Cannot Create Google Docs using PHP API - php

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$client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['access_token']);
$service = new Google_Service_Docs($client);
$title = $_SESSION['class'].' - '.date("Y-m-d");
$document = new Google_Service_Docs_Document(array(
'title' => $title
));
//everything works until here. For some reason, this line doesn't run. It doesn't even proceed.
$document = $service->documents->create($document);
//this line isn't even printed
print_r("success!");
$documentId = $document->documentId;
header('Location: https://docs.google.com/document/d/'.$documentId);
exit();
I've been scratching my head over this for hours. I have no idea why I can't create a new Google Doc. There's absolutely no examples of this online other than from Google and most of the code here is copied straight from them.
This is what I get when I print $document after assigning the title but before executing the service to create a new document.
Google_Service_Docs_Document Object
(
[bodyType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_Body
[bodyDataType:protected] =>
[documentId] =>
[documentStyleType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_DocumentStyle
[documentStyleDataType:protected] =>
[footersType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_Footer
[footersDataType:protected] => map
[footnotesType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_Footnote
[footnotesDataType:protected] => map
[headersType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_Header
[headersDataType:protected] => map
[inlineObjectsType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_InlineObject
[inlineObjectsDataType:protected] => map
[listsType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_DocsList
[listsDataType:protected] => map
[namedRangesType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_NamedRanges
[namedRangesDataType:protected] => map
[namedStylesType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_NamedStyles
[namedStylesDataType:protected] =>
[positionedObjectsType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_PositionedObject
[positionedObjectsDataType:protected] => map
[revisionId] =>
[suggestedDocumentStyleChangesType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_SuggestedDocumentStyle
[suggestedDocumentStyleChangesDataType:protected] => map
[suggestedNamedStylesChangesType:protected] => Google_Service_Docs_SuggestedNamedStyles
[suggestedNamedStylesChangesDataType:protected] => map
[suggestionsViewMode] =>
[title] => Computer 9 - Charity - 2021-01-04
[internal_gapi_mappings:protected] => Array
(
)
[modelData:protected] => Array
(
)
[processed:protected] => Array
(
)
)

Answer 1

PHP Quickstart provides full tutorial on how to read Google Document using Google Docs API.
To create new document, use the example above and replace:
$documentId = '195j9eDD3ccgjQRttHhJPymLJUCOUjs-jmwTrekvdjFE';
$doc = $service->documents->get($documentId);
printf("The document title is: %s\n", $doc->getTitle());
with:
$title = 'My Document';
$document = new Google_Service_Docs_Document(array(
'title' => $title
));
$document = $service->documents->create($document);
printf("Created document with title: %s\n", $document->title);
Also, Make sure to change the SCOPE of your project to Google_Service_Docs::DOCUMENTS and before running your code, delete the Token.json to restart the process of verification and to create a new token with the scope you've specified.
Your code should look like these:
<?php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
/**
* Returns an authorized API client.
* #return Google_Client the authorized client object
*/
function getClient()
{
$client = new Google_Client();
$client->setApplicationName('Google Docs API PHP Quickstart');
$client->setScopes(Google_Service_Docs::DOCUMENTS);
$client->setAuthConfig('credentials.json');
$client->setAccessType('offline');
// Load previously authorized credentials from a file.
$credentialsPath = expandHomeDirectory('token.json');
if (file_exists($credentialsPath)) {
$accessToken = json_decode(file_get_contents($credentialsPath), true);
} else {
// Request authorization from the user.
$authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
printf("Open the following link in your browser:\n%s\n", $authUrl);
print 'Enter verification code: ';
$authCode = trim(fgets(STDIN));
// Exchange authorization code for an access token.
$accessToken = $client->fetchAccessTokenWithAuthCode($authCode);
// Store the credentials to disk.
if (!file_exists(dirname($credentialsPath))) {
mkdir(dirname($credentialsPath), 0700, true);
}
file_put_contents($credentialsPath, json_encode($accessToken));
printf("Credentials saved to %s\n", $credentialsPath);
}
$client->setAccessToken($accessToken);
// Refresh the token if it's expired.
if ($client->isAccessTokenExpired()) {
$client->fetchAccessTokenWithRefreshToken($client->getRefreshToken());
file_put_contents($credentialsPath, json_encode($client->getAccessToken()));
}
return $client;
}
/**
* Expands the home directory alias '~' to the full path.
* #param string $path the path to expand.
* #return string the expanded path.
*/
function expandHomeDirectory($path)
{
$homeDirectory = getenv('HOME');
if (empty($homeDirectory)) {
$homeDirectory = getenv('HOMEDRIVE') . getenv('HOMEPATH');
}
return str_replace('~', realpath($homeDirectory), $path);
}
// Get the API client and construct the service object.
$client = getClient();
$service = new Google_Service_Docs($client);
$title = 'My Document';
$document = new Google_Service_Docs_Document(array(
'title' => $title
));
$document = $service->documents->create($document);
printf("Created document with title: %s\n", $document->title);
Reference:
DocsScopes
Creating Document