Is it possible to add a comment attributed to specific text within Google Docs using Apps Script?

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Google docs comment:

My goal is to add a text-specific comment using Google Apps Script as seen in the picture above. Right now I have this working code, but it only adds a general comment for the whole document.

function myFunction() {
  var fileId = '{FILE_ID}';
  var resource = {'content': 'comment body text'};
  Drive.Comments.insert(resource, name);
}

Is this for a custom file or a Google Apps file(like a doc or a sheet) — Spencer Easton, Jan 30 '17 at 19:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Not possible. In this video -- Google Drive SDK: Announcing the Comments API (5:30 - 5:39) -- it is mentioned that:

..We do have a proprietary anchoring scheme, which does make it difficult for, or actually rather impossible for you to create comments that are anchored to text in our document formats...

"in our document formats" refers to Google Docs and Sheets.

This is also mentioned in this answer. For more details regarding Comments, you can check the Manage Comments and Discussions documentation.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Jan 31 '17 at 11:17

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5 years later, and this is still the case? – brookr Jul 20 '23 at 16:42

Is it possible to add a comment attributed to specific text within Google Docs using Apps Script?

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