Export (or print) with a google script new version of google spreadsheets to pdf file, using pdf options
Here is my spreadsheet-to-pdf script. It works with the new Google Spreadsheet API.
// Convert spreadsheet to PDF file.
function spreadsheetToPDF(id,index,url,name)
{
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
//define usefull vars
var oauthConfig = UrlFetchApp.addOAuthService("google");
var scope = "https://docs.google.com/feeds/";
//make OAuth connection
oauthConfig.setAccessTokenUrl("https://www.google.com/accounts/OAuthGetAccessToken");
oauthConfig.setRequestTokenUrl("https://www.google.com/accounts/OAuthGetRequestToken?scope="+scope);
oauthConfig.setAuthorizationUrl("https://www.google.com/accounts/OAuthAuthorizeToken");
oauthConfig.setConsumerKey("anonymous");
oauthConfig.setConsumerSecret("anonymous");
//get request
var request = {
"method": "GET",
"oAuthServiceName": "google",
"oAuthUseToken": "always",
"muteHttpExceptions": true
};
//define the params URL to fetch
var params = '?gid='+index+'&fitw=true&exportFormat=pdf&format=pdf&size=A4&portrait=true&sheetnames=false&printtitle=false&gridlines=false';
//fetching file url
var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://docs.google.com/a/"+url+"/spreadsheets/d/"+id+"/export"+params, request);
blob = blob.getBlob().setName(name);
//return file
return blob;
}
I've had to use the "muteHttpExceptions" parameter to know exactly the new URL. With this parameter, I downloaded my file with the HTML extension to get a "Moved permanently" page with my final url ("https://docs.google.com/a/"+url+"/spreadsheets/d/"+id+"/export"+params").
And note that I am in an organization. So I've had to specify its domain name ("url" parameter, ie "mydomain.com").
(Copied from this answer.)
This function is an adaptation of a script provided by "ianshedd..." here.
It:
- Generates PDFs of ALL sheets in a spreadsheet, and stores them in the same folder containing the spreadsheet. (It assumes there's just one folder doing that, although Drive does allow multiple containment.)
- Names pdf files with Spreadsheet & Sheet names.
- Uses the Drive service (DocsList is deprecated.)
- Can use an optional Spreadsheet ID to operate on any sheet. By default, it expects to work on the "active spreadsheet" containing the script.
- Needs only "normal" authorization to operate; no need to activate advanced services or fiddle with
oAuthConfig
.
With a bit of research and effort, you could hook up to an online PDF Merge API, to generate a single PDF file. Barring that, and until Google provides a way to export all sheets in one PDF, you're stuck with separate files.
Script:
/**
* Export one or all sheets in a spreadsheet as PDF files on user's Google Drive,
* in same folder that contained original spreadsheet.
*
* Adapted from https://code.google.com/p/google-apps-script-issues/issues/detail?id=3579#c25
*
* @param {String} optSSId (optional) ID of spreadsheet to export.
* If not provided, script assumes it is
* sheet-bound and opens the active spreadsheet.
* @param {String} optSheetId (optional) ID of single sheet to export.
* If not provided, all sheets will export.
*/
function savePDFs( optSSId, optSheetId ) {
// If a sheet ID was provided, open that sheet, otherwise assume script is
// sheet-bound, and open the active spreadsheet.
var ss = (optSSId) ? SpreadsheetApp.openById(optSSId) : SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
// Get URL of spreadsheet, and remove the trailing 'edit'
var url = ss.getUrl().replace(/edit$/,'');
// Get folder containing spreadsheet, for later export
var parents = DriveApp.getFileById(ss.getId()).getParents();
if (parents.hasNext()) {
var folder = parents.next();
}
else {
folder = DriveApp.getRootFolder();
}
// Get array of all sheets in spreadsheet
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
// Loop through all sheets, generating PDF files.
for (var i=0; i<sheets.length; i++) {
var sheet = sheets[i];
// If provided a optSheetId, only save it.
if (optSheetId && optSheetId !== sheet.getSheetId()) continue;
//additional parameters for exporting the sheet as a pdf
var url_ext = 'export?exportFormat=pdf&format=pdf' //export as pdf
+ '&gid=' + sheet.getSheetId() //the sheet's Id
// following parameters are optional...
+ '&size=letter' // paper size
+ '&portrait=true' // orientation, false for landscape
+ '&fitw=true' // fit to width, false for actual size
+ '&sheetnames=false&printtitle=false&pagenumbers=false' //hide optional headers and footers
+ '&gridlines=false' // hide gridlines
+ '&fzr=false'; // do not repeat row headers (frozen rows) on each page
var options = {
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + ScriptApp.getOAuthToken()
}
}
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url + url_ext, options);
var blob = response.getBlob().setName(ss.getName() + ' - ' + sheet.getName() + '.pdf');
//from here you should be able to use and manipulate the blob to send and email or create a file per usual.
//In this example, I save the pdf to drive
folder.createFile(blob);
}
}