Create folder and file using Google Apps Script

In this post, I will show you Create folder and file using Google Apps Script in Google Drive.

Create folder and file using Google Apps Script

The following function will create a folder named My Folder in your Google Drive and then inside that folder, it will create a file named My File.txt. It will also write some text (Lorem ipsum) in that file.

				
					function createFileFolder() {  
  // Create folder
  var folder = DriveApp.createFolder('My Folder');
  // Create file inside folder
  var file = folder.createFile('My File.txt', 'Lorem ipsum', MimeType.PLAIN_TEXT); 
}

Simple – Create folder under the Parent folder ID

Here, we are going to add a folder under the Parent folder. It doesn’t matter if the folder already exists, we’ll just create another one.

				
					//Creates a folder as a child of the Parent folder with the ID: FOLDER_ID
function createFolderBasic(folderID, folderName) {
  var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderID);
  var newFolder = folder.createFolder(folderName);
  return newFolder.getId();
};
 
function start(){
  //Add your own folder ID here: 
  var FOLDER_ID = '130KbplcZX1AzJUD3vq2uAaRXmN-PaTuK';
  //Add the name of your folder here:
  var NEW_FOLDER_NAME = "The New Folder";
  var myFolderID = createFolderBasic(FOLDER_ID, NEW_FOLDER_NAME);
  Logger.log(myFolderID);
};

Simple – Create folder under the Parent folder ID

Here, we are going to add a folder under the Parent folder. It doesn’t matter if the folder already exists, we’ll just create another one.

				
					//Create folder if does not exists only
function createFolder(folderID, folderName){
  var parentFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderID);
  var subFolders = parentFolder.getFolders();
  var doesntExists = true;
  var newFolder = '';
  // Check if folder already exists.
  while(subFolders.hasNext()){
    var folder = subFolders.next();
    //If the name exists return the id of the folder
    if(folder.getName() === folderName){
      doesntExists = false;
      newFolder = folder;
      return newFolder.getId();
    };
  };
  //If the name doesn't exists, then create a new folder
  if(doesntExists = true){
    //If the file doesn't exists
    newFolder = parentFolder.createFolder(folderName);
    return newFolder.getId();
  };
};
function start(){
  //Add your own folder ID here: 
  var FOLDER_ID = '130KbplcZX1AzJUD3vq2uAaRXmN-PaTuK';
  //Add the name of your folder here:
  var NEW_FOLDER_NAME = "The New Folder";
  var myFolderID = createFolder(FOLDER_ID, NEW_FOLDER_NAME);
  Logger.log(myFolderID);
};