Export Google Docs comments into Google Sheets, along with highlighted text?

Question

Would there be a way to export comments from Google Docs so that the comments show up in a Google Sheets doc in one column and the highlighted text from the Google Doc shows up in the column next to it?

I understand that file comments are accessible through the API:

https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/comments#methods

But can we use it to extract comments and highlighted text of document. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Add Drive API first under services.

Then try this:

Code:

function listComments() {
  // Change docId into your document's ID
  // See below on how to
  var docId = '1fzYPRldd16KjsZ6OEtzgBIeGO8q5tDbxaAcqvzrJ8Us'; 
  var comments = Drive.Comments.list(docId);
  var hList = [], cList = [];

  // Get list of comments
  if (comments.items && comments.items.length > 0) {
    for (var i = 0; i < comments.items.length; i++) {
      var comment = comments.items[i]; 
      // add comment and highlight to array's first element 
      hList.unshift([comment.context.value]);
      cList.unshift([comment.content]);
    }
    // Set values to A and B
    var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
    sheet.getRange("A1:A" + hList.length).setValues(hList);
    sheet.getRange("B1:B" + cList.length).setValues(cList);
  }
}

Document:

Output:

Resources:

• Access Google docs comments from Google app scripts
• Document ID