Google Docs Help & Support

Supported Triggers#

• New Document in Folder - Triggers when a new document is added to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).
• New Document - Triggers when a new document is added (inside any folder).

Supported Actions#

• Create Document from Template - Creates a new doc based on an existing one and can replace any placeholder variables found in your template doc, like {{name}}, {{email}}, etc.
• Create Document from Text - Create a new document from text. Also supports limited HTML.
• Upload Document - Copy an already-existing file from another service to Docs. Will convert the file to Google Doc format if possible.
• Append Text to Document - Appends text to an existing document.

To get started with Google Docs, first click to add a Google Docs account in your Zap.

Next, you'll name this Google Docs account. Note: This name is only for identifying the account inside Zapier, it will not automatically try to add a specific Google Docs account.

You should then get a pop-up window from Google Docs asking you to log-in to authorize the connection between that Google Docs account and Zapier.

If you are already logged in to your Google account on your browser, you will be asked to accept Zapier.

My settings in Google Docs are not being respected when using the Create Document actions#

The Google Docs API does not respect any settings you have configured in the Google Docs app settings in regards to defaults for documents created by Zapier.