SpreadsheetApp.insertImage server error

Question

Why the below code return \'server error\' in GSuite Spreadsheet?

function test() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(\'1Wc6nKxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0Ld6QyaY\');         


        

Answer 1

In my experience, when an image is inserted by insertImage(), the limitation is due to the image area (pixels^2) rather than the file size of it. The maximum area of image which can be inserted is 1,048,576 pixels^2.

I have experimented as follows.

• Image with the following sizes can be inserted.
  • 1024 pixels x 1024 pixels
  • 2048 pixels x 512 pixels
  • 4096 pixels x 256 pixels
• Image with the following sizes can NOT be inserted.
  • 1025 pixels x 1025 pixels
  • 1024 pixels x 1025 pixels
  • 1025 pixels x 1024 pixels

From these results, I concluded the limitation for inserting image is 1,048,576 pixels^2.

So if the area of image you want to insert is more than 1,048,576 pixels^2, please resize it and try again.