Automatically save form in folder

Question

I wrote a script in Google Apps Script that creates new forms from Google Sheets. How can I save the form automatically in a specific folder in the drive?

Answer 1

You don't say, but let's assume you're creating a Google Form, e.g. like this:

var form=FormApp.create('My form');

In that case, here's a function that will add the Drive File of that form to a Drive Folder that you specify. Note - this function can support Documents, Spreadsheets, and other file types... any Google Apps Script object that has a getId() method and can also be represented as a Drive File.

/**
 * Places file for given item into given folder.
 * If the item is an object that does not support the getId() method or
 * the folder is not a Folder object, an error will be thrown.
 * From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/38042090/1677912
 *
 * @param {Object}  item     Any object that has an ID and is also a Drive File.
 * @param {Folder}  folder   Google Drive Folder object.
 */
function saveItemInFolder(item,folder) {
  var id = item.getId();  // Will throw error if getId() not supported.
  folder.addFile(DriveApp.getFileById(id));
}

Example:

// Create temporary form 
var form=FormApp.create('Delete me');
// Get temporary folder
var folder=DriveApp.getFoldersByName('Delete me').next();

saveItemInFolder(form,folder);