Method: projects.updateContent

  • This API updates the content of a specified script project, overwriting existing files and storing the new content as the HEAD version used for various execution contexts.

  • The request uses a PUT HTTP method to the specified endpoint including the scriptId as a path parameter.

  • The request body must contain a JSON object with a files array, where each object represents a script project file including a required manifest file named "appsscript".

  • A successful response returns an instance of Content.

  • Authorization requires the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.projects OAuth scope.

Updates the content of the specified script project. This content is stored as the HEAD version, and is used when the script is executed as a trigger, in the script editor, in add-on preview mode, or as a web app or Apps Script API in development mode. This clears all the existing files in the project.

HTTP request

PUT https://script.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{scriptId}/content

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
scriptId

string

The script project's Drive ID.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{
  "files": [
    {
      object (File)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
files[]

object (File)

The list of script project files. One of the files is a script manifest; it must be named "appsscript", must have type of JSON, and include the manifest configurations for the project.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Content.

Authorization Scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.projects

For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.