Blink Google Docs

Blink Google Docs

Access Google Docs. Provider key: google_docs. The DOCUMENT_ID is in the doc URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/DOCUMENT_ID/edit

Read document content

blink connector exec google_docs /documents/DOCUMENT_ID GET

Get document metadata only

blink connector exec google_docs /documents/DOCUMENT_ID GET \
  '{"fields": "title,documentId,revisionId"}'

Append text to a document

blink connector exec google_docs /documents/DOCUMENT_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{
    "insertText": {
      "location": {"index": 1},
      "text": "New content to add\n"
    }
  }]
}'

Replace text in a document

blink connector exec google_docs /documents/DOCUMENT_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{
    "replaceAllText": {
      "containsText": {"text": "OLD TEXT", "matchCase": true},
      "replaceText": "NEW TEXT"
    }
  }]
}'

Insert an inline image

blink connector exec google_docs /documents/DOCUMENT_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{
    "insertInlineImage": {
      "uri": "https://example.com/image.png",
      "endOfSegmentLocation": {"segmentId": ""},
      "objectSize": {"width": {"magnitude": 400, "unit": "PT"}, "height": {"magnitude": 250, "unit": "PT"}}
    }
  }]
}'

Valid batchUpdate request types

Only these requests exist in the Google Docs REST API v1: insertText, insertInlineImage, insertTable, insertTableRow, insertTableColumn, insertPageBreak, insertSectionBreak, insertPerson, insertDate, replaceAllText, replaceImage, replaceNamedRangeContent, deleteContentRange, deleteTableRow, deleteTableColumn, deletePositionedObject, deleteHeader, deleteFooter, deleteNamedRange, deleteParagraphBullets, deleteTab, updateTextStyle, updateParagraphStyle, updateTableCellStyle, updateTableColumnProperties, updateTableRowStyle, updateDocumentStyle, updateSectionStyle, updateDocumentTabProperties, createParagraphBullets, createNamedRange, createHeader, createFooter, createFootnote, mergeTableCells, unmergeTableCells, pinTableHeaderRows, addDocumentTab

IMPORTANT: No Sheets chart insertion

insertSheetsChart and insertInlineSheetsChart do NOT exist in the Google Docs REST API. The response type InsertInlineSheetsChartResponse exists but the matching request was never shipped. Workaround: Export the chart as an image (e.g. via quickchart.io or Google Sheets chart export), then use insertInlineImage to embed it in the doc.

Common use cases

• "Read my project proposal doc" → get document content
• "Add a summary section to my report" → batchUpdate insert text
• "What's in the meeting notes doc?" → get document, extract body text
• "Embed a chart from Sheets" → export chart as image URL, then insertInlineImage