Delete Table

//native

/**

 * Delete Table

 * Delete a table from a Google Doc by its 1-based position among the body's top-level tables (tables nested in another table's cell are not counted). Set `tab_id` (from List Tabs) to target a tab other than the first.

 */

export async function main(

  auth: RT.Gdocs,

  document_id: string,

  table_number: number = 1,

  tab_id: string | undefined

) {

  const url = new URL(`https://docs.googleapis.com/v1/documents/${document_id}`)

  if (tab_id) url.searchParams.append("includeTabsContent", "true")

  const doc = await call(url)

  let content = doc.body?.content

  if (tab_id) {

    const find = (tabs: any[]): any =>

      tabs

        .map((t) => (t.tabProperties.tabId === tab_id ? t : find(t.childTabs ?? [])))

        .find(Boolean)

    content = find(doc.tabs ?? [])?.documentTab?.body?.content

    if (!content) throw new Error(`No tab ${tab_id} in document ${document_id}`)

  }

  const tables = content.filter((el: any) => el.table)

  const n = table_number || 1

  const table = tables[n - 1]

  if (!table) {

    throw new Error(

      `Table ${n} not found: the document has ${tables.length} table(s)`

    )

  }

  return await call(

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

    {

      requests: [

        {

          deleteContentRange: {

            range: {

              startIndex: table.startIndex,

              endIndex: table.endIndex,

              tabId: tab_id || undefined,

            },

          },

        },

      ],

    }

  )

  async function call(url: string | URL, body?: object) {

    const response = await fetch(url, {

      method: body ? "POST" : "GET",

      headers: {

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

        ...(body ? { "Content-Type": "application/json" } : {}),

        Accept: "application/json",

      },

      body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,

    })

    if (!response.ok) {

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

    }

    return await response.json()

  }

}