see
* https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_file
*/
function moveFileToFolder(fileId, targetFolderId) {
var targetFolder = DocsList.getFolderById(targetFolderId);
var file = DocsList.getFileById(fileId);
file.addToFolder(targetFolder);
};
now I had the same task and used this code:
var file = DriveApp.getFileById(fileId)
var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);
folder.addFile(file);
Check out function getFolderByName in https://gist.github.com/suntong001/7955694 to see how to get folder ID by its name. For files the principle is the same.
function addDocToPublic() {
// Create random filename
var fn = "doc" + Math.floor(10000 * Math.random()) + ".doc";
// Create file with very MIME TYPE and return file ID
var fh = DriveApp.createFile(fn, "Das ist das " + fn + " Testfile", MimeType.MICROSOFT_WORD);
// Get first/next Iterator ID ( = folder ID) for Folder (with name PUBLIC)
var fid = DriveApp.getFoldersByName("PUBLIC").next();
// Copy File to Folder (using file and folder IDs
fh.makeCopy(fn,fid);
// Remove Source File
fh.setTrashed(true);
}
... maybe that way ...
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I found a useful script long ago and installed it. Now I want to delete it so it's no longer running, but I have no idea where it is stored so I can delete it. And I don't know it's exact filename to search for it. How do I find the script?? it watches a shared folder on Google Drive and emails me when the contents of the folder are changed.
I need to find this script and delete it.... suggestions????
How about something like this? It uses Mime types to find the scripts.
function findGoogleScripts() {
var ssNew = SpreadsheetApp.create("GoogleScriptsOnMyDrive");
SpreadsheetApp.setActiveSpreadsheet(ssNew);
var sheet = ssNew.getSheets()[0];
var files = DriveApp.getFiles();
sheet.appendRow(["File Name", "Mime Type"]);
while (files.hasNext()) {
var mType, theFile;
var tempArray = [];
theFile = files.next();
mType = theFile.getMimeType();
if (mType.equals("application/vnd.google-apps.script")) {
tempArray.push(theFile.getName());
tempArray.push(mType);
sheet.appendRow(tempArray);
}
}
}
I have to import in a Table from file (csv for example).
I used this code:
public void run ()
{
TextIO textIO;
str filename, fileOpen, folder;
int handle;
Io thisMYFile;
FileIoPermission perm;
#File
#avifiles
#OCCRetryCount
[handle, filename] = WINAPI::findFirstFile(folder + "\\*.csv");
fileOpen = strFmt (folder + "\\" + filename);
perm = new FileIoPermission(fileOpen, 'w');
perm.assert();
thisMYFile = new CommaTextIo(fileOpen , 'w');
}
But in Debug the class IO thisMYFile is null and so I can't to read and get information.
In my class declaration I extends RunBaseBarch.
If I used a "normal" classes (not batch) I can read,write,move file etc, but now I can't to open.
I know the WinAPI classes not work in Batch, now I think there is also another way to read/open file in batch? With WinAPIServerclass I can findFirstFile ?
A clarification, I have also a same problem if I don't schedule the process batch : flag Batch processing is false, in the batch dialog, and clicked only Ok. (example image)
If you've a tutorial, any advice or help,
Thanks all,
enjoy!
Beware that the batch runs on an other machine, the AOS will not have access to your local files.
Therefore always use a full UNC file path to the file, ex. \\MyHost\Temp\x.csv
If new CommaTextIO fails to open the file, it returns null, it does not throw an exception. If you do not test for null your code will fail later.
I wondered if someone could help. We use Google Apps for Education. Within the system we have a shared folder where teachers can place files for students to access. E.g. The entire team of 8 science teachers all add files to "Science Shared."
Science Shared folder is on a separate google account "science-shared#domain.com"
Over time, files will take up quota of individual users and if they leave and their account is deleted, all these files will go. We obviously do not want to transfer their entire data to science-shared using the transfer facility.
Ideally, I am looking for some sort of script which can traverse through the shared folder and change the permissions of each file and folder so that science-shared is the owner and the individual teacher has edit access.
Is this possible and if so, can anyone provide some help on how/where to start...clueless at the moment.
Thanks in advance.
Edit:
Refer to issue 2756, noting that an administrator cannot change the ownership of files via Google Apps Script:
...It's related to the fact that you can't change the own for files
you don't own. This error occurs for any illegal ACL change, such as
trying to call addEditor() when you are a viewer.
To change the ownership of files not owned by the administrator, they must use the Google Drive SDK, authenticated via OAuth.
This is certainly possible, although only for files owned by the user running the script.
Here's a script that will find all the files owned by the current user in the Science Shared folder, and transfer ownership to user science-shared. It's designed as a spreadsheet-contained script, which creates a custom menu and uses the spreadsheet Browser UI. Put the spreadsheet into your shared directory, and any teacher should be able to use it to transfer their own files, wholesale.
An admin should be able to use the script to change ANY teacher's files - just collect the id of the origOwner, and pass it to chownFilesInFolder.
Caveat: It only deals with files, not sub-directories - you could extend it if needed.
/**
* Find all files owned by current user in given folder,
* and change their ownership to newOwner.
* Note: sub-folders are untouched
*/
function chownFilesInFolder(folderId,origOwner,newOwner) {
var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);
var contents = folder.getFiles();
while(contents.hasNext()) {
var file = contents.next();
var name = file.getName();
var owner = file.getOwner().getEmail();
// Note: domain security policies may block access to user's emails
// If so, this will return a blank string - good enough for our purposes.
if (owner == origOwner) {
// Found a file owned by current user - change ownership
Logger.log(name);
//file.setOwner(newOwner);
}
}
};
/**
* Spreadsheet browser-based UI driver for chownFilesInFolder()
*/
function changeOwnership() {
var resp = Browser.msgBox("Transfer 'Science Shared' files",
"Are you sure you want to transfer ownership of all your shared files?",
Browser.Buttons.YES_NO);
if (resp == "yes") {
var folderName = "Science Shared";
// Assume there is just one "Science Shared" folder.
var folder = DriveApp.getFoldersByName(folderName);
if (!folder.hasNext()) {
throw new Error("Folder not found ("+folderName+")");
}
else {
var folderId = folder.next().getId();
var origOwner = Session.getActiveUser().getEmail(); // Operate on own files
var newOwner = "science_shared#example.com";
chownFilesInFolder(folderId,origOwner,newOwner);
Browser.msgBox("Operation completed", Browser.Buttons.OK);
}
}
else Browser.msgBox("Operation aborted", Browser.Buttons.OK);
}
/**
* Adds a custom menu to the active spreadsheet, containing a single menu item
*/
function onOpen() {
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var entries = [{
name : "Transfer 'Science Shared' files",
functionName : "changeOwnership"
}];
spreadsheet.addMenu("Science-Shared", entries);
};
I hope that helps get you started.
We've setup liferay to use JackRabbit as its document repository. Now what I'm trying to do is retrieve an specific document, and all I know about it is it's name, and sometimes the name of the folder it may be located in.
I know DLFileEntryLocalServiceUtil allows me to retrieve said document but requires me to have it's id before handing it over. My question is, how can I get the id of the file I'm looking for if all I have is the file name and it's location?
Below code snippet could help you,
FileEntry fileEntry = DLAppServiceUtil.getFileEntry(repositoryId, CREATED_FOLDER_ID, fileName);
In above, you have pass repositoryId could be equivalent to groupId which you can get it from themedisplay.getGroupId(), your folderId and fileName
you can get folderId by below code,
long FOLDER_ID = 0;
long repositoryId = themeDisplay.getScopeGroupId();
long parentFolderId = DLFolderConstants.DEFAULT_PARENT_FOLDER_ID;
List<Folder> lFolder = DLAppServiceUtil.getFolders(repositoryId, parentFolderId);
for (Folder folder : lFolder)
{
if (folder.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(FOLDER_NAME))
{
FOLDER_ID = folder.getFolderId();
break;
}
}
Please let me know if it helps
I need to move all files presently in my google drive's trash to a certain folder or, if that can't be done, restore them to their original location. Some mess happened and I have valuable files in the trash, some 6 gig of them, so I'd prefer to move them to a separate directory, back it up or sync locally and see those files later.
This is the script I have so far:
function moveFilesFromTrash() {
var pageSize = 200;
var files = null;
var token = null;
var cestisti = DocsList.getFolder('cestisti');
do {
var result = DocsList.getAllFilesForPaging(pageSize, token);
files = result.getFiles();
token = result.getToken();
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
if (files[i].isTrashed == true) {
Logger.log(files[i].getName());
// files[i].setTrashed(false)
files[i].addToFolder(cestisti);
}
} while (files.length == pageSize);
}
The matter is it just does not work.
The part of the code to page through files items works, I got it from other working scripts of mine. I just don't know if it parses the trash folder or label to. I do not know if setTrashed() or addtofolder() works - I have no idea. Now the former is commented out because I would prefer to copy items instead of restoring them, but if that's not possible I can restore.
This answer has been updated due to the deprecation of DocsList, and now uses DriveApp methods throughout.
You must un-trash a file before you can move it, but doing so will accomplish what you're after. Here's the algorithm:
Get a list of files (or file ids) for all trashed files
For each file,
Undelete / un-trash the file
Move file to target folder (detail: remove file from original folders, add to target recovery folder)
This answer provides snippets of script to accomplish this; The full script is available as a Google Sheets Add-on in a gist, complete with menu and UI elements.
Recover all trashed files
This function uses DriveApp.search() to get the list of all trashed files, and then recovers them into a specified folder, rescueFldr, which will be created if not already there.
/**
* Untrash then move all trashed files to rescue folder.
* From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14541247/1677912
*
* #returns {Number} Count of Rescued files.
*/
function rescueAllFiles() {
// Find or create target folder
var rescueFldrIterator = DriveApp.getFoldersByName(rescueFldrName);
var rescueFldr = rescueFldrIterator.hasNext() ? rescueFldrIterator.next() : DriveApp.createFolder(rescueFldrName);
// Get file iterator with all trashed files
var trashed = DriveApp.searchFiles('trashed=true');
var count = 0;
while (trashed.hasNext()) {
var file = trashed.next();
// Untrash the file
if (rescueFile( file, rescueFldr )) count++;
}
return(count);
};
Recover specific Trashed Files
If you want to have more control over the files that will be recovered, and you can't simply modify the search parameters used above, an alternative might be to list the file IDs in a spreadsheet, and have a script use that as its input.
Fill spreadsheet with trashed files
/**
* Get array of files in user's Google Drive trash, and write
* into currently active sheet.
* From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14541247/1677912
*
* #returns {Object[]} Array of DriveApp file objects
*/
function getTrashedFiles() {
var trashedSearch = DriveApp.searchFiles('trashed=true');
var files = [];
files.push(["ID","File Name","Type","URL"]);
while (trashedSearch.hasNext()) {
var file = trashedSearch.next();
files.push([file.getId(),file.getName(),docTypeToText_(file.getMimeType()),file.getUrl()]);
}
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
sheet.clear();
sheet.getRange(1, 1, files.length, files[0].length)
.setValues(files);
return files;
}
Manual file ID collection
(Alternative to automatic retrieval, for reference only.) Since you're just doing this once, though, let's cheat. At the bottom of the Files-list page, use the API Explorer to retrieve the IDs of all your deleted files!
The output is shown just as you'd receive it if you were calling the API from a script.
Cut & paste the output into a text file, and strip it down to just the file ids. (I did that with gvim, it takes just a few commands.) Save the result as a csv file, and pull it into Drive as a spreadsheet. Here's what that will look like. (Do include a header line; the script assumes there is one.)
Process Trashed Files
Now that the list of trashed files is in a spreadsheet, scripting the recovery & move is easy.
/**
* Untrash then move files listed in spreadsheet to rescue folder.
* From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14541247/1677912
*
* #returns {Number} Count of Rescued files.
*/
function rescueListedFiles() {
var fileList = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet()
.getDataRange().getValues()
.splice(1); // Skip header line
// Find or create target folder
var rescueFldrIterator = DriveApp.getFoldersByName(rescueFldrName);
var rescueFldr = rescueFldrIterator.hasNext() ? rescueFldrIterator.next() : DriveApp.createFolder(rescueFldrName);
var count = 0;
for (var i=0; i<fileList.length; i++) {
var fileId = fileList[i][0];
var file = DriveApp.getFileById(fileId);
// Untrash the file
if (rescueFile( file, rescueFldr )) count++;
}
return( count );
};
try
if (files[i].isTrashed() == true)
I suggest that you put in some diagnostics (Logger.log) to narrow down problems
Remember, files are not in folders. Files have labels that are called folders and there can be more than one folder(label). Even 'trashed' is a label. Setting to trash just creates a trashed label that overrides the other labels(folders). The code below does not move anything. It just resets the labels(folders)
Edit: Trashed is not a label but a condition: everything else holds
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
if (files[i].isTrashed()) { // don't forget ()
Logger.log(files[i].getName());
var folders = files[i].getParents();
// remove existing folders(labels)
for(var f = 0; f < folders.length; f++ ) {
files[i].removeFromFolder( folders[f] );
};
// remove trashed label
files[i].setTrashed(false);
// add cestisti label(add to cestisti folder)
files[i].addToFolder(cestisti);
}
}