I continually get this error:
"We're sorry, a server error occurred. Please wait a bit and try again."
When trying to run the following code:
function insertSig(){
//get the folder
var sigFolder = DriveApp.getRootFolder().getFoldersByName("Signature").next()
//get the file
var sig = sigFolder.getFilesByName("Signature.png").next()
//get the blob data
var sigBlob = sig.getBlob();
//access the sheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getActiveSheet()
//insert image into sheet
sheet.insertImage(sigBlob, 1, 1)// throws error
}
I don't believe its an issue with the blob data as I have been able to log and print data from the blob and create a new file in other places on my google drive using the blob data.
I've also been able to access and edit other data on the spreadsheet.
I'm not sure what else to test/try and i'm quite stumped.
Thanks in advance,
-L
I figured out the issue.
After further testing with multiple locations and images, I found that the image was too big to be inserted.
I didn't test to find the max, but 1321 x 1002 was too big.
Regards,
Related
My application is trying to insert images to google drive sheet using google app script.
It works fine...
but it hang up intermittently with the response error from google script:
Exception: Error retrieving image from URL or bad URL:
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1uvjg9_ZZg2sI5RYbPMEn6xXJhhnwuFyq&export=download.
The code is :
var fpm_mon_image = file_from_folder(id_folder_images , image_AR ) ; // get "image_AR" from folder
var url_mon_image = fpm_mon_image.getDownloadUrl() ;
var image = SpreadsheetApp.newCellImage().setSourceUrl(url_mon_image).setAltTextTitle(titre).toBuilder().build() ;
Utilities.sleep(1000); // for testing ...
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
Utilities.sleep(1000);
var rangeIma= fpm_sp.getRange(scal_li_SP +1, 2) ;
rangeIma.setValue(image).setVerticalAlignment('bottom') ; // stop here with error above
It works fine 5, 10 times then it hang up 2, 3, 5 times and then works fine again.... (I start loosing my hairs ;-))
I tried :
var srcfile = DriveApp.getFileById(id_mon_image);
srcfile.setSharing(DriveApp.Access.ANYONE_WITH_LINK, DriveApp.Permission.VIEW);
var image = fpm_sp.insertImage(srcfile.getBlob(), my_col , my_row);
but the image in not inserted in a cell...
Could you help please ?
Many thanks.
Unfortunately, I cannot replicate your situation of Exception: Error retrieving image from URL or bad URL:. So, although I'm not sure about your actual situation, how about the following modification?
Modified script:
Before you use this script, please enable Drive API at Advanced Google services.
var fileId = "###"; // Please set the file ID of your image.
var url = Drive.Files.get(fileId).thumbnailLink.replace(/\=s.+/, "=s512");
var title = "sample title";
var image = SpreadsheetApp.newCellImage().setSourceUrl(url).setAltTextTitle(title).build();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
sheet.getRange("A1").setValue(image);
When this script is run, a thumbnail link is retrieved from the image file using Drive API. And, the image size of the image is changed. And, the image is put to the cell "A1" of the active sheet.
In this case, if the issue of image size occurs, this issue can be removed. And, if the issue of sharing the file occurs, this issue can be also removed. By this, I thought that your issue might be able to be removed.
I run my own fantasy baseball yearly projections and I'm looking to automatically add player images to a sheet I created.
Test Page
I use a formula to create a link to the player's image page on ESPN.
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/33859.png
Is there a way to automatically add the player image to the page?
=image("Link") is the formula, but i cant use the cell location as the link.
Any advise or guidance will be helpful and appreciated
I created an Apps Script method to achieve your target as it is not possible to do it using formula.
Here's the script I did with comments:
function SpecialOnEdit(e) {
//Get the edited cell
var range = e.range;
//Get the active sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
//Download the image. (e.value is the URL in Google sheet)
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(e.value);
//Get the binary data of the image and create a blob object
var binaryData = response.getContent();
var blob = Utilities.newBlob(binaryData, 'image/png', 'MyImageName');
//Insert the image into the same row that the user place the image URL link
var image = sheet.insertImage(blob, range.getHeight(), range.getRow());
//Set the height of the row, show that the image can fit the row
sheet.setRowHeight(range.getRow(), image.getHeight() + 10);
}
You should add triggers next after pasting the script. Go to your Script Editor and click Edit->Current project's triggers->Add Trigger->under Select event type, select On edit->click Save
Next, to test the trigger and script, paste a URL of a PNG image format in the spreadsheet to validate the result.
Here's a sample output of the script and trigger:
function extractTextFromPDF() {
// PDF File URL
// You can also pull PDFs from Google Drive
// this Fall2019_LLFullCatalog.pdf will not insert - internal error on insert is all the feedback that gets logged"
// doesn't matter if I retrieve it from the university website or if I first copy it to my google drive and then retrieve it from there
//var url = "https://uwf.edu/media/university-of-west-florida/offices/continuing-ed/leisure-learning/docs/Fall2019_LLFullCatalog.pdf";
//var url = "https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive/Fall2019_LLFullCatalog.pdf";
// both of these pdfs will insert just fine. Size is not the issue because this one is much larger than the one I need to insert
var url = "https://eloquentjavascript.net/Eloquent_JavaScript_small.pdf";
//var url = "https://img.labnol.org/files/Most-Useful-Websites.pdf";
var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getBlob();
var size = blob.getBytes().length;
var resource = {
title: blob.getName(),
mimeType: blob.getContentType()
};
// Enable the Advanced Drive API Service
var file = Drive.Files.insert(resource, blob, {ocr: true, ocrLanguage: "en"});
// Extract Text from PDF file
var doc = DocumentApp.openById(file.id);
var text = doc.getBody().getText();
return text;
}
See comments in code above that describe the problem.
The PDF that I need to insert with OCR is not working - regardless of whether I retrieve it from the original site or retrieve a copy that I put on google drive. However, two other PDF urls will insert just fine and one of them is considerably larger than the one that fails.
What else could be the issue, if not size limitation?
Thanks,
Steve
It could very well be a bug in the Chrome API. Not all PDF software is created equal, check if the PDF can be read in Adobe Acrobat as a simple test.
I probably will get downvoted for this but I can't do anything else. I searched, read and tried SOOOO many things. I am new at both Javascript and Google platform.
I have this piece of code that keeps telling me
"Missing name after . operation".
Even though .delete and .getAltTextTitle are both shown in autocomplete suggestion
var images = sheet.getImages();
var img = images[0];
Logger.log(img.getAltTextTitle()); //This is fine
img.delete(); //This throw error
In the meanwhile, I have this piece of code working totally fine. I don't know what to do. They look the same to me.
var img = sheet.getImages()[0];
var imgH = img.getHeight();
var imgW = img.getWidth();
var maxW = 700;
var newImgH = Math.round(imgH*(maxW/imgW));
img.setWidth(maxW);
img.setHeight(newImgH);
Unrelated topic, where do I get the documentation for sheet.getImages() because I just couldn't find it here
You want to delete the image on Spreadsheet using Google Apps Script.
If my understand is correct, I think that delete() might be new method which will be added for Spreadsheet in the near future. So the document is not updated and it might not complete yet. But from the error message, if you want to use the current delete() method, how about this sample script?
Sample script:
var images = sheet.getImages();
var img = images[0];
img["delete"](); // this one
Note:
I think that the detail infomation might be added to this document.
In my environment, I could confirm that the image can be deleted by img["delete"](). I think that this is one of new methods.
If I misunderstand your question, I'm sorry.
Update at 2018 October 13:
Now in order to delete the image, the following method can be used. This was confirmed at 2018 October 13.
var images = sheet.getImages();
var img = images[0];
img.remove(); // Here
Update at 2018 October 31:
This was officially released at October 30, 2018.
You can see the document at Class OverGridImage.
Maybe this is one of the impossible ones, but here goes.
I have a ton of images of qr-codes in a folder. It doesnt matter if its in google drive or in a local folder for me.
I would a script that automaticly loads all images in column A and then the file names in column B. AND automaticly adds new images when uploaded to the google drive folder.
Example:
Qr1.jpeg will be loaded into cell a1 and cell b1 will be "Qr1"
Qr2.jpeg will be loaded into cell a2 and so on..
It would be nice if the images are scaled to 10x10 cm. :)
Is this even possible?
Hope you guys can help!
Thanks!
Oliver
Not the Complete Answer...but it's a part
I've been working on getting thumbnails into my spreadsheet ever since you asked this question. I won't go into all the paths I took but I finally found this Github link in the comments of this issue
Which resulted in the following code:
function myImageFiles()
{
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sh=ss.getSheetByName('MyImages');
var files = DriveApp.getFiles();
var s='';
var cnt=1;
while(files.hasNext())
{
var fi=files.next();
var type=fi.getMimeType();
if(type==MimeType.GIF || type==MimeType.JPEG || type==MimeType.PNG)
{
sh.appendRow([cnt++,fi.getName(),type,fi.getUrl(),'=IMAGE("' + getThumbNailLink(fi.getId()) + '",1)']);
}
}
}
function getThumbNailLink(fileId)
{
var file=Drive.Files.get(fileId);
return file.thumbnailLink;
}
The result is now I have a spreadsheet with all of my image filenames and thumbnails. You'll need Advanced Drive and take a close look at getThumbNailLink().