How to flush a document in Google Apps Script Document Service? Do I need to loop through all the kind of elements e.g. paragraph, image, table and remove them as a child? Is there an easier way to delete everything in the body of a document?
Thank you!
According to the Documentation, the Document.setText should be able to clear the document content. I assume the following command should do it.
doc.setText('');
In the current Document of google apps script as doc.setText method is not available this could be achieved by doc.getBody().clear()
Counter intuitively (but, as documented) setText("") clears more than the text, it removes images as well.
May i mention that the body.clear() method does not remove bookmarks, because they are associated with the document.
This worked for me:
scratchBody = scratchDoc.getBody();
scratchBody.clear();
bookmarks = scratchDoc.getBookmarks();
while ( bookmarks.length ) { bookmarks.shift(); }
I didn't try this yet, but as with the bookmarks, there could be the HeaderSection, the FooterSection, and the FootnoteSections remaining in the document.
