Google Apps Script Google Drive Watcher

An example of how to query Google Drive V3 API from Goole Apps Script.

Tech Stack

• google/clasp
• TypeScript
• TSLint
• Google Drive V3 API

How it works

This script checks the specified folder recursively. If there are updated files in the past N hours, it sends an e-mail. It will look like:

Configuration

First of all, create .clasp.json (like .clasp.json.example), put your script ID on it. The following variables in main.ts are required to be changed:

• folderID - The root folder ID which you want to search (ex: 0BzC_ZCA5viU_NUVTSlViM0xMV2s)
• teamDriveID -If the folderID is under a team drive, needs to specify the team drive ID
• pastTime - If the past time is set as (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000), it searches he files updated in the past 24 hours.
• timeZone - Used for the time-format in the mail content
• sentTo - The email address you want to sent to
• mailSubject - The mail subject
• senderName - The sender name

License

This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.txt.