Get document plain text

TOOL

Slug

GOOGLEDOCS_GET_DOCUMENT_PLAINTEXT

Version

20261008_00

Toolkit

googledocs

Retrieve a Google Doc by ID and return a best-effort plain-text rendering. Converts document structure into plain text including paragraphs, lists, and tables without requiring clients to traverse complex Docs API JSON.

tab_ids

ARRAY<STRING>

Optional tab IDs to include when include_tabs_content=true. Nested child tabs are searched recursively.

document_idrequired

STRING

The unique identifier for the Google Document. Accepts either a document ID (typically a 44-character alphanumeric string) or a full Google Docs URL. When a URL is provided, the document ID will be automatically extracted. Note: This parameter also accepts 'id' as an alias for consistency with other GOOGLEDOCS tools.

include_tables

BOOLEAN

Whether to include table content in the plain text output. Tables are rendered with configurable cell and row delimiters.

Default: true

include_footers

BOOLEAN

Whether to include footer text in the plain text output. Footers are appended with a clear section separator.

Default: false

include_headers

BOOLEAN

Whether to include header text in the plain text output. Headers are appended with a clear section separator.

Default: false

include_footnotes

BOOLEAN

Whether to include footnote text in the plain text output. Footnotes are appended with a clear section separator.

Default: false

table_row_delimiter

STRING

The delimiter to use between table rows (default: newline character).

Default: "\n"

include_tabs_content

BOOLEAN

When true, fetch the document using includeTabsContent=true query parameter to render all tabs. When false, only the main body content is rendered.

Default: false

table_cell_delimiter

STRING

The delimiter to use between table cells (default: tab character).

Default: "\t"