Insert Inline Image in a Google Document

The Apps Script snippet will insert an image at the current cursor position of the Google Document. You can either specify a web image (url starting with http), or if the image file is in your Google Drive, you can specify the full file URL (right-click a file in Drive and choose Get Link).

function insertImage() {
  // Insert a web image
  var image = 'http://img.labnol.org/logo.png';
  var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(image).getBlob();

  // Insert an image from Google Drive
  var image = 'https://drive.google.com/open?id=xyz';
  var fileID = image.match(/[\w\_\-]{25,}/).toString();
  var blob = DriveApp.getFileById(fileID).getBlob();

  var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
  var cursor = doc.getCursor();

  if (cursor) {
    cursor.insertInlineImage(blob);
  } else {
    doc.getBody().insertImage(0, image);
  }
}
Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal

Google Developer Expert, Google Cloud Champion

Amit Agarwal is a Google Developer Expert in Google Workspace and Google Apps Script. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science (I.I.T.) and is the first professional blogger in India.

Amit has developed several popular Google add-ons including Mail Merge for Gmail and Document Studio. Read more on Lifehacker and YourStory

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