Class Site

An object representing a Google Site.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`addEditor(emailAddress)`	`Site`	Adds the given user to the list of editors for the `Site`.
`addEditor(user)`	`Site`	Adds the given user to the list of editors for the `Site`.
`addEditors(emailAddresses)`	`Site`	Adds the given array of users to the list of editors for the `Site`.
`addOwner(email)`	`Site`	Add a new owner to the website
`addOwner(user)`	`Site`	Add a new owner to the website
`addViewer(emailAddress)`	`Site`	Adds the given user to the list of viewers for the `Site`.
`addViewer(user)`	`Site`	Adds the given user to the list of viewers for the `Site`.
`addViewers(emailAddresses)`	`Site`	Adds the given array of users to the list of viewers for the `Site`.
`createAnnouncementsPage(title, name, html)`	`Page`	Create a new announcements page.
`createFileCabinetPage(title, name, html)`	`Page`	Create a new file-cabinet page.
`createListPage(title, name, html, columnNames)`	`Page`	Create a new list page.
`createPageFromTemplate(title, name, template)`	`Page`	Create a new page from a template.
`createWebPage(title, name, html)`	`Page`	Create a new web page.
`getAllDescendants()`	`Page[]`	Gets an array of descendant pages (direct and indirect), up to a limit of 200 pages.
`getAllDescendants(options)`	`Page[]`	Gets an array of descendant pages, with optional advanced arguments.
`getChildByName(name)`	`Page`	Gets a particular child page.
`getChildren()`	`Page[]`	Gets an array of child pages, up to a limit of 200 pages.
`getChildren(options)`	`Page[]`	Gets an array of child pages, with optional advanced arguments.
`getEditors()`	`User[]`	Gets the list of editors for this `Site`.
`getName()`	`String`	Return the name of the site
`getOwners()`	`User[]`	Retrieves list of owners for the site
`getSummary()`	`String`	Return the summary of the web site
`getTemplates()`	`Page[]`	Returns all template pages.
`getTheme()`	`String`	Gets the theme of the site
`getTitle()`	`String`	Return the title of the site
`getUrl()`	`String`	Retrieves the url of this Site.
`getViewers()`	`User[]`	Gets the list of viewers and commenters for this `Site`.
`removeEditor(emailAddress)`	`Site`	Removes the given user from the list of editors for the `Site`.
`removeEditor(user)`	`Site`	Removes the given user from the list of editors for the `Site`.
`removeOwner(email)`	`Site`	Removes owner from the site by user email
`removeOwner(user)`	`Site`	Removes owner from the site
`removeViewer(emailAddress)`	`Site`	Removes the given user from the list of viewers and commenters for the `Site`.
`removeViewer(user)`	`Site`	Removes the given user from the list of viewers and commenters for the `Site`.
`search(query)`	`Page[]`	Gets an array of descendant pages that match a search query, up to a limit of 200 pages.
`search(query, options)`	`Page[]`	Gets an array of descendant pages that match a search query, with optional advanced arguments.
`setSummary(summary)`	`Site`	Set the summary of the web site
`setTheme(theme)`	`Site`	Sets the theme of the site
`setTitle(title)`	`Site`	Set the title of the site

Deprecated methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`addCollaborator(email)`	`Site`	Add a new collaborator to the site
`addCollaborator(user)`	`Site`	Add a new collaborator to the website
`createAnnouncement(title, html, parent)`	`Page`	Create a new Announcement
`createComment(inReplyTo, html, parent)`	`Comment`	Deprecated.
`createListItem(html, columnNames, values, parent)`	`ListItem`	Deprecated.
`createWebAttachment(title, url, parent)`	`Attachment`	Deprecated.
`deleteSite()`	`void`	Deletes this site.
`getAnnouncements()`	`Page[]`	Retrieves a list of announcements for the given Google Site.
`getAnnouncementsPages()`	`Page[]`	Retrieves a list of announcements pages for the given Google Site.
`getAttachments()`	`Attachment[]`	Retrieves a list of attachments for the given Google Site.
`getCollaborators()`	`User[]`	Retrieves list of collaborators for the site
`getComments()`	`Comment[]`	Retrieves a list of comments for the given Google Site.
`getFileCabinetPages()`	`Page[]`	Retrieves a list of File Cabinet pages for the given Google Site.
`getListItems()`	`ListItem[]`	Retrieves a list of site List items for the given Google Site.
`getListPages()`	`Page[]`	Retrieves a list of site List pages for the given Google Site.
`getSelfLink()`	`String`	Retrieves the feed url of this Site.
`getSiteName()`	`String`	Return the siteName of the site
`getWebAttachments()`	`Attachment[]`	Retrieves a list of web attachments for the given Google Site.
`getWebPages()`	`Page[]`	Retrieves a list of web pages for the given Google Site.
`removeCollaborator(email)`	`Site`	Removes a collaborator from the site by user email
`removeCollaborator(user)`	`Site`	Removes a collaborator from the site

Detailed documentation

`addEditor(emailAddress)`

Adds the given user to the list of editors for the Site. If the user was already on the list of viewers, this method promotes the user out of the list of viewers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddress`	`String`	The email address of the user to add.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addEditor(user)`

Adds the given user to the list of editors for the Site. If the user was already on the list of viewers, this method promotes the user out of the list of viewers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	A representation of the user to add.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addEditors(emailAddresses)`

Adds the given array of users to the list of editors for the Site. If any of the users were already on the list of viewers, this method promotes them out of the list of viewers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddresses`	`String[]`	An array of email addresses of the users to add.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addOwner(email)`

Add a new owner to the website

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
site.addOwner("eric@example.com");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`email`	`String`	The email of the user to add as an owner

Return

Site — this site for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addOwner(user)`

Add a new owner to the website

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var currentUser = Session.getActiveUser();
site.addOwner(currentUser);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	The user to add as an owner

Return

Site — this site for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addViewer(emailAddress)`

Adds the given user to the list of viewers for the Site. If the user was already on the list of editors, this method has no effect.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddress`	`String`	The email address of the user to add.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addViewer(user)`

Adds the given user to the list of viewers for the Site. If the user was already on the list of editors, this method has no effect.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	A representation of the user to add.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addViewers(emailAddresses)`

Adds the given array of users to the list of viewers for the Site. If any of the users were already on the list of editors, this method has no effect for them.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddresses`	`String[]`	An array of email addresses of the users to add.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createAnnouncementsPage(title, name, html)`

Create a new announcements page. Note that a parent site or page cannot have more than 500 child pages.

// This method can be called from both a Site instance
// as well as a Page instance
var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var page = site.getChildren()[0];

site.createAnnouncementsPage("New Announcement",
                             "new-announcement",
                             "<h1>Your announcement goes here</h1>");

page.createAnnouncementsPage("New Announcement",
                             "new-announcement-child",
                             "<h1>Your announcement goes here</h1>");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the page title
`name`	`String`	the page name
`html`	`String`	the page content

Return

Page — the newly created Page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createFileCabinetPage(title, name, html)`

Create a new file-cabinet page. Note that a parent site or page cannot have more than 500 child pages.

// This method can be called from either a site or a page.
var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var page = site.getChildren()[0];

site.createFileCabinetPage("New File Cabinet",
                           "new-file-cabinet",
                           "<h1>Your HTML here</h1>");

page.createFileCabinetPage("New File Cabinet",
                             "new-file-cabinet-child",
                             "<h1>Your HTML here</h1>");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the page title
`name`	`String`	the page name
`html`	`String`	the page content

Return

Page — The newly created Page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createListPage(title, name, html, columnNames)`

Create a new list page. Note that a parent site or page cannot have more than 500 child pages.

// This method can be called from either a site or a page.
var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var page = site.getChildren()[0];

site.createListPage("New List Page",
                    "new-list-page",
                    "<h1>Your List Page HTML here</h1>",
                    [ "col1", "col2" ]);

page.createListPage("New List Page",
                    "new-list-page-child",
                    "<h1>Your List Page HTML here</h1>",
                    [ "col1", "col2" ]);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the page title
`name`	`String`	the page name
`html`	`String`	the page content
`columnNames`	`String[]`	the column names used for the list

Return

Page — The newly created Page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createPageFromTemplate(title, name, template)`

Create a new page from a template. Note that a parent site or page cannot have more than 500 child pages.

// This method can be called from either a site or a page.
var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var template = site.getTemplates()[0];

// If an invalid template is passed, this will throw an "Invalid Argument" error.
site.createPageFromTemplate("ClonedPage", "cloned-page", template);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the page title
`name`	`String`	the page name
`template`	`Page`	the template page

Return

Page — the newly created Page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createWebPage(title, name, html)`

Create a new web page. Note that a parent site or page cannot have more than 500 child pages.

// This method can be called from either a site or a page.
var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var page = site.getChildren()[0];

site.createAnnouncementsPage("New Announcement",
                             "new-announcement",
                             "<h1>Your announcement goes here</h1>");

page.createAnnouncementsPage("New Announcement",
                             "new-announcement-child",
                             "<h1>Your announcement goes here</h1>");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the page title
`name`	`String`	the page name
`html`	`String`	the page content

Return

Page — The newly created Page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getAllDescendants()`

Gets an array of descendant pages (direct and indirect), up to a limit of 200 pages.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var pages = site.getAllDescendants();

Return

Page[] — an array of direct and indirect child pages

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getAllDescendants(options)`

Gets an array of descendant pages, with optional advanced arguments.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var descendants = site.getAllDescendants({
  type: SitesApp.PageType.WEB_PAGE,
  start: 0,
  max: 25,
  includeDrafts: false,
  includeDeleted: true,
  search: "target"
});

for(var i in descendants) {
  Logger.log(descendants[i].getName());
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`options`	`Object`	JavaScript object fields defined in the Advanced Arguments section below

Advanced parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	`PageType[]`	only get pages of this type
`start`	`Integer`	start the results here
`max`	`Integer`	the max number of results (default 200)
`includeDrafts`	`Boolean`	whether to include draft pages (default false)
`includeDeleted`	`Boolean`	whether to include deleted pages (default false)
`search`	`String`	only return pages matching this query

Return

Page[] — an array of direct and indirect child pages of the given type

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getChildByName(name)`

Gets a particular child page.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var pages = site.getChildByName("childPage");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	`String`	the child page name

Return

Page — the child page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getChildren()`

Gets an array of child pages, up to a limit of 200 pages.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var pages = site.getChildren();

Return

Page[] — an array of direct child pages

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getChildren(options)`

Gets an array of child pages, with optional advanced arguments.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var childPages = site.getChildren({
  type: SitesApp.PageType.WEB_PAGE,
  start: 0,
  max: 25,
  includeDrafts: false,
  includeDeleted: true,
  search: "target"
});

for(var i in childPages) {
  Logger.log(childPages[i].getName());
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`options`	`Object`	JavaScript object fields defined in the Advanced Arguments section below

Advanced parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	`PageType[]`	only get pages of this type
`start`	`Integer`	start the results here
`max`	`Integer`	the max number of results (default 200)
`includeDrafts`	`Boolean`	whether to include draft pages (default false)
`includeDeleted`	`Boolean`	whether to include deleted pages (default false)
`search`	`String`	only return pages matching this query

Return

Page[] — an array of direct child pages of the given type

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getEditors()`

Gets the list of editors for this Site.

Return

User[] — An array of users with edit permission.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getName()`

Return the name of the site

var name = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getName();

Return

String — the name of this Site instance

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getOwners()`

Retrieves list of owners for the site

var owners = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getOwners();
for(var i in owners) {
  Logger.log(owners[i].getEmail())
}

Return

User[] — an array containing User instances representing owners

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getSummary()`

Return the summary of the web site

var summary = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getSummary();

Return

String — the summary of this site

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getTemplates()`

Returns all template pages.

var templates = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getTemplates();
for(var i in templates) {
  Logger.log(templates[i].getName())
}

Return

Page[] — an array containing Page instances representing templates

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getTheme()`

Gets the theme of the site

var theme = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getTheme();

Return

String — the theme of this site

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getTitle()`

Return the title of the site

var title = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getTitle();

Return

String — the title of this site

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getUrl()`

Retrieves the url of this Site.

var url = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getUrl();

Return

String — the url of this Site instance

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getViewers()`

Gets the list of viewers and commenters for this Site.

Return

User[] — An array of users with view or comment permission.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeEditor(emailAddress)`

Removes the given user from the list of editors for the Site. This method doesn't block users from accessing the Site if they belong to a class of users who have general access—for example, if the Site is shared with the user's entire domain, or if the Site is in a shared drive that the user can access.

For Drive files, this also removes the user from the list of viewers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddress`	`String`	The email address of the user to remove.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeEditor(user)`

For Drive files, this also removes the user from the list of viewers.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	A representation of the user to remove.

Return

Site — This Site, for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeOwner(email)`

Removes owner from the site by user email

// This snippet removes the user with the given email from the owners list
var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
site.removeOwner("eric@example.com");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`email`	`String`	The email of the user to remove from the owners

Return

Site — the site instance for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeOwner(user)`

Removes owner from the site

// This snippet removes the current user from the list of owners
var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
site.removeOwner(Session.getActiveUser());

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	A user to remove from the list of owners

Return

Site — the site instance for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeViewer(emailAddress)`

Removes the given user from the list of viewers and commenters for the Site. This method has no effect if the user is an editor, not a viewer or commenter. This method also doesn't block users from accessing the Site if they belong to a class of users who have general access—for example, if the Site is shared with the user's entire domain, or if the Site is in a shared drive that the user can access.

For Drive files, this also removes the user from the list of editors.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddress`	`String`	The email address of the user to remove.

Return

Site — This Site for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeViewer(user)`

Removes the given user from the list of viewers and commenters for the Site. This method has no effect if the user is an editor, not a viewer. This method also doesn't block users from accessing the Site if they belong to a class of users who have general access—for example, if the Site is shared with the user's entire domain, or if the Site is in a shared drive that the user can access.

For Drive files, this also removes the user from the list of editors.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	A representation of the user to remove.

Return

Site — This Site for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`search(query)`

Gets an array of descendant pages that match a search query, up to a limit of 200 pages.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var matches = site.search("targetText");

for(var i in matches) {
  Logger.log(matches[i].getName());
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`query`	`String`	the full text search query to match

Return

Page[] — an array of direct and indirect child pages of the given type

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`search(query, options)`

Gets an array of descendant pages that match a search query, with optional advanced arguments.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var childPages = site.getChildren({
  type: SitesApp.PageType.WEB_PAGE,
  start: 0,
  max: 25,
  includeDrafts: false,
  includeDeleted: true,
  search: "target"
});

for(var i in childPages) {
  Logger.log(childPages[i].getName());
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`query`	`String`	the full text search query to match
`options`	`Object`	JavaScript object fields defined in the Advanced Arguments section below

Advanced parameters

Name	Type	Description
`type`	`PageType[]`	only get pages of this type
`start`	`Integer`	start the results here
`max`	`Integer`	the max number of results (default 200)
`includeDrafts`	`Boolean`	whether to include draft pages (default false)
`includeDeleted`	`Boolean`	whether to include deleted pages (default false)

Return

Page[] — an array of direct and indirect child pages of the given type

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`setSummary(summary)`

Set the summary of the web site

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
// All of the setter methods return the site instance so setters
// can be chained
site.setTitle("My Site")
    .setSummary("This is my site")
    .setTheme("simple");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`summary`	`String`	A string summary describing the site

Return

Site — the site for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`setTheme(theme)`

Sets the theme of the site

Theme must be a valid theme string. For an exhaustive list, write a test method and pass an invalid value to setTheme(). The script will throw a Service error and return an exhaustive list of available themes. The list of available themes is also available under Manage Site->Themes. Theme name strings are generally the same as the theme name on the Themes page in lower cases with spaces and special characters removed. For example, the string for "Terra: Water" would be "terrawater".

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
// All of the setter methods return the site instance so setters
// can be chained
site.setTitle("My Site")
    .setSummary("This is my site")
    .setTheme("simple");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`theme`	`String`	a string name for the theme to set for this `Site`

Return

Site — the site for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`setTitle(title)`

Set the title of the site

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
// All of the setter methods return the site instance so setters
// can be chained
site.setTitle("My Site")
    .setSummary("This is my site")
    .setTheme("simple");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the new title of the site

Return

Site — the site for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

Deprecated methods

`addCollaborator(email)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Add a new collaborator to the site

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
site.addCollaborator("eric@example.com");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`email`	`String`	The email of the user to add as a collaborator

Return

Site — this site for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`addCollaborator(user)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Add a new collaborator to the website

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");
var currentUser = Session.getActiveUser();
site.addCollaborator(currentUser);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	The user to add as a collaborator

Return

Site — this site for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createAnnouncement(title, html, parent)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Create a new Announcement

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	The title of the Announcement page to create
`html`	`String`	The HTML body of the page
`parent`	`Page`	The Parent page

Return

Page — The created Page

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createComment(inReplyTo, html, parent)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Deprecated. Replaced with createComment on Page.

Create a new Comment.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`inReplyTo`	`String`	a GData feed url - meaningless and broken
`html`	`String`	the comment content
`parent`	`Page`	the parent the comments shows up on

Return

Comment — the newly created Comment

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createListItem(html, columnNames, values, parent)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Deprecated. Replaced by createListItem on Page.

Create a new ListItem.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`html`	`String`	the item content - meaningless and broken.
`columnNames`	`String[]`	the names of the columns, which are unnecessary
`values`	`String[]`	the column values
`parent`	`Page`	the ListPage parent

Return

ListItem — the ListItem for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`createWebAttachment(title, url, parent)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Deprecated. Replaced by createWebAttachment on Page.

Create a new Web Attachment.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`title`	`String`	the attachment title
`url`	`String`	the url of the attachment
`parent`	`Page`	the parent page

Return

Attachment — this Attachment for chaining.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`deleteSite()`

Deprecated. This method is not currently implemented, and will become unavailable in the future.

Deletes this site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
site.deleteSite();

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getAnnouncements()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of announcements for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var pages = site.getAnnouncements();
for(var i in pages) {
  Logger.log(pages[i].getTitle());
}

Return

Page[] — an array of announcement @link Page} instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getAnnouncementsPages()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of announcements pages for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var pages = site.getAnnouncementsPages();
for(var i in pages) {
  Logger.log(pages[i].getTitle());
}

Return

Page[] — an array of Page instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getAttachments()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of attachments for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var attachments = site.getAttachments();
for(var i in attachments) {
  // Only hosted attachments have content types
  Logger.log(attachments[i].getContentType());
}

Return

Attachment[] — an array of Attachment instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getCollaborators()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves list of collaborators for the site

var collaborators = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite').getCollaborators();
for(var i in collaborators) {
  Logger.log(collaborators[i].getEmail())
}

Return

User[] — an array containing User instances representing collaborators

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getComments()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of comments for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var comments = site.getComments();
for(var i in comments) {
  Logger.log(comments[i].getContent());
}

Return

Comment[] — an array of Comment instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getFileCabinetPages()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of File Cabinet pages for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var pages = site.getFileCabinetPages();
for(var i in pages) {
  Logger.log(pages[i].getTitle());
}

Return

Page[] — an array of Page instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getListItems()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of site List items for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var listItems = site.getListItems();
for(var i in listItems) {
  Logger.log(listItems[i].getLastUpdated());
}

Return

ListItem[] — an array of ListItem instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getListPages()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of site List pages for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var pages = site.getListPages();
for(var i in pages) {
  Logger.log(pages[i].getTitle());
}

Return

Page[] — an array of Page instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getSelfLink()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves the feed url of this Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
var url = site.getSelfLink();

Return

String — the url of this Site's feed

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getSiteName()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Return the siteName of the site

var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
var url = site.getSelfLink();

Return

String — the siteName of the site

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getWebAttachments()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of web attachments for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var attachments = site.getWebAttachments();
for(var i in attachments) {
  // Only web attachments have URLs
  Logger.log(attachments[i].getUrl());
}

Return

Attachment[] — an array of Attachment instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`getWebPages()`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Retrieves a list of web pages for the given Google Site.

var site = SitesApp.getSite("example.com", "mysite");

var pages = site.getWebPages();
for(var i in pages) {
  Logger.log(pages[i].getTitle());
}

Return

Page[] — an array of Page instances

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeCollaborator(email)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Removes a collaborator from the site by user email

// This snippet removes the user with the given email from the collaborators list
var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
site.removeCollaborator("eric@example.com");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`email`	`String`	The email of the user to remove from the collaborators

Return

Site — the site instance for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds

`removeCollaborator(user)`

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Removes a collaborator from the site

// This snippet removes the current user from the list of collaborators
var site = SitesApp.getSite('example.com', 'mysite');
site.removeCollaborator(Session.getActiveUser());

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`user`	`User`	A user to remove from the list of collaborators

Return

Site — the site instance for method chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://sites.google.com/feeds