Content Service

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The Content Service allows scripts to serve text in various formats like text, XML, or JSON.

• The ContentService class is used for returning text content from a script.

• The MimeType enum defines the various mime types that can be served from a script.

• The TextOutput object represents the text content that can be served from a script.

Content

This service allows scripts to serve text in various forms, such as text, XML, or JSON. See also the guide to Content Service. If you deploy the following script as a web app, you will see "Hello, world!" in the browser:

function doGet() {
  return ContentService.createTextOutput('Hello, world!');
}

Classes

Name	Brief description
ContentService	Service for returning text content from a script.
MimeType	An enum for mime types that can be served from a script.
TextOutput	A TextOutput object that can be served from a script.

ContentService

Properties

Property	Type	Description
MimeType	MimeType

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
createTextOutput()	TextOutput	Create a new TextOutput object.
createTextOutput(content)	TextOutput	Create a new TextOutput object that can serve the given content.

MimeType

Properties

Property	Type	Description
CSV	Enum	CSV Mime Type
ICAL	Enum	ICAL Mime Type
JAVASCRIPT	Enum	JAVASCRIPT Mime Type
JSON	Enum	JSON Mime Type
TEXT	Enum	TEXT Mime Type
VCARD	Enum	VCARD Mime Type

TextOutput

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
append(addedContent)	TextOutput	Appends new content to the content that will be served.
clear()	TextOutput	Clears the current content.
downloadAsFile(filename)	TextOutput	Tells browsers to download rather than display this content.
getContent()	String	Gets the content that will be served.
getFileName()	String	Returns the file name to download this file as, or null if it should be displayed rather than downloaded.
getMimeType()	MimeType	Get the mime type this content will be served with.
setContent(content)	TextOutput	Sets the content that will be served.
setMimeType(mimeType)	TextOutput	Sets the mime type for content that will be served.