Insert Text

//native

/**

 * Insert Text

 * Insert text into a Google Doc at a character index (1 is the start of the body). Leave `index` empty to append at the end of the document. Set `tab_id` (from List Tabs) to write to a tab other than the first.

 */

export async function main(

  auth: RT.Gdocs,

  document_id: string,

  text: string,

  index: number | undefined,

  tab_id: string | undefined

) {

  const response = await fetch(

    `https://docs.googleapis.com/v1/documents/${document_id}:batchUpdate`,

    {

      method: "POST",

      headers: {

        Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.token}`,

        "Content-Type": "application/json",

        Accept: "application/json",

      },

      body: JSON.stringify({

        requests: [

          {

            insertText:

              index == null

                ? { text, endOfSegmentLocation: { tabId: tab_id || undefined } }

                : { text, location: { index, tabId: tab_id || undefined } },

          },

        ],

      }),

    }

  )

  if (!response.ok) {

    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${await response.text()}`)

  }

  return await response.json()

}