Read Document

Read a document in Google Docs.

Input

Field Definition Type Required

Document

ID

Unique ID of the document.

Text

TRUE

Suggestions View Mode

Choose one of the following methods:

Default: Suggestions View Mode applied to the returned document depends on the user's current view access level.

Inline: Returned document has suggestions inline. Suggested changes are differentiated from base content within the document.

Accepted: Returned document is a preview with all suggested changes accepted.

Rejected: Returned document is a preview with all suggested changes rejected if there are any suggestions in the document.

Dropdown

FALSE

Output

Field Definition Type

Result

Document ID

Unique ID of the document.

Text

Title

Title of the document.

Text

Body

Content

Contents of the body.

List of Objects

Start Index

Zero-based start index of this structural element, in UTF-16 code units.

Number

End Index

Zero-based end index of this structural element, exclusive, in UTF-16 code units.

Number

Paragraph

Paragraph type of structural element.

Object

Section Break

Section break type of structural element.

Object

Table

Table type of structural element.

Object

Table of Contents

Table of contents type of structural element.

Object

Headers

Headers in the document, keyed by header ID.

Text

Footers

Footers in the document, keyed by header ID.

Text

Footnotes

Footnotes in the document, keyed by footnote ID.

Text

Document Style

Background

Background color of the document.

Object

Default Header ID

ID of the default header. If not set, there's no default header.

Text

Default Footer ID

ID of the default footer. If not set, there's no default footer.

Text

Even Page Header ID ID of the header used only for even pages. The value of Use Even Page Header Footer? determines whether to use the Default Header ID or this value for the header on even pages. If not set, there's no even page header.

Text

Event Page Footer ID ID of the footer used only for even pages. The value of Use Even Page Header Footer? determines whether to use the Default Footer ID or this value for the footer on even pages. If not set, there's no even page footer.

Text

First Page Header ID ID of the header used only for the first page. If not set then a unique header for the first page doesn't exist. The value of Use First Page Header Footer? determines whether to use the Default Header IDor this value for the header on the first page. If not set, there's no first page header.

Text

First Page Footer ID ID of the footer used only for the first page. If not set then a unique footer for the first page doesn't exist. The value of Use First Page Header Footer? determines whether to use the Default Footer ID or this value for the footer on the first page. If not set, there's no first page footer.

Text

Use First Page Header Footer? True indicates whether to use the first page header / footer IDs for the first page. Otherwise, False.

True/False

Use Even Page Header Footer? True indicates whether to use the even page header / footer IDs for the even pages. Otherwise, False.

True/False

Page Number Start

Page number from which to start counting the number of pages.

Number

Margin Top

Top page margin. Updating the top page margin on the document style clears the top page margin on all section styles.

Object

Margin Bottom

Bottom page margin. Updating the bottom page margin on the document style clears the bottom page margin on all section styles.

Object

Margin Right

Right page margin. Updating the right page margin on the document style clears the right page margin on all section styles. It may also cause columns to resize in all sections.

Object

Margin Left Left page margin. Updating the left page margin on the document style clears the left page margin on all section styles. It may also cause columns to resize in all sections.

Object

Page Size Size of a page in the document.

Object

Margin Header Amount of space between the top of the page and the contents of the header.

Object

Margin Footer Amount of space between the bottom of the page and the contents of the footer.

Object

User Custom Header Footer Margins?

True if one of the following options is respected:

  • DocumentStyle marginHeader

  • SectionStyle marginHeader

  • DocumentStyle marginFooter

  • SectionStyle marginFooter

False when the default values in the docs editor for header and footer margin are used.

True/False

Suggested Document Style Changes Suggested changes to the style of the document, keyed by suggestion ID.

Object

Named Styles Named styles of the document.

Object

Suggested Named Styles Changes Suggested changes to the named styles of the document, keyed by suggestion ID.

Object

Lists Lists in the document, keyed by list ID.

Object

Named Ranges Named ranges in the document, keyed by name.

Object

Revision ID Revision ID of the document. Can be used in update requests to specify which revision of a document to apply updates to and how the request should behave if the document has been edited since that revision.

Text

Suggestions View Mode Suggestions view mode applied to the document.

Text

Inline Objects Inline objects in the document, keyed by object ID.

Object

Positioned Objects Positioned objects in the document, keyed by object ID.

Object

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Google Docs connector

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Google Docs API Documentation