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• Summary: The DocumentApp.create method in Google Apps Script fails when additional tabs or URL parameters are present in the Google Document URL. This prevents developers from reliably creating new documents in environments with complex URL structures.
• Tags: document-app, document-create, url-parameters, apps-script-error, google-docs-api

Additional resources:

• https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/document/document
• https://stackoverflow.com/.../google-script-document-inaccessible-error-cre...
• https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/.../document-app

However, when additional tabs are introduced in the URL (e.g., .../edit?tab=t.xxxxxxxx), it fails to work.

Can you elaborate on this? There is no usage of this with the code.

But how does that relate to the code shared?

Please list the specific steps to recreate.

1. Create a new Google Document.

2. Open the Apps Script editor.

3. Add the following code to the Code.gs file:

function testCreateDocument() {
  try {
    var newDoc = DocumentApp.create('document new');
    Logger.log('Success: ' + newDoc.getUrl());
  } catch (e) {
    Logger.log('Failure: ' + e);
  }
}

3-1. Select the function testCreateDocument.

3-2. Run the function testCreateDocument. // works.

4. Return to the Google Document created in Step 1.

5. create a new tab.

6. Select the new tab (the URL will include tab=t.xxxxxxxx).

7. Go back to the Apps Script editor (=Step 2).

7-1. Select the function testCreateDocument.

7-2. Run the function testCreateDocument. // This will result in an error. (Exception: Unexpected error while getting the method or property create on object DocumentApp.)

I have reported this to the engineering team and future updates will be shared here. Thank you for your patience.