[[["容易理解","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["確實解決了我的問題","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["其他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["缺少我需要的資訊","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["過於複雜/步驟過多","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["過時","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["翻譯問題","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["示例/程式碼問題","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["其他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["上次更新時間:2025-08-29 (世界標準時間)。"],[],[],null,["# Best practices for best results\n\nThere are several principles you should follow when using the Google Docs API.\nThese include:\n\n- Edit backwards for efficiency\n- Plan for collaboration\n- Ensure state consistency using the [`WriteControl`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/batchUpdate#writecontrol) field\n- Take tabs into account\n\nThe following sections explain these principles.\n\nEdit backwards for efficiency\n-----------------------------\n\nWithin a single call to the\n[`documents.batchUpdate`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/batchUpdate)\nmethod, order your requests in\n*descending order* of index location. This eliminates the need to compute the\nindex changes due to insertions and deletions.\n\nPlan for collaboration\n----------------------\n\nExpect the document state to change. Between one method call and another, other\ncollaborators might update the document, as shown in the following diagram:\n\nThis can lead to errors if your indexes are wrong. With multiple users editing a\ndocument using the UI, Google Docs takes care of this transparently. However,\nas an API client your app must manage this. Even if you don't anticipate\ncollaboration on the document, it's important to program defensively and make\nsure the document state remains consistent. For one way to ensure consistency,\nreview the [`WriteControl`](#establish-state-consistency) section.\n\nEstablish state consistency with WriteControl\n---------------------------------------------\n\nWhen you read and then update a document, you can control the behavior of how\ncompeting changes are handled using the\n[`WriteControl`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/batchUpdate#writecontrol)\nfield in the `documents.batchUpdate` method. `WriteControl` provides authority\nover how write requests are executed.\n\nHere's how you use it:\n\n1. Get the document using the [`documents.get`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/get) method and save the [`revisionId`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents#Document.FIELDS.revision_id) from the returned `documents` resource.\n2. Compose your update requests.\n3. Include an optional [`WriteControl`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/batchUpdate#writecontrol) object with one of two options:\n 1. The `requiredRevisionId` field is set to the `revisionId` of the document the write request is applied to. If the document was modified since the API read request, the write request isn't processed and it returns an error.\n 2. The `targetRevisionId` field is set to the `revisionId` of the document the write request is applied to. If the document was modified since the API read request, the write request changes are applied against the collaborator changes. The result of the write request incorporates both the write request changes and the collaborator changes into a new revision of the document. The Docs server is responsible for merging the content.\n\nFor an example of how to construct a batch request using `WriteControl`, see\nthis [batch request example](/workspace/docs/api/how-tos/batch#example).\n\nTake tabs into account\n----------------------\n\nA single document can contain multiple [tabs](/workspace/docs/api/how-tos/tabs),\nwhich require specific handling in your API requests.\n\nHere's what to remember:\n\n1. Set the `includeTabsContent` parameter to `true` in the [`documents.get`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/get) method to retrieve the content from all tabs in a document. By default, not all tab contents are returned.\n2. Specify the ID(s) of the tab(s) to apply each [`Request`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#request) to in the [`documents.batchUpdate`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/batchUpdate) method. Each [`Request`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#request) includes a way to specify the tabs to apply the update to. By default, if a tab is not specified, the [`Request`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#request) will in most cases be applied to the first tab in the document. Refer to the [`Request`](/workspace/docs/api/reference/rest/v1/documents/request#request)s documentation for specifics.\n\nRelated topics\n--------------\n\n- [Batch requests](/workspace/docs/api/how-tos/batch)\n- [Requests and responses](/workspace/docs/api/concepts/request-response)\n- [Work with tabs](/workspace/docs/api/how-tos/tabs)"]]