Google Apps Script: how to create a file in a folder?

Question

I have a Script application that creates several files and moves them to a folder. Is there a way to place the file directly in the folder, or do I first need to get the file and then copy it to the appropriate folder and then delete it from the root folder as follows:

folder=DocsList.createFolder("MyFolder"); var file=DocsList.createFile(blob); file.addToFolder(folder); file.removeFromFolder(DocsList.getRootFolder()); 

The problem is that if you open the disk, you will see that the file is first placed in the root folder and then moved to MyFolder. Thus, there is some lag before executing removeFromFolder.

Answer 1

Just tested the following code

 function Test() { DocsList.createFolder('Folder1').createFolder('Subfolder1').createFile('File1', 'Empty'); } 

It works as expected, i.e. created a new File1 document in the newly created folder My Drive\Folder1\Subfolder1 .

Answer 2

DocsList is no longer working and has been replaced by DriveAPI, Google App, and advanced Google services.

Here I leave my test code, this code creates folders - subfolders - google files - pdf - and saves them in folders and subfolders in various ways, and I hope it will be useful

 function Drive_2015() { //busca un folder, si no lo hay lo crea y crea 2 sub carpetas un google document copiado en cada una de ellas var name='folder de prueba'; var carpeta = DriveApp.getRootFolder().searchFolders("title contains '"+name+"'"); if (carpeta.hasNext()===true) { while (carpeta.hasNext()) { var folder = carpeta.next(); Logger.log(folder.getName()+' '+folder.getId()); } }else{ var folder=DriveApp.getRootFolder().createFolder(name); var parent=DriveApp.getFolderById(folder.getId()); // get parent folder var folder2 =parent.createFolder('Subfolder'); // 1° way to create sub folder var folder3=folder.createFolder(name+1);// 2° way to create sub folder (and more easy) var doc = DocumentApp.create('Documento sta'); var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.create('Spreadsheet sta'); Utilities.sleep(300); // este retardo es para garantizar en el user-side la creacion del nuevo archivo var files = DriveApp.getFilesByName('Documento sta');// or Id var file = DriveApp.getFileById(doc.getId()); while (files.hasNext()) { var file = files.next(); Logger.log('ojo '+file.getName()); file.makeCopy(folder3); file.makeCopy(folder2); var file2=file.makeCopy(folder); file2.setName('Acta individual del alumno') var blob = file2.getAs('application/pdf'); var file2pdf = folder.createFile(blob); var file2pdf = DriveApp.getFileById(file2pdf.getId()); var file2pdf=file2pdf.makeCopy(folder); Logger.log('se creó: '+file.getName()+' en la carpeta: '+folder.getName()+' el PDF es: '+file2pdf.getId()); DriveApp.getFileById(file2pdf.getId()).setTrashed(true) DriveApp.getFileById(docid).setTrashed(true) } } } 

Answer 3

Starting in 2015, you must use DriveApp to manage files in Google Drive. DriveApp has a Folder class that allows you to create a file directly in a folder.

 function createFilesInFolder() { //This creates the folder var folder = DriveApp.createFolder('My Folder'); //This creates a file in the folder var file = folder.createFile('My File.txt', 'Lorem ipsum', MimeType.PLAIN_TEXT); } 

Answer 4

I just wanted to comment (but don't have 50 reputation points).

The reason the answer above works when the original post was not such that .createFolder applies to both DocsList.createFolder (which creates the folder in the root directory) and Folder.createFolder which creates the subfolder in the current folder.

This may be obvious to everyone except me, but I was well aware :-)