Image from Google Drive to Google Slides via DriveApp.getFileById

Question

I want to import an image to Google Slides over Google Apps Script after the instruction Google Developers - How to...

function createImage(presentationId) {
// Add a new image to the presentation page. The image is assumed to exist in
// the user's Drive, and have 'imageFileId' as its file ID.
var requests = [];
var pageId = 'g1fe0c....';
var imageId = 'MyImage_01';
var imageUrl = DriveApp.getFileById('0B6cQESmLJfX...').getUrl();

var emu4M = {
  magnitude: 4000000,
  unit: 'EMU'
};
requests.push({
  createImage: {
    objectId: imageId,
    url: imageUrl,
    elementProperties: {
      pageObjectId: pageId,
      size: {
        height: emu4M,
        width: emu4M
      },
      transform: {
        scaleX: 1,
        scaleY: 1,
        translateX: 100000,
        translateY: 100000,
        unit: 'EMU'
      }
    }
  }
});

// Execute the request.
var response = Slides.Presentations.batchUpdate({
  requests: requests
}, presentationId); 

}

But for every image-format I tried, there is an error message in Google Apps Script:

Invalid requests[0].createImage: The provided image is in an unsupported format.

Drive- and Slides API is activated in Google Advanced Services. The folder and the file has a public share.

Does anyone use the command DriveApp.getFileById() with subsequent export to Google Slides successfully?

About The provided image is in an unsupported format. of your error message, can we ask you about what the format of image you want to use is? — Tanaike
I tried the ID's from GIF-, JPG-, PNG- and Google Drawing Files. — Roberto B
Same error message, when I used direct links like "var imageUrl = 'drive.google.com/uc?id=0B6cQGlkNU4tMU.....';" Only this imageUrl works: "lh6.googleusercontent.com/vuINetSxcBd8InRV.....=w1919-h986". But I want use DriveApp.getFileById like in the instruction. — Roberto B
Can I ask you about your current script? If you can do, please add it on your question. — Tanaike

Tanaike Tanaike · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-04T03:13:20

How about a following modification?

From :

var imageUrl = DriveApp.getFileById('0B6cQESmLJfX...').getUrl();

To :

var imageUrl = DriveApp.getFileById('0B6cQESmLJfX...').getDownloadUrl() + "&access_token=" + ScriptApp.getOAuthToken();

From this document, it seemed that the access token is required. https://developers.google.com/slides/how-tos/add-image

Updated: February 7, 2020

From January, 2020, the access token cannot be used with the query parameter like access_token=###. Ref So please use the access token to the request header instead of the query parameter.

In OP's case, I think that this answer can be used.

Image from Google Drive to Google Slides via DriveApp.getFileById

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Updated: February 7, 2020