Replace Text

//native

/**

 * Replace Text

 * Replace every occurrence of a string in a Google Doc (all tabs) — handy for filling `{{placeholder}}` templates. The response's `replies[0].replaceAllText.occurrencesChanged` says how many matches were replaced.

 */

export async function main(

  auth: RT.Gdocs,

  document_id: string,

  find: string,

  replace: string,

  match_case: boolean = true

) {

  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: [

          {

            replaceAllText: {

              containsText: { text: find, matchCase: match_case },

              replaceText: replace,

            },

          },

        ],

      }),

    }

  )

  if (!response.ok) {

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

  }

  return await response.json()

}