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Automatically create a Google Docs document every week

If you have a weekly summary that you need to put together for your boss, or you want to motivate yourself to write a weekly blog post, try this Zap: it automatically creates a Google Docs document each week at a time that you specify.

When this happens...
Every Week
Triggers every week, just choose what day of the week.
TriggerInstant
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Create Document from Text
Create a new document from text. Also supports limited HTML.
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Supported triggers and actions

What does this mean?

- Trigger on weekends?
  Should this Zap trigger on Saturday and Sunday?
- Time of DayRequired
  Triggers relative to your timezone settings and defaults to UTC (GMT+00:00) if no preference is set. Note: You can also specify a time with a Custom Value in the formats "hh:mm aa", "hh:mm", or "hhhh" (e.g. "2:30pm", "14:30", or "1430").
Trigger
Instant
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- Day of the MonthRequired
  Day of month this schedule should trigger on.
- Time of DayRequired
  Triggers relative to your timezone settings and defaults to UTC (GMT+00:00) if no preference is set. Note: You can also specify a time with a Custom Value in the formats "hh:mm aa", "hh:mm", or "hhhh" (e.g. "2:30pm", "14:30", or "1430").
Trigger
Instant
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New Document
Triggers when a new document is added (inside any folder).
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Folder
  Click the dropdown repeatedly to drill down into subfolders. Places at the top-level if none picked.
- Document NameRequired
- Text to AppendRequired
  Note: this field also supports HTML which will be rendered into the document.
Action
Write
- FileRequired
  Must be a file object.
- Specify Document Name
  Advanced: By default, we use the same name as the file from the other service (stripping the extension). If you need to change the name, enter a value here.
- Folder
  Click the dropdown repeatedly to drill down into subfolders. Places at the top-level if none picked.
Action
Write

- Api Docs Info
  API docs for Google Docs are located here https://developers.google.com/docs/api/how-tos/overview
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
  Requests can only be made to domains associated by this application.
- Query String Parameters
  These params will be URL-encoded and appended to the URL when making the request.
- Headers
  Authentication headers are included automatically
- Additional Request Headers
  Zapier will apply these optional headers and values to the request in addition to any headers created as part of the authentication mechanism.
- Body
  Zapier will pass this along raw. If you would like to provide complex JSON, try a "Code by Zapier" step to build the structure and pass it along here. For example, {"foo": "bar"} is perfectly valid.
Action
Write
- Folder
  Click the dropdown repeatedly to drill down into subfolders. Places at the top-level if none picked.
- Document NameRequired
- Document ContentRequired
  Plain text content to put inside the new doc. Also supports basic, inline HTML to format text and add links. More complex layouts like tables are not likely to work well.
Action
Search or write

- Trigger on weekends?
  Should this Zap trigger on Saturday and Sunday?
Trigger
Instant
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- Day of the WeekRequired
- Time of DayRequired
  Triggers relative to your timezone settings and defaults to UTC (GMT+00:00) if no preference is set. Note: You can also specify a time with a Custom Value in the formats "hh:mm aa", "hh:mm", or "hhhh" (e.g. "2:30pm", "14:30", or "1430").
Trigger
Instant
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- Folder
  Check a specific folder for new documents. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new documents added to subfolders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap. Defaults to the top-level folder if none picked.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Template DocumentRequired
- New Document NameRequired
- Folder for new Document
  Click the dropdown repeatedly to drill down into subfolders. Places at the top-level if none picked.
- Sharing Preference
  Grant access to third parties when sharing documents via direct links, exports and/or embed links. Your GDrive's default sharing preferences will be used otherwise.
- Unused Fields Preference
  What to do with any unused template fields. You can keep the fields so they remain unmodified (e.g. "{{email}}"), remove them so there is no text instead, or replace them with a fallback custom value of your choice. By default, any unused fields will be kept unmodified.
Action
Write
- Document NameRequired
- Document ContentRequired
  Plain text content to put inside the new doc. Also supports basic, inline HTML to format text and add links. More complex layouts like tables are not likely to work well.
- Folder
  Click the dropdown repeatedly to drill down into subfolders. Places at the top-level if none picked.
Action
Write
- Folder
  Note: if you pick a folder, sub-folders within that folder are not searched.
- Document NameRequired
Action
Search

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Automatically create a Google Docs document every week

Every Day

Trigger on weekends?

Time of DayRequired

Every Month

Day of the MonthRequired

Time of DayRequired

New Document

Append Text to Document

Folder

Document NameRequired

Text to AppendRequired

Upload Document

FileRequired

Specify Document Name

Folder

API Request (Beta)

Api Docs Info

HTTP MethodRequired

URLRequired

Query String Parameters

Headers

Additional Request Headers

Body

Find or Create Document

Folder

Document NameRequired

Document ContentRequired

Every Hour

Trigger on weekends?

Every Week

Day of the WeekRequired

Time of DayRequired

New Document in Folder

Folder

Create Document from Template

Template DocumentRequired

New Document NameRequired

Folder for new Document

Sharing Preference

Unused Fields Preference

Create Document from Text

Document NameRequired

Document ContentRequired

Folder

Find a Document

Folder

Document NameRequired

About Google Docs

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