From Raw Text to Formatted Word Doc in Your Drive

Short summary

A detailed tutorial for building a serverless React app that converts raw text into formatted Word documents and saves them directly to Google Drive. The walkthrough covers setting up Google Drive API authentication via OAuth 2.0, generating .docx files in-browser using docx.js, appending new content to existing documents with mammoth.js, and deploying to Netlify. Includes practical troubleshooting tips for common setup gotchas like OAuth test users, Vite localhost port configuration, and authorized JavaScript origins.

• •Build a serverless React app that converts text to Word documents and saves them to Google Drive
• •Use docx.js and mammoth.js libraries for document generation; handle OAuth 2.0 authentication via Google Identity Services
• •Deployment requires adding your Netlify URL to authorized origins in Google Cloud Console

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