Google Docs and Zapier connect to automate your document work. You can trigger actions when new documents are created and create new documents from text or templates.
Prerequisites
To use the Google Docs app on Zapier, you must have:
- A Google account with access to Google Docs.
- Appropriate permissions to access the Google Docs you want to use in your Zaps (view or edit access for documents you do not own).
Connect Google Docs to Zapier
To create an app connection to Google Docs on Zapier:
- Go to the Apps page.
- Click + Add connection.
- A new dialog box will appear. Search for and select Google Docs.
- Click Add connection.
- A new browser tab or window will open.
- Log into Google Docs to authenticate.
- Grant Zapier permission to access your account if prompted to.
Your Google Docs account is now successfully connected to Zapier.
About Google Docs's app
Triggers, searches, and actions
Triggers
- New Document (Polling) - Triggers when a new document is added (inside any folder).
- New Document in Folder (Polling) - Triggers when a new document is added to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).
Searches
- Get Document Content - Retrieves the full content and metadata of a Google Doc by ID.
- Find a Document - Search for a specific document by name.
- Find or Create Document - Finds or creates a specific document.
Actions
- Append Text to Document - Appends text to an existing document.
- Create Document From Template - Creates a new doc based on an existing one and can replace any placeholder variables found in your template doc, like How to Get Started with Google Docs on Zapier, , etc.
- Create Document From Text - Create a new document from text. Also supports limited HTML.
- Find and Replace Text - Find and replace text in a Google Doc with case sensitivity support.
- Format Text - Format text in a Google Doc with bold, italic, colors, and other styling options.
- Insert Image - Insert an image at a specific position in a Google Doc.
- Insert Text - Insert text at a specific position in a Google Doc.
- Update Document Properties - Update document properties like background colour, margins, and page settings in a Google Doc.
- Upload Document - Copy an already-existing file from another service to Docs. Will convert the file to Google Doc format if possible.
- API Request (Beta) - This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.
Limitations
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API rate limits are strictly enforced. Google Docs API has quotas of 60 write requests per minute per user per project and 300 read requests per minute per user per project.
- When quotas are exceeded, you'll receive a "429: Too many requests" HTTP status code response requiring exponential backoff retry strategies.
- Template fields must be wrapped in double curly braces, remove any spaces, and remove any special characters like punctuation marks for proper recognition.
- Copy-pasted fields may contain invisible HTML formatting that prevents template fields from appearing correctly in Zapier. Learn more about how to remove invisible HTML formatting.
- The Create Document from Template action only displays templates you created in Google Docs, not existing Google-provided templates.
- The Google Docs API does not respect any settings configured in the Google Docs app regarding defaults for documents created by Zapier.
Templates
View all of Google Docs's templates.
Use cases
- 6 Google Docs automation ideas
- How to create & autopopulate a Google Docs template
- How to create Google Docs templates based on form responses
- Google Workspace automation
Additional Google Docs resources
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