Class VideoItem

A layout item that displays a video. Items can be accessed or created from a Form.

// Open a form by ID and add three new video items, using a long URL,
// a short URL, and a video ID.
const form = FormApp.openById('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');
form.addVideoItem()
    .setTitle('Video Title')
    .setHelpText('Video Caption')
    .setVideoUrl('www.youtube.com/watch?v=1234abcdxyz');

form.addVideoItem()
    .setTitle('Video Title')
    .setHelpText('Video Caption')
    .setVideoUrl('youtu.be/1234abcdxyz');

form.addVideoItem()
    .setTitle('Video Title')
    .setHelpText('Video Caption')
    .setVideoUrl('1234abcdxyz');

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`duplicate()`	`VideoItem`	Creates a copy of this item and appends it to the end of the form.
`getAlignment()`	`Alignment`	Gets the video's horizontal alignment.
`getHelpText()`	`String`	Gets the item's help text (sometimes called description text for layout items like `ImageItems`, `PageBreakItems`, and `SectionHeaderItems`).
`getId()`	`Integer`	Gets the item's unique identifier.
`getIndex()`	`Integer`	Gets the index of the item among all the items in the form.
`getTitle()`	`String`	Gets the item's title (sometimes called header text, in the case of a `SectionHeaderItem`).
`getType()`	`ItemType`	Gets the item's type, represented as an `ItemType`.
`getWidth()`	`Integer`	Gets the video's width in pixels.
`setAlignment(alignment)`	`VideoItem`	Sets the video's horizontal alignment.
`setHelpText(text)`	`VideoItem`	Sets the item's help text (sometimes called description text for layout items like `ImageItems`, `PageBreakItems`, and `SectionHeaderItems`).
`setTitle(title)`	`VideoItem`	Sets the item's title (sometimes called header text, in the case of a `SectionHeaderItem`).
`setVideoUrl(youtubeUrl)`	`VideoItem`	Sets the video itself from a given YouTube URL or YouTube video ID.
`setWidth(width)`	`VideoItem`	Sets the video's width in pixels.

Detailed documentation

`duplicate()`

Creates a copy of this item and appends it to the end of the form.

Return

VideoItem — a duplicate of this VideoItem, for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getAlignment()`

Gets the video's horizontal alignment.

Return

Alignment — the horizontal alignment

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getHelpText()`

Gets the item's help text (sometimes called description text for layout items like ImageItems, PageBreakItems, and SectionHeaderItems).

Return

String — the item's help text or description text

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getId()`

Gets the item's unique identifier.

Return

Integer — the item's ID

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getIndex()`

Gets the index of the item among all the items in the form.

Return

Integer — the index of the item

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getTitle()`

Gets the item's title (sometimes called header text, in the case of a SectionHeaderItem).

Return

String — the item's title or header text

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getType()`

Gets the item's type, represented as an ItemType.

Return

ItemType — the item's type

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`getWidth()`

Gets the video's width in pixels.

Return

Integer — the width in pixels

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`setAlignment(alignment)`

Sets the video's horizontal alignment.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`alignment`	`Alignment`	the horizontal alignment

Return

VideoItem — this VideoItem, for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`setHelpText(text)`

Sets the item's help text (sometimes called description text for layout items like ImageItems, PageBreakItems, and SectionHeaderItems).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`text`	`String`	the new help text

Return

VideoItem — this VideoItem, for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`setTitle(title)`

Sets the item's title (sometimes called header text, in the case of a SectionHeaderItem).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the new title or header text

Return

VideoItem — this VideoItem, for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`setVideoUrl(youtubeUrl)`

Sets the video itself from a given YouTube URL or YouTube video ID.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`youtubeUrl`	`String`	the YouTube URL or ID

Return

VideoItem — this VideoItem, for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms

`setWidth(width)`

Sets the video's width in pixels. Only the video's width can be set. Height is set automatically to maintain the video's proportions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`width`	`Integer`	the width in pixels

Return

VideoItem — this VideoItem, for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/forms