Relatively new here, do forgive any formatting errors.
So currently I've set up a Form to automatically create a subfolder into a designation parent folder, with all the attachments uploaded in the form contained in the subfolder.
That's working well, but I have two problems now:
- The subfolder created is automatically given a generic ID by google, and I would instead like it to be named based on a response from the form
- The script creates about 6 subfolders from one form submission, though only one subfolder contains the attachments from the form.
I have very little programming knowledge, but would be keen to understand, if this is doable with my rudimentary knowledge.
Thanks!
const PARENT_FOLDER_ID = "";
const initialize = () => {
const form = FormApp.getActiveForm();
ScriptApp.newTrigger("onFormSubmit").forForm(form).onFormSubmit().create();
};
const onFormSubmit = ({ response } = {}) => {
try {
// Get a list of all files uploaded with the response
const files = response
.getItemResponses()
// We are only interested in File Upload type of questions
.filter(
(itemResponse) =>
itemResponse.getItem().getType().toString() === "FILE_UPLOAD"
)
.map((itemResponse) => itemResponse.getResponse())
// The response includes the file ids in an array that we can flatten
.reduce((a, b) => [...a, ...b], []);
if (files.length > 0) {
// Each form response has a unique Id
const subfolderName = response.getId();
const parentFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(PARENT_FOLDER_ID);
const subfolder = parentFolder.createFolder(subfolderName);
files.forEach((fileId) => {
// Move each file into the custom folder
DriveApp.getFileById(fileId).moveTo(subfolder);
});
}
} catch (f) {
Logger.log(f);
}
};