Google Docs

Integrate your application with the Google Docs API

🚀 Quickstart

Connect to Google Docs with Nango and see data flow in 2 minutes.

1. Create an integration

   In Nango (free signup), go to Integrations -> Configure New Integration -> Google Docs. Nango doesn’t have a Nango-managed OAuth app for Google Docs yet. You’ll need to set up your own by following the setup guide linked below. After that, make sure to add the OAuth client ID, secret, and scopes in the integration settings in Nango.

2. Authorize Google Docs

   Go to Connections -> Add Test Connection -> Authorize, then log in to Google Docs. Later, you’ll let your users do the same directly from your app.

3. Call the Google Docs API

   Let’s make your first request to the Google Docs API (fetch a specific document). Replace the placeholders below with your Environment API key, integration ID, and connection ID:

   cURL

   curl "https://api.nango.dev/proxy/v1/documents/{documentId}" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <NANGO-API-KEY>" \
     -H "Provider-Config-Key: <INTEGRATION-ID>" \
     -H "Connection-Id: <CONNECTION-ID>"
   

   Node

   Install Nango’s backend SDK with npm i @nangohq/node. Then run:

   import { Nango } from '@nangohq/node';
   
   const nango = new Nango({ apiKey: '<NANGO-API-KEY>' });
   
   const res = await nango.get({
       endpoint: '/v1/documents/{documentId}',
       providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>',
       connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>'
   });
   
   console.log(JSON.stringify(res.data, null, 2));
   

   Or fetch credentials with the Node SDK or API.

   The {documentId} in the URL represents the ID of the document to retrieve.

   ✅ You’re connected! Check the Logs tab in Nango to inspect requests.

4. Implement Nango in your app

   Follow our Auth implementation guide to integrate Nango in your app.

   To obtain your own credentials, follow the setup guide linked below.

📚 Google Docs Integration Guides

Nango maintained guides for common use cases.

• How to register your own Google Docs OAuth app
  Register an OAuth app with Google Docs and obtain credentials to connect it to Nango

• Google App & Security Review Pass Google’s OAuth app verification to go to production

Official docs: Google Docs API documentation

🧩 Pre-built syncs & tools for Google Docs

Explore Nango-provided tools in your dashboard. Extend and customize them to fit your needs.

Others

Function name	Description	Type
add-document-tab	Add a new document tab to an existing Google Doc.	Tool
create-document	Create a blank Google Doc with a title	Tool
create-footer	Create a footer in a document section	Tool
create-footnote	Insert a footnote at a body location.	Tool
create-header	Create a header in a document section.	Tool
create-named-range	Create a named range over a text range.	Tool
create-paragraph-bullets	Apply a bullet or numbered list preset to paragraphs in a range.	Tool
delete-content-range	Delete text or other removable content from a range in a Google Doc. The range must be structurally valid: it cannot span table cells, section breaks, or the final newline of a segment (body, header, or footer).	Tool
delete-document-tab	Delete a document tab by tab ID.	Tool
delete-footer	Delete a footer by footer ID.	Tool
delete-header	Delete a header by header ID.	Tool
delete-named-range	Delete a named range by ID or by name.	Tool
delete-paragraph-bullets	Remove bullets or numbering from paragraphs in a range.	Tool
delete-table-column	Delete a table column using a reference cell.	Tool
delete-table-row	Delete a table row using a reference cell.	Tool
export-document	Export a Google Doc to PDF, DOCX, HTML, or plain text.	Tool
insert-inline-image	Insert an inline image from a public URL.	Tool
insert-page-break	Insert a page break in the document body.	Tool
insert-section-break	Insert a section break in the document body.	Tool
insert-table-column	Insert a table column to the left or right of a reference cell.	Tool
insert-table-row	Insert a table row above or below a reference cell.	Tool
insert-table	Insert a table with a given row and column count.	Tool
insert-text	Insert text at an index or at the end of a segment.	Tool
list-revisions	List the revision history for a Google Doc.	Tool
merge-table-cells	Merge a rectangular range of table cells in a Google Doc	Tool
pin-table-header-rows	Pin or unpin a number of rows as frozen headers in a table.	Tool
replace-all-text	Replace all matches of a string or regex in a document.	Tool
replace-image	Replace an existing inline or positioned image with a new image from a URL.	Tool
replace-named-range-content	Replace the contents of a named range in a Google Doc.	Tool
unmerge-table-cells	Unmerge previously merged table cells in a Google Doc.	Tool
update-document-style	Update document-level page and margin styling.	Tool
update-document-tab-properties	Rename or move a document tab.	Tool
update-paragraph-style	Update alignment, heading, spacing, or indentation for paragraphs in a range.	Tool
update-section-style	Update section-level layout settings.	Tool
update-table-cell-style	Update background, borders, padding, or alignment for table cells.	Tool
update-table-column-properties	Update widths for one or more table columns.	Tool
update-table-row-style	Update minimum height or related row styling for table rows.	Tool
update-text-style	Update bold, italic, links, colors, font, or size for text in a range.	Tool
document-content-by-id	Sync full document structure and content for document IDs supplied in connection metadata	Sync
documents-from-drive-folders	Discover Google Docs files under folder IDs from metadata, then hydrate each document through the Docs API.	Sync
documents-from-drive-query	Discover Google Docs files with a Drive search query, then sync each document content	Sync
documents-from-shared-drives	Discover Google Docs files across shared drives and hydrate each document through the Docs API	Sync
recent-documents	Sync recently modified Google Docs files from Drive and fetch current document content for each changed file.	Sync

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