Create a Folder Using Google Spreadsheet

Recently I was tasked with finding a way to create a folder at the press of a button using a Google Spreadsheet.

This was relatively simple with a bit of Apps Script so here’s a simple guide on how to do it.

First create a sheet with the folder name in a cell:

Then add this bit of simple Apps Script:

/** 
 * ================================= FOLDER =================================
 */

function makeFolder(){

  var sheetName = "<YOUR SHEET NAME>"
  var parentFolderID = "<YOUR PARENT FOLDER ID>" //This can just be a Shared Drive.

  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
  var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(sheetName)

  var newFolderName = sheet.getRange("<THE CELL CONTAINING YOUR FOLDER NAME>").getValue()
  Logger.log("The new Foider will be called:"+newFolderName)

  var parentFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(parentFolderID)

  var newFolderID = parentFolder.createFolder(newFolderName).getId()
  Logger.log("The ID of the new folder is "+newFolderID)
}

And then this can be triggered by a button which you can add with this bit of code:

function onOpen() {
  const ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
  ui.createMenu('Create Folder')
      .addItem('Create Folder', 'makeFolder')
      .addToUi();
}

Which will create a button that looks like this:

And that’s it!

This is the simplest version that only creates a single folder at a time but you could very easily add a loop to create multiple at once.