onEdit(e) not triggering createFolder + enable trigger for new rows

2
votes

Seems like onEdit(e) won't trigger creating a new folder in google drive - only works when running it explicitly. Any ideas? Thanks

function onEdit(e) {
  var requestRow = e.range.getRow();
  var folderName = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(requestRow,6).getValue();
  var newFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById('1LOfkVGrV-juzUiwbU8owHj74T9wMAz').createFolder(folderName);
}
1
google-apps-scriptgoogle-sheetstriggers
Simple onEdit(e) triggers do not have authorisation to call DriveApp, you need to set this up as an installable trigger instead. – ross
Possible duplicate of createFile() in google Apps Script is not functioning properly – Rubén
Like Ross mentioned, you should use installable triggers instead, here is instructions for it – AMolina

1 Answers

0
votes

Try this:

function func1(e) {
  DriveApp.getFolderById('1LOfkVGrV-juzUiwbU8owHj74T9wMAz').createFolder(SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(e.range.rowStart,6).getValue());
}

function isTrigger(funcName){
  var r=false;
  if(funcName){
    var allTriggers=ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers();
    for(var i=0;i<allTriggers.length;i++){
      if(funcName==allTriggers[i].getHandlerFunction()){
        r=true;
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  return r;
}

Run this once to create the trigger.

function createOnEditTrigger() {
  if(!isTrigger('func1')){
    ScriptApp.newTrigger('func1').forSpreadsheet(SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getId()).onEdit().create();
  }
}