Project Management

The Apps Script API allows you to create and modify Apps Script projects from your app. The examples on this page illustrate how some common project management operations can be achieved with the API.

NOTE: The Apps Script API must be enabled before usage.

In these examples, the placeholders scriptId is used to indicate where you would provide the script project ID. Follow the steps below to find the script ID:

  1. In the Apps Script project, at the top left, click Project Settings .
  2. Next to "Script ID," click Copy.

Create a new Apps Script project

The following projects.create request creates a new standalone script.

POST https://scriptmanagement.googleapis.com/v1/projects/
 
{
  "title": "My Script"
}

Retrieve project metadata

The following projects.get request gets the script project's metadata.

GET https://scriptmanagement.googleapis.com/v1/projects/scriptId

The response consists of an object such as this one:

{
  "scriptId": "scriptId",
  "title": "My Title",
  "parentId": "parentId",
  "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
  "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
  "creator": { "name": "Grant" },
  "lastModifyUser": { "name": "Grant" },
}

Retrieve project files

The following projects.getContent request gets the content of the script project, including the code source and metadata for each script file.

GET https://scriptmanagement.googleapis.com/v1/projects/scriptId/content

The response consists of a Content object such as this one:

{
  "scriptId": "scriptId",
  "files": [{
    "name": "My Script",
    "type": "SERVER_JS",
    "source": "function hello(){\nconsole.log('Hello world');}",
    "lastModifyUser": {
      "name": "Grant",
      "email": "grant@example.com",
    },
    "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "functionSet": {
      "values": [
        "name": "helloWorld"
      ]
    }
  }, {
    "name": "appsscript",
    "type": "JSON",
    "source": "{\"timeZone\":\"America/New_York\",\"exceptionLogging\":\"CLOUD\"}",
    "lastModifyUser": {
      "name": "Grant",
      "email": "grant@example.com",
    },
    "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z"
  }]
}

Update project files

The following projects.updateContent request updates the content of the specified script project. This content is stored as the HEAD version, and is used when the script is executed as an API executable project.

PUT https://scriptmanagement.googleapis.com/v1/projects/scriptID/content
 
{
  "files": [{
    "name": "index",
    "type": "HTML",
    "source": "<html> <header><title>HTML Page</title></header> <body> My HTML </body> </html>"
  }, {
    "name": "My Script",
    "type": "SERVER_JS",
    "source": "function hello(){\nconsole.log('Hello world');}",
  }, {
    "name": "appsscript",
    "type": "JSON",
    "source": "{\"timeZone\":\"America/New_York\",\"exceptionLogging\":\"CLOUD\"}",
    "lastModifyUser": {
      "name": "Grant",
      "email": "grant@example.com",
    },
    "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z"
  }]
}

The response consists of a Content object such as this one:

{
  "scriptId": "scriptId",
  "files": [{
    "name": "index",
    "type": "HTML",
    "source": "<html> <header><title>HTML Page</title></header> <body> My HTML </body> </html>",
    "lastModifyUser": {
      "name": "Grant",
      "email": "grant@example.com",
    },
    "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z"
  }, {
    "name": "My Script",
    "type": "SERVER_JS",
    "source": "function hello(){\nconsole.log('Hello world');}",
    "lastModifyUser": {
      "name": "Grant",
      "email": "grant@example.com",
    },
    "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "functionSet": {
      "values": [
        "name": "helloWorld"
      ]
    }
  }, {
    "name": "appsscript",
    "type": "JSON",
    "source": "{\"timeZone\":\"America/New_York\",\"exceptionLogging\":\"CLOUD\"}",
    "lastModifyUser": {
      "name": "Grant",
      "email": "grant@example.com",
    },
    "createTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z",
    "updateTime": "2017-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z"
  }]
}