So I'm needing to get the list of file names from a range of Google Drive URLs in a spreadsheet. Browsing around the net, I came across the code below. It works but only for the old style urls, which I heard Google changed in September 2021. Note that links are not fully functional, please replace with real links to check!
The old style is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GMUwYxZxsNpLiaYOiVMBwl41LpreQ-fc/view?usp=sharing
This works correctly from the code below.
What I'd like though is two things.
It should handle a range of a couple of columns, currently reading AE2:AE
, and printing out on AM2:AM
. What I'd like is to go through the range: AE2:AL
and print out: AM2:AT
Secondly it should also handle the newer form urls:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9EZQqsLDEqDUGlsdy1oVEtETGs/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-h7HOcxayPaHJ5r6dAAslVQ
Current Code:
function getNames() {
var activeRange = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getDataRange();
var height = activeRange.getHeight();
var links = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet()
.getRange("AE2:AE" height)
.getValues();
var nameValues = [];
links.forEach((row) => {
try {
var link = row[0];
var fileID = getIdFromLink(link);
var name = DriveApp.getFileById(fileID).getName();
nameValues.push([name]);
} catch (e) {
nameValues.push(["NO NAME FOUND"]);
}
});
var nameRange = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange("AM2:AM" height);
nameRange.setValues(nameValues);
}
function getIdFromLink(link) {
var regex = new RegExp(
/(?<=https:\/\/drive\.google\.com\/file\/d\/)(. )(?=\/)/
);
return regex.exec(link)[0];
}
How should the code above be modified to enable what I'm wanting. Sorry, I tried a couple of if/else statements, but my Javascript knowledge is severely limited.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Current "screenshot" showing:
(1) - Old style url - correctly picking up file name (2)
(3) - New style url - not picking up file name (4)
CodePudding user response:
Your getIdFromLink()
function should work just fine as long as the files have not been shared in such a way that they require a resource key as well.
To work with resource keys, use DriveApp.getFileByIdAndResourceKey(), like this:
function getFileNamesByLink() {
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
const sourceRange = sheet.getRange('AE2:AL');
const targetRange = sheet.getRange('AM2');
const fileNames = sourceRange.getValues()
.map(row => row.map(link => getFileNameFromLink_(link)));
targetRange
.offset(0, 0, fileNames.length, fileNames[0].length)
.setValues(fileNames);
}
function getFileNameFromLink_(link) {
if (!link) {
return null;
}
const fileId = getIdFromLink_(link);
if (!fileId) {
return NaN;
}
let file;
try {
file = DriveApp.getFileById(fileId);
} catch (error) {
try {
file = DriveApp.getFileByIdAndResourceKey(fileId, getResourceKeyFromLink_(link));
} catch (error) {
return NaN;
}
}
return file.getName();
}
function getIdFromLink_(link) {
const match = String(link).match(/file\/d\/([-\w] )/i);
return match ? match[1] : null;
}
function getResourceKeyFromLink_(link) {
const match = String(link).match(/resourcekey=([-\w] )/i);
return match ? match[1] : null;
}
Note that the script may time out if you have thousands of links. If that happens, process the links in a piecemeal fashion, or see if the Advanced Drive Service works for you.