Inserting Text on Image using Google Apps Script

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Inserting Text on Image using Google Apps Script

This is a sample script for inserting a text on an image using Google Apps Script.

Demo

You can see the demonstration video at https://tanaikech.github.io/2020/10/13/inserting-text-on-image-using-google-apps-script/

In this demonstration, "sample text" is inserted to the image. The image is from https://www.deviantart.com/k3-studio/art/Rainbow-painting-281090729.

Preparation

When you use this script, please install the following 2 Google Apps Script libraries.

1. DocsServiceApp
2. ImgApp

And, please enable Slides API at Advanced Google services.

Flow

The flow of this sample script is as follows.

1. Retrieve the image size using ImgApp.
2. Create new Google Slides with the custom page size using DocsServiceApp.
3. Put the image and text.
4. Export the result image.

Sample script

function myFunction() {
  const fileId = "###"; // Please set the file ID of image file.

  // Please set the text.
  const text = {
    text: "sample text",
    left: 10,
    top: 120,
    width: 180,
    height: 60,
    fontSize: 30,
  };

  // 1. Retrieve the image size using ImgApp.
  const file = DriveApp.getFileById(fileId);
  const blob = file.getBlob();
  const size = ImgApp.getSize(blob);

  // 2. Create new Google Slides with the custom page size using DocsServiceApp.
  const object = {
    title: "sample title", // Title of created Slides.
    width: { unit: "pixel", size: size.width },
    height: { unit: "pixel", size: size.height },
  };
  const presentationId = DocsServiceApp.createNewSlidesWithPageSize(object);

  // 3. Put the image and text.
  const s = SlidesApp.openById(presentationId);
  const slide = s.getSlides()[0];
  slide.insertImage(blob);
  slide
    .insertTextBox(text.text, text.left, text.top, text.width, text.height)
    .getText()
    .getTextStyle()
    .setFontSize(text.fontSize);
  s.saveAndClose();

  // 4. Export the result image.
  const obj = Slides.Presentations.Pages.getThumbnail(
    presentationId,
    slide.getObjectId(),
    {
      "thumbnailProperties.thumbnailSize": "LARGE",
      "thumbnailProperties.mimeType": "PNG",
    }
  );
  const url = obj.contentUrl.replace(/=s\d+/, "=s" + size.width);
  const resultBlob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url)
    .getBlob()
    .setName("Result_" + file.getName());
  DriveApp.createFile(resultBlob);
  DriveApp.getFileById(presentationId).setTrashed(true);
}

Note

• This is a simple sample script. When you want to add more texts and change the text style, please modify the section 3 of above script.
• In this sample, the maximum size of image is 25,000,000 pixels^2. Ref Please be careful this.

Testing

• February 6, 2021: When I tested above sample script, I could confirm that the script worked.
• January 3, 2023: When I tested above sample script, I could confirm that the script worked.