Google Drive Folder Creator (AppScript)

1. What It Is

A Google AppScript that reads a list of folder and subfolder names from a Google Sheet and creates that folder structure in Google Drive automatically. Useful for setting up a consistent directory layout without clicking through Drive one folder at a time.


2. How It Was Built

  1. Created a Google Sheet with the folder names laid out in columns (folder → subfolder)
  2. Opened the AppScript editor from the Extensions menu
  3. Wrote the script to loop through the sheet rows and create the corresponding folders in Drive — used GPT to help write the code since AppScript was new
  4. Ran it and confirmed the folders appeared in Drive as expected

3. Observations

AppScript syntax was unfamiliar going in; leaned on GPT to get the code right. The script works for the basic use case. A potential next step would be packaging this as a no-code tool or a simple Chrome extension so others can use it without needing to open the script editor at all.