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How to Back Up Google Drive Files using Apps Script

In this post, I demonstrate how to back up Google Drive Files using Google Apps Script with Google Sheets.

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Code in Video:

function Backup() {

  var ss= SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var filesSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Files");
  var lastRow = filesSheet.getLastRow();
  var backupFiles = filesSheet.getRange("A5:B"+lastRow).getValues();
  var destination_id = filesSheet.getRange('B1').getValue();  //GOOGLE DRIVE DIRECTORY BACKUP
  var destination = DriveApp.getFolderById(destination_id);

  for (var i = 0; i < backupFiles.length; i++)
  {
    var backupFileID = backupFiles[i][1];
    var file = DriveApp.getFileById(backupFileID);
    var filename = file.getName();
    var dateString = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT-4", "MMddyyyyhhmmssa")
    file.makeCopy(filename + ' ' + dateString, destination);
    var rowValue = i + 5;
    filesSheet.getRange('C'+rowValue).setValue(dateString);
  }

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