Logic for Target folder ID & console logging

google-sharedrivecopy.gs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function startv2() {
+function start() {
   // Google App Script to the rescue
   // Code adapted from this artcile https://www.labnol.org/code/19979-copy-folders-drive
   // Thank you Amit Agarwal https://github.com/labnol
@@ -9,15 +9,25 @@ function startv2() {
   // Important note: Enable the Drive service in the script editor https://developers.google.com/apps-script/advanced/drive
 
   var sourceFolderId = "XXXX"; //Folder ID of the folder structure you want to copy
-  var targetParentFolderId = "XXXX";  //Target parent folder ID where the source folder will be copied
+  //Add target folder ID if you want the dest to be somewhere other than the root of Mydrive
+  var targetParentFolderId = "";  
 
   var sourceFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(sourceFolderId); //Source Folder
-  var targetParent = DriveApp.getFolderById(targetParentFolderId); //Parent Folder (target)
-  var target = targetParent.createFolder(sourceFolder.getName()); //Create the source folder we are copying
-
+
+  if (targetParentFolderId.length > 0 ) {
+    // If the target folder ID has been provided, create the target folder within that folder
+    var targetParent = DriveApp.getFolderById(targetParentFolderId); //Parent Folder (target)
+    console.log( "Create target folder: " + sourceFolder.getName() + " in " + targetParent.getName());
+    var target = targetParent.createFolder(sourceFolder.getName()); //Create the source folder we are copying
+  } else {
+    // If the target folder ID is empty, create the target folder within the root of Mydrive
+    console.log( "Create target folder in Mydrive: " + sourceFolder.getName());
+    var target = DriveApp.createFolder(sourceFolder.getName()); //Create the source folder
+  }
+
   //Here we go
   copyFolder(sourceFolder, target);
-
+  console.log("Copy finish");
 }
 
 function copyFolder(source, target) {
@@ -27,12 +37,14 @@ function copyFolder(source, target) {
 
   while(files.hasNext()) {
     var file = files.next();
+    console.log( "Copying file: " + file.getName());
     file.makeCopy(file.getName(), target);
   }
 
   while(folders.hasNext()) {
     var subFolder = folders.next();
     var folderName = subFolder.getName();
+    console.log( "Copying folder: " + folderName);
     var targetFolder = target.createFolder(folderName);
     copyFolder(subFolder, targetFolder);
   }