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