使用Apps Script转PDF遇Drive.Files.insert不存在错误求助

问题原因 #

你调用的Drive.Files.insert是Google Drive API v2的专属方法，但当前Apps Script中启用的Advanced Drive API默认是v3版本，v3已移除该方法并替换为Drive.Files.create，这就是报错的核心原因。

修复步骤 #

1. 替换API方法并调整参数
   Drive API v3不仅更换了方法名，还调整了字段命名（比如title改为name）和参数结构，修复后的完整代码如下：

   /*
    * Convert PDF file to text
    * @param {string} fileId - The Google Drive ID of the PDF
    * @param {string} language - The language of the PDF text to use for OCR
    * return {string} - The extracted text of the PDF file
    */
   
   const convertPDFToText = (fileId, language) => {
     fileId = fileId || '18FaqtRcgCozTi0IyQFQbIvdgqaO_UpjW'; // Sample PDF file
     language = language || 'en'; // English
   
     // Read the PDF file in Google Drive
     const pdfDocument = DriveApp.getFileById(fileId);
   
     // Use OCR to convert PDF to a temporary Google Document
     // Restrict the response to include file Id and Name fields only
     const { id, name } = Drive.Files.create(
       {
         name: pdfDocument.getName().replace(/\.pdf$/, ''), // v3用name替代原v2的title
         mimeType: 'application/vnd.google-apps.document', // 明确指定转换后的Google文档MIME类型
       },
       pdfDocument.getBlob(),
       {
         ocr: true,
         ocrLanguage: language,
         fields: 'id,name', // 对应v3返回字段
       }
     );
   
     // Use the Document API to extract text from the Google Document
     const textContent = DocumentApp.openById(id).getBody().getText();
   
     // Delete the temporary Google Document since it is no longer needed
     DriveApp.getFileById(id).setTrashed(true);
   
     // (optional) Save the text content to another text file in Google Drive
     const textFile = DriveApp.createFile(`${name}.txt`, textContent, 'text/plain');
     return textContent;
   };
   

2. 配置验证
   如果替换后仍报错，检查以下配置项：

   • 确认已通过「扩展」→「Apps Script API」启用Apps Script API
   • 确认Advanced Drive API已添加：点击编辑器左侧「服务」→「添加服务」→ 找到「Drive API」并完成添加（无需手动指定版本，默认v3即可）

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Jim Burke