A simple webApp that allows anyone to inspect the Structure of a .gdoc file. Written and hosted as a Google Apps Script.

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Video of functionality

How it displays the Google Docs structure

The app is based on a script that I’ve written and called gdoc2json – you can check it out over on GitHub. It simply translates the elements of a Google Document into json format. I’ve built a webApp on top of that script that lets the user input the .gdoc ID and then gets the json data displayed using the javascript json-tree script by Leonardo Menezes.

Authorization with Google

Apps Script requires user authorization to access private data from built-in Google services or advanced Google services.

When you access the app for the first time, you will see this image. Follow the instructions to authorize. After authorization, you will receive an email from Google.

Check out Google’s information on Apps Script authorization

Usage limits

To be able to rund the web app you need to authorize yourself with you Google Account and grant permission for the app to access your .gdoc files. Since the app is hosted as a Apps Script web app, the usage is limited to quotas and limits for Google Apps script.

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