Error 500 when trying to load realtime document of a document file

Question

I can create a shortcut file like so:

gapi.client.drive.files.insert(
    {'resource':
        {'title': 'shortcut document',
        'mimeType': 'application/vnd.google-apps.drive-sdk'}}
).execute();

and subsequently load a realtime document with the resulting fileId (which looks like 0B0OUnldiyG0hSHQ1Tng2d21lZDg):

gapi.drive.realtime.load(fileId, onFileLoaded);

and I can successfully create a real document file like so:

gapi.client.drive.files.insert(
    {'resource':
        {'title': 'real document',
        'mimeType': 'application/vnd.google-apps.document'}}
).execute();

but then the gapi.drive.realtime.load(fileId, onFileLoaded) call results in a 500 error. The fileId for a document looks like 1E6IVZeVV6xbeNPeC0BK8RnwgY80a3wRkhtIt5N3ElmU.

Is there anything special I need to do to load a realtime document on a non-shortcut file?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '13 at 17:30

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Right now you can't create a realtime document on a google doc/sheet/slide. You can do so on any binary format.

If you have some important use case for it, let us know, we may be able to enable it.

answered Aug 16 '13 at 17:30

Cheryl Simon

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Thanks. I don't have a case for it. It was just part of a test to try to figure out why gapi.drive.realtime.get isn't working for me (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18001043/why-is-the-response-to-gapi-client-drive-realtime-get-empty) – Christopher Best Aug 16 '13 at 18:14

Error 500 when trying to load realtime document of a document file

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