Simple, agnostic component to embed a Google Doc into a webpage.
Features:
- Simple API to include a Google-Doc embed within any webpage
- Platform and framework agnostic - works as plain JS with no dependencies
- Included fixes for common issues with embeds (various style fixes, unminify links, retarget links to open in other tags)
<html>
<head>
<title>@MomsFriendlyDevCo/Embed-GDocs Example</title>
<script src="/dist/embed-gdocs.js"></script>
<script type="module">
import embedGDoc from '/dist/embed-gdocs.js';
window.addEventListener('load', ()=> {
embedGDoc({
selector: '#gdoc',
url: 'https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTasmjm8_rI_tzzzMs0xl5AhjafHXCPs33uyq6VShbMepnlkumS9rDBkxbEs0AAoAtdMRm-dmoGXxbR/pub?embedded=true',
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="gdoc"></div>
</body>
</html>import embedGDoc from '@momsfriendlydevco/embed-gdoc';Insert a Google document within a given element.
Options are:
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
selector |
String / HTMLElement
|
Either the DOM node to replace or a selector to use | |
url |
String |
The Google Docs published URL to embed - this generally ends in /pub?embedded=true
|
|
urlOptions |
Object |
Additional Fetch options when retrieving the document from the url
|
|
keepStyle |
Boolean |
true |
Keep the source document style, if false this removes the style completely |
fixContentTrim |
Boolean |
true |
Remove the outer wrapping of the element and just use the embedded content |
fixWidth |
Boolean |
true |
Remove page width restrictions |
fixParaMargins |
Boolean |
true |
Add slight margin to paragraphs |
fixTableWidth |
Boolean |
true |
Remove table width restrictions |
fixPadding |
Boolean |
true |
Remove page padding |
fixLinkTargets |
Boolean |
true |
Make all links open in a new tab instead of replacing the current one |
fixLinkShorten |
Boolean |
true |
Remove Google tracking URL prefix from links |
fixImageTitleAsLink |
Boolean |
true |
If an image "alternative text" (actually the title attribute) looks like a link make the image linkable - this is to fix how Google Docs weirdly handles image linking |
onLoad |
Function |
html => html |
Called as (html:String) when the HTML has been loaded, expected to return the mutated input |
onMount |
Function |
el => null |
Called as (el:DomElement) when the Dom element has been created but has not yet been added into the DOM, can mutate the input element |
import {clean} from '@momsfriendlydevco/embed-gdoc';
// OR
import clean from '@momsfriendlydevco/embed-gdoc/clean';Take input HTML and return a "clean" version of the same fixing various issues. This is the actual worker of the other supplied functions.
Options are inherited from embedGDoc() but also include:
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
createElement |
Function |
document.createElement |
How to create DOM fragments |
import {html} from '@momsfriendlydevco/embed-gdoc';
// OR
import html from '@momsfriendlydevco/embed-gdoc/html';Similar to embedGDoc() but return only the resulting HTML.
This function is used mainly for backend scripts which wish to clean up the resulting HTML before serving it directly.
Options are inherited from embedGDoc() + clean().