[how-to] Convert PDF To Google Doc

 

This script automatically convert a PDF into a Google Doc file.

In order to run this script, you need to enable Google Drive API first. 

1. Create App Script

Basic Script

/* file: pdf-to-gdoc */ function findFileInFolder(folderParent,strgFileName){ var files =DriveApp.getFolderById(folderParent.getId()).getFiles(); while(files.hasNext()){ file=files.next(); if (file.getName()==strgFileName.split(".")[0]){ return file.getId(); } } return 0; } function savePdfAsDoc(folderParent,resource,blob){ if (findFileInFolder(folderParent,resource.title)==0){ //console.log(resource); //Enable the Advanced Drive API Service var file = Drive.Files.insert(resource, blob, {ocr: true, ocrLanguage: "en"}); DriveApp.getFileById(file.getId()).moveTo(folderParent); } } function convertChildPdfToDoc(folderParent) { //var folderParent=DriveApp.getFileById(ScriptApp.getScriptId()).getParents().next(); var files = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderParent.getId()).getFiles(); while(files.hasNext()){ file=files.next(); if (DriveApp.getFileById(file.getId()).getMimeType()=="application/pdf"){ var blob = DriveApp.getFileById(file.getId()).getBlob(); var resource = { title:'copy of local '+blob.getName(), mimeType: blob.getContentType() }; console.log('Local To Doc',resource) savePdfAsDoc(folderParent,resource,blob); } } } function convertRemotePdfToDoc(folderParent,url){ var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getBlob(); console.log('blob contentType:',blob.getContentType()) if (blob.getContentType()=="application/pdf"){ var resource = { title:'copy of remote '+blob.getName(), mimeType: blob.getContentType() }; console.log('Remote To Doc',resource) savePdfAsDoc(folderParent,resource,blob); } } function test(){ var folderParent=DriveApp.getFolderById(DriveApp.getFileById(ScriptApp.getScriptId()).getParents().next().getId()); var url='https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf'; convertChildPdfToDoc(folderParent); convertRemotePdfToDoc(folderParent,url); }

2. Put the above script in a Google Drive folder.

Run the script.