How do I create a file in a folder?

Question

I have an Apps Script that creates multiple files and moves them into a folder. Is there a way to place the a file directly in a folder or do I first have to get the file then copy it to the appropriate folder and then removing it from the root folder like this:

folder=DocsList.createFolder("MyFolder");
var file=DocsList.createFile(blob);
file.addToFolder(folder);
file.removeFromFolder(DocsList.getRootFolder());

The problem with this is that if you open up Drive you see the file is first placed in the root folder then moved to MyFolder. So there is a bit of a lag until the execution of removeFromFolder.

Answer 1

The DocsList no longer works and has been replaced by the DriveAPI , Google App Services and Advanced Google services .

Here I leave my test code , this code creates folders - subfolders - google files - pdf - and stores them in folders and subfolders in various ways, and I hope will be helpful

function Drive_2015() {   //busca un folder, si no lo hay lo crea y crea 2 sub carpetas un google document copiado en cada una de ellas
  var name='folder de prueba';
  var carpeta = DriveApp.getRootFolder().searchFolders("title contains '"+name+"'");
  if (carpeta.hasNext()===true) {    
      while (carpeta.hasNext()) {
      var folder = carpeta.next();
      Logger.log(folder.getName()+' '+folder.getId());
      }
  }else{
    var folder=DriveApp.getRootFolder().createFolder(name);

    var parent=DriveApp.getFolderById(folder.getId());   // get parent folder
    var folder2 =parent.createFolder('Subfolder');   // 1° way to create sub folder
    var folder3=folder.createFolder(name+1);// 2° way to create sub folder (and more easy)

    var doc = DocumentApp.create('Documento sta');
    var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.create('Spreadsheet sta');
    Utilities.sleep(300); // este retardo es para garantizar en el user-side la creacion del nuevo archivo
    var files = DriveApp.getFilesByName('Documento sta');// or Id var file = DriveApp.getFileById(doc.getId());
    while (files.hasNext()) {
      var file = files.next();
      Logger.log('ojo '+file.getName());
      file.makeCopy(folder3);
      file.makeCopy(folder2);
      var file2=file.makeCopy(folder);
      file2.setName('Acta individual del alumno')
      var blob = file2.getAs('application/pdf'); 
      var file2pdf = folder.createFile(blob);
      var file2pdf = DriveApp.getFileById(file2pdf.getId());
      var file2pdf=file2pdf.makeCopy(folder);
      Logger.log('se creó: '+file.getName()+' en la carpeta: '+folder.getName()+' el PDF es: '+file2pdf.getId());
      DriveApp.getFileById(file2pdf.getId()).setTrashed(true)
      DriveApp.getFileById(docid).setTrashed(true)
      }
  }
}

Answer 2

Just tested the following code

function Test() {
  DocsList.createFolder('Folder1').createFolder('Subfolder1').createFile('File1', 'Empty');
}

It works as expected, i.e. created a new File1 document in newly created folder My Drive\Folder1\Subfolder1.