Google Docs: replace {{photo}} with an image via n8n

[TOUFIQ_Bilal]

Hi! I want to replace the {{photo}} placeholder with an image in a Google Doc. The image comes from an n8n form. I’m stuck—any ideas?

[mohamed3nan]

Welcome to community @TOUFIQ_Bilal,

You can’t achieve this with the built-in Google Docs node because it doesn’t support inserting images..
Instead, you’ll need to call the Google Docs API directly:
first find the placeholder {{photo}} and its index, delete the placeholder, then insert the image at that index.

Fortunately, I’ve done this before and can share the workflow with you,

Here it is:

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[TOUFIQ_Bilal]

“Perfect, it works, but I noticed it doesn’t work when I put {{photo}} inside a table. Would you have a solution?

[mohamed3nan]

Hi @TOUFIQ_Bilal, glad it works,

here is another version that supports when placeholders are inside a table

You can just ask any AI to edit the Code node, this is the core logic..

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[mohamed3nan]

@TOUFIQ_Bilal does everything work now?

[TOUFIQ_Bilal]

thank you for your help mohamed3nan