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Google Drive Component

Manage files in Google Drive

Component key: google-drive

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Description​

Google Drive is Google's cloud storage for work and home. This component allows you to create, copy, download, update, list, and delete files stored in a Google Drive Account.

Documentation for the Node.js client used in this component can be found at https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/nodejs.

A common integration pattern involves listing files in a file store, and performing a series of actions on the array of files that are returned. See our looping over files quickstart for information about how to create a loop over an array of files.

Tracking Changes in Google Drive​

To track changes within Google Drive, use the List Changes action. You can either run List Changes on a schedule with a schedule trigger (for example, check for changes every 5 minutes), or you can use Google Drive's change API to receive notifications in real time when changes occur.

For an example of how to use webhooks with Google Drive, import this example integration available on GitHub.

Connections​

OAuth2​

The Google Drive component authenticates requests through the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) OAuth 2.0 service. You'll need to create a GCP OAuth 2.0 app so your integration can authenticate and perform Google Drive tasks on your customers' behalf.

To create a Google Drive OAuth 2.0 app, first make sure you have a Google Developer account - you can sign up at https://console.cloud.google.com/. Then:

  1. Open up the Google Drive API console - https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/drive.googleapis.com
  2. Click CREATE PROJECT if you would like to create a new GCP project, or select an existing project.
  3. You will be prompted to enable Google Drive API for your project. Click ENABLE.
  4. On the sidebar, select Credentials.
  5. An OAuth 2.0 app includes a "Consent Screen" (the page that asks "Do you want to allow (Your Company) to access Google Drive on your behalf?"). Click CONFIGURE CONSENT SCREEN.
    1. Your app will be externally available to your customers, so choose a User Type of External.
    2. Fill out the OAuth consent screen with an app name (your company or product's name), support email, app logo, domain, etc.
    3. You can ignore domains for now.
    4. On the next page, add the scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.
    5. Enter some test users for your testing purposes. Your app will only work for those testing users until it is "verified" by Google. When you are ready for verification (they verify your privacy policy statement, etc), click PUBLISH APP on the OAuth consent screen. That'll allow your customers to authorize your integration to access their Google Drive.
  6. Once your "Consent Screen" is configured open the Credentials page from the sidebar again.
  7. Click +CREATE CREDENTIALS and select OAuth client ID.
    1. Under Application type select Web application.
    2. Under Authorized redirect URIs enter the OAuth 2.0 callback URL: https://oauth2.prismatic.io/callback
    3. Click CREATE.
  8. Take note of the Client ID and Client Secret that are generated.
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Make sure to publish your OAuth 2.0 app after you've tested it so users outside of your test users can authorize your integration to interact with Google Drive on their behalf.

Now that you have a Client ID and Client Secret, add Google Drive step to your flow. Open the Configuration Wizard Designer by clicking Configuration Wizard, select your Google Drive Connection and enter your client ID and secret. You will probably want to keep the default Google Drive scope, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.

InputNotesExample
Authorize URL

The Authorization URL for Google Drive.

https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?access_type=offline&prompt=consent
Client ID

The Google Drive app's Client Identifier.

Client Secret

The Google Drive app's Client Secret.

Scopes

Space delimited listing of scopes. https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes#drive

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.activity.readonly
Token URL

The Token URL for Google Drive.

https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token

Triggers​

Drive Activity​

Checks for Google Drive activity. By default yields activity on personal 'My Drive'. For activity on a shared drive, specify a shared drive's folder's 'Folder ID'. | key: driveActivityPollingTrigger

InputNotesExample
Folder or Drive ID

Return activities for this Drive or folder, plus all children and descendants. You may supply an array of drive or folder IDs.

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Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Consolidation Strategy

Details on how to consolidate related actions that make up the activity. If not set, then related actions aren't consolidated.

File ID

Return activities for this Drive item.

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Trigger Events

The event types the trigger will poll.

{
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json"
  },
  "payload": {
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "*/*",
      "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
      "Host": "hooks.example.io",
      "User-Agent": "APIs-Google; (+https://developers.google.com/webmasters/APIs-Google.html)",
      "X-Amz-Cf-Id": "_K9KZtNN78sy1aygl3nJuQ4OoMh65STAsLFsPGENcnm_l68C112345==",
      "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64931762-5665c8324c471b204f212345",
      "X-Goog-Channel-Expiration": "Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:28:01 GMT",
      "X-Goog-Channel-ID": "7f0419cf-5477-4bd5-bc86-2aa36af12345",
      "X-Goog-Message-Number": "96035",
      "X-Goog-Resource-ID": "jkkJZYhd8PPV6-Xto6QIo112345",
      "X-Goog-Resource-State": "change",
      "X-Goog-Resource-URI": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes?alt=json&pageToken=430&supportsAllDrives=true"
    },
    "queryParameters": null,
    "rawBody": {
      "data": null
    },
    "body": {
      "data": [
        {
          "primaryActionDetail": {
            "create": {
              "upload": {}
            }
          },
          "actors": [
            {
              "user": {
                "knownUser": {
                  "personName": "people/114118080512406438242",
                  "isCurrentUser": true
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "actions": [
            {
              "detail": {
                "create": {
                  "upload": {}
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "targets": [
            {
              "driveItem": {
                "name": "items/1fs5xXnjTgQP6-p9LMXYX3_i9hjXl2Ump",
                "title": "untitled text 3.csv",
                "file": {},
                "mimeType": "text/csv",
                "owner": {
                  "user": {
                    "knownUser": {
                      "personName": "people/114118080512406438242",
                      "isCurrentUser": true
                    }
                  }
                },
                "driveFile": {}
              }
            }
          ],
          "timestamp": "2025-03-11T15:58:37.276Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "pathFragment": "",
    "webhookUrls": {
      "Flow 1": "https://hooks.example.io/trigger/WEBHOOK_ID"
    },
    "webhookApiKeys": {
      "Flow 1": [
        "sample-api-key"
      ]
    },
    "invokeUrl": "https://hooks.example.io/trigger/WEBHOOK_ID",
    "executionId": "SW5zdGFuY2VFeGVjdXRpb25SZXN1bHQ6MGRlZjk2ZjYtYzhhOS00MDgzLWJlOTUtZmIwZDMzNDQ12345",
    "customer": {
      "id": "testCustomerId",
      "name": "Test Customer",
      "externalId": "testCustomerExternalId"
    },
    "instance": {
      "id": "testInstanceId",
      "name": "Test Instance"
    },
    "user": {
      "id": "testUserId",
      "email": "testUserEmail@example.com",
      "name": "Test User",
      "externalId": "testUserExternalId"
    },
    "integration": {
      "id": "testIntegrationId",
      "name": "Test Integration",
      "versionSequenceId": "testVersionSequenceId",
      "externalVersion": "testExternalVersion"
    },
    "flow": {
      "id": "testFlowId",
      "name": "Test Flow Name"
    },
    "startedAt": "yyyy-mm-dd",
    "globalDebug": false
  },
  "polledNoChanges": false
}

New and Updated Files​

Checks for new and updated files in a specified drive (or all drives, if omitted) on a configured schedule. | key: pollChangesTrigger

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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{
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json"
  },
  "payload": {
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "*/*",
      "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
      "Host": "hooks.example.io",
      "User-Agent": "APIs-Google; (+https://developers.google.com/webmasters/APIs-Google.html)",
      "X-Amz-Cf-Id": "_K9KZtNN78sy1aygl3nJuQ4OoMh65STAsLFsPGENcnm_l68C112345==",
      "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64931762-5665c8324c471b204f212345",
      "X-Goog-Channel-Expiration": "Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:28:01 GMT",
      "X-Goog-Channel-ID": "7f0419cf-5477-4bd5-bc86-2aa36af12345",
      "X-Goog-Message-Number": "96035",
      "X-Goog-Resource-ID": "jkkJZYhd8PPV6-Xto6QIo112345",
      "X-Goog-Resource-State": "change",
      "X-Goog-Resource-URI": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes?alt=json&pageToken=430&supportsAllDrives=true"
    },
    "queryParameters": null,
    "rawBody": {
      "data": null
    },
    "body": {
      "data": {
        "kind": "drive#changeList",
        "newStartPageToken": "247040",
        "changes": [
          {
            "kind": "drive#change",
            "removed": false,
            "file": {
              "kind": "drive#file",
              "mimeType": "image/png",
              "id": "14FSE_ESVGWta4XlzWGHVm0VultNS-1uO",
              "name": "example.png"
            },
            "fileId": "14FSE_ESVGWta4XlzWGHVm0VultNS-1uO",
            "time": "2022-09-20T21:36:23.687Z",
            "type": "file",
            "changeType": "file"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "pathFragment": "",
    "webhookUrls": {
      "Flow 1": "https://hooks.example.io/trigger/WEBHOOK_ID"
    },
    "webhookApiKeys": {
      "Flow 1": [
        "sample-api-key"
      ]
    },
    "invokeUrl": "https://hooks.example.io/trigger/WEBHOOK_ID",
    "executionId": "SW5zdGFuY2VFeGVjdXRpb25SZXN1bHQ6MGRlZjk2ZjYtYzhhOS00MDgzLWJlOTUtZmIwZDMzNDQ12345",
    "customer": {
      "id": "testCustomerId",
      "name": "Test Customer",
      "externalId": "testCustomerExternalId"
    },
    "instance": {
      "id": "testInstanceId",
      "name": "Test Instance"
    },
    "user": {
      "id": "testUserId",
      "email": "testUserEmail@example.com",
      "name": "Test User",
      "externalId": "testUserExternalId"
    },
    "integration": {
      "id": "testIntegrationId",
      "name": "Test Integration",
      "versionSequenceId": "testVersionSequenceId",
      "externalVersion": "testExternalVersion"
    },
    "flow": {
      "id": "testFlowId",
      "name": "Test Flow Name"
    },
    "startedAt": "yyyy-mm-dd",
    "globalDebug": false
  },
  "instanceState": {
    "testStepId": "testCursor"
  },
  "polledNoChanges": false
}

Push Notification Webhook​

Receive and validate webhook requests from Google Drive for webhooks you configure. | key: pushNotificationWebhook

{
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json"
  },
  "payload": {
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "*/*",
      "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
      "Host": "hooks.example.io",
      "User-Agent": "APIs-Google; (+https://developers.google.com/webmasters/APIs-Google.html)",
      "X-Amz-Cf-Id": "_K9KZtNN78sy1aygl3nJuQ4OoMh65STAsLFsPGENcnm_l68C112345==",
      "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64931762-5665c8324c471b204f212345",
      "X-Goog-Channel-Expiration": "Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:28:01 GMT",
      "X-Goog-Channel-ID": "7f0419cf-5477-4bd5-bc86-2aa36af12345",
      "X-Goog-Message-Number": "96035",
      "X-Goog-Resource-ID": "jkkJZYhd8PPV6-Xto6QIo112345",
      "X-Goog-Resource-State": "change",
      "X-Goog-Resource-URI": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/changes?alt=json&pageToken=430&supportsAllDrives=true"
    },
    "queryParameters": null,
    "rawBody": {
      "data": null,
      "contentType": "application/octet-stream"
    },
    "body": {
      "data": null,
      "contentType": "application/octet-stream"
    },
    "pathFragment": "",
    "webhookUrls": {
      "Flow 1": "https://hooks.example.io/trigger/WEBHOOK_ID"
    },
    "webhookApiKeys": {
      "Flow 1": [
        "sample-api-key"
      ]
    },
    "invokeUrl": "https://hooks.example.io/trigger/WEBHOOK_ID",
    "executionId": "SW5zdGFuY2VFeGVjdXRpb25SZXN1bHQ6MGRlZjk2ZjYtYzhhOS00MDgzLWJlOTUtZmIwZDMzNDQ12345",
    "customer": {
      "id": "testCustomerId",
      "name": "Test Customer",
      "externalId": "testCustomerExternalId"
    },
    "instance": {
      "id": "testInstanceId",
      "name": "Test Instance"
    },
    "user": {
      "id": "testUserId",
      "email": "testUserEmail@example.com",
      "name": "Test User",
      "externalId": "testUserExternalId"
    },
    "integration": {
      "id": "testIntegrationId",
      "name": "Test Integration",
      "versionSequenceId": "testVersionSequenceId",
      "externalVersion": "testExternalVersion"
    },
    "flow": {
      "id": "testFlowId",
      "name": "Test Flow Name"
    },
    "startedAt": "yyyy-mm-dd",
    "globalDebug": false
  }
}

Data Sources​

List Files​

Lists all available files | key: selectFiles | type: picklist

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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Page Size

The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 50.

20
Query

A query string to filter results. See Google's documentation for query syntax.

name contains 'report'

List Folders​

Lists all available directories | key: selectFolder | type: picklist

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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Select Drive​

Select a drive | key: selectDrive | type: picklist

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Actions​

Copy File​

Copy a file by file id | key: copyFile

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

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File Name

The name of the file.

My Document.pdf
Folder ID

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

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{
  "data": {
    "name": "example",
    "description": "example"
  }
}

Create File​

Create a new file with content and metadata | key: createFile

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
File Content

The binary or text body of the file. Some content examples you can store in Google Drive are images, videos, text, and PDF.

My Example File Contents
File Name

The name of the file.

My Document.pdf
Parent Folder Id

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

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{
  "data": {
    "kind": "drive#file",
    "id": "id_example",
    "name": "example",
    "mimeType": "example",
    "description": "example"
  }
}

Create Folder​

Create a directory file | key: createFolder

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Folder Name

The name of the folder.

Pictures
Parent Folder Id

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

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{
  "data": {
    "name": "example",
    "description": "example"
  }
}

Create Webhook for Drive​

Create a webhook to receive notifications of changes with a Google Drive | key: createDriveWebhook

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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Endpoint

The URL where webhook notifications will be sent.

https://your-webhook-endpoint.com/webhook/abc123
Expiration Time

The time at which the webhook will expire as a UNIX timestamp in milliseconds. Defaults to 1 hour from now, and can be set to a maximum of 1 day from now.

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Create Webhook for File or Folder​

Create a webhook to receive notifications of changes for a file or folder | key: createFileWebhook

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Endpoint

The URL where webhook notifications will be sent.

https://your-webhook-endpoint.com/webhook/abc123
Expiration Time

The time at which the webhook will expire as a UNIX timestamp in milliseconds. Defaults to 1 hour from now, and can be set to a maximum of 1 day from now.

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Delete File​

Delete a file by file id | key: deleteFile

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

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Delete Webhook​

Stop a webhook channel from sending notifications | key: deleteWebhook

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Resource ID

Returned when you create a webhook

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Webhook ID

Returned when you create a webhook

00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

Empty Trash​

Empty the trash of deleted files | key: emptyTrash

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Get About​

Gets information about the user's Drive, and system capabilities | key: getAbout

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType

{
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "displayName": "example",
      "emailAddress": "example@email.com",
      "kind": "example"
    }
  }
}

Get Current User​

Get the information and metadata of the user that is currently logged in | key: getCurrentUser

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

{
  "data": {
    "kind": "drive#user",
    "displayName": "Example User",
    "photoLink": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/Example",
    "me": true,
    "permissionId": "12345678901234567890",
    "emailAddress": "example@gmail.com"
  }
}

Get File​

Gets a file's metadata and content by ID. | key: getFile

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Preferred Export Type

The MIME type to export the file as. If not compatible, the first available export type will be used. Only required for non-binary files.

application/pdf
File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

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{
  "data": {
    "type": "Buffer",
    "data": [
      101,
      120,
      97,
      109,
      112,
      108,
      101
    ]
  },
  "contentType": "application/octet"
}

Get File Metadata​

Gets a file's metadata and content by ID. | key: getFileMetadata

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

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Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType,thumbnailLink

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1t_RTuXpBgBEEC1TfZILWJJSBr2gilSFTyhDO_6RwSBs",
    "name": "Fountain AX <> ADP WFN Marketplace Mapping",
    "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet",
    "thumbnailLink": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-storage/AJQWtBNQ460KV9YNsFDL_x3WQq6D019SkKdIUuWzGO2YKBSiLOfmFtlunKSyC02yi7bycbMN_n2DB1k7OJ5akXI6ZrQ0s0y6qHOaaTrOJyis6EeSsEnJMrFOeNzzn3jo0kg=s220"
  }
}

List Changes​

List changes made to files in your Google Drive since the last time this step ran (up to 1000) | key: listChanges

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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The first time this action runs, it takes note of the current pageToken returned by Google, and returns no changes. Subsequent runs of this step use that pageToken to determine what has changed since the last time this step ran.

{
  "data": {
    "kind": "drive#changeList",
    "newStartPageToken": "247040",
    "changes": [
      {
        "kind": "drive#change",
        "removed": false,
        "file": {
          "kind": "drive#file",
          "mimeType": "image/png",
          "id": "14FSE_ESVGWta4XlzWGHVm0VultNS-1uO",
          "name": "example.png"
        },
        "fileId": "14FSE_ESVGWta4XlzWGHVm0VultNS-1uO",
        "time": "2022-09-20T21:36:23.687Z",
        "type": "file",
        "changeType": "file"
      }
    ]
  },
  "instanceState": {
    "example-step-id": "example-new-page-token"
  }
}

List Drives​

List all drives | key: listDrives

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

List File's Export Types​

List the available export types of a file by ID. | key: listExportTypes

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

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{
  "data": [
    "application/x-vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet",
    "text/tab-separated-values",
    "application/pdf",
    "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
    "text/csv",
    "application/zip",
    "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet"
  ]
}

List Files​

Lists all available files and directories | key: listFiles

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
Page Size

The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 50.

20
Page Token

Specify the pagination token that's returned by a previous request to retrieve the next page of results

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Query

A query string to filter results. See Google's documentation for query syntax.

name contains 'report'

{
  "data": {
    "files": [
      {
        "name": "example",
        "description": "example"
      }
    ]
  }
}

List Folders​

Lists all available directories | key: listFolders

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Drive ID

The ID of a shared drive to search for the file in. If not provided, the search will be performed across all drives. Enter 'my-drive' to search only "My Drive".

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Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
Folder ID

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

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Page Size

The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 50.

20
Page Token

Specify the pagination token that's returned by a previous request to retrieve the next page of results

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{
  "data": {
    "files": [
      {
        "name": "example",
        "description": "example"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Move File​

Move a file by file ID | key: moveFile

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i0j
Folder ID

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

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{
  "data": {
    "name": "example",
    "description": "example"
  }
}

Query Drive Activity​

Query past activity in Google Drive. | key: queryDriveActivity

InputNotesExample
Folder or Drive ID

Return activities for this Drive or folder, plus all children and descendants.

0ALiN8fRST0gxUk9PVA
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Consolidation Strategy

Details on how to consolidate related actions that make up the activity. If not set, then related actions aren't consolidated.

Fetch All

When true, fetches all pages of results using pagination.

false
Filter

The filtering for items returned from this query request.

time > 1452409200000 AND time <= 1492812924310
File ID

Return activities for this Drive item.

1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i0j
Page Token

Specify the pagination token that's returned by a previous request to retrieve the next page of results

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{
  "data": {
    "activities": [
      {
        "primaryActionDetail": {
          "create": {
            "upload": {}
          }
        },
        "actors": [
          {
            "user": {
              "knownUser": {
                "personName": "people/114118080512406438242",
                "isCurrentUser": true
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "actions": [
          {
            "detail": {
              "create": {
                "upload": {}
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "targets": [
          {
            "driveItem": {
              "name": "items/1fs5xXnjTgQP6-p9LMXYX3_i9hjXl2Ump",
              "title": "untitled text 3.csv",
              "file": {},
              "mimeType": "text/csv",
              "owner": {
                "user": {
                  "knownUser": {
                    "personName": "people/114118080512406438242",
                    "isCurrentUser": true
                  }
                }
              },
              "driveFile": {}
            }
          }
        ],
        "timestamp": "2025-03-11T15:58:37.276Z"
      }
    ],
    "nextPageToken": "CoUBADFn3tFqHUj7yCuV1klvj0yytkQy7+pfLdrj1eepGfjkD3FB5tGKr3KfLViTU1NXF2EPzJADxALt8O7M1rC98LjHnv9YG6Sl5sxU8F7UOYI1nzzpXhFNaxmAnNmlzBbdRHKt33n2KeX/wKd8uvLETNydZ/9SEYYRlB2aIqzTf41Cp2CUvxIMEgppdGVtcy9yb290GoUBADFn3tFN3fZknT3aMUZoAhEoqOy0S2eimkjEsCV1+t01uERxyQKMsgS5Zn9cSJOzDIj2BR7jkbfIQeDbBLgMhjrtaVaAMppVhBOdQKtn9+u5CKE1JNIuVXREsrEago3Bbd77pDvQJNYTIeW0P+NYbPPP7oRCWTbBZ9soopmJnkyjUX/m5A=="
  }
}

Raw Request​

Send raw HTTP request to Google Drive | key: rawRequest

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Data

The HTTP body payload to send to the URL.

{"exampleKey": "Example Data"}
Debug Request

Enabling this flag will log out the current request.

false
File Data

File Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.

[{key: "example.txt", value: "My File Contents"}]
File Data File Names

File names to apply to the file data inputs. Keys must match the file data keys above.

Form Data

The Form Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.

[{"key": "Example Key", "value": new Buffer("Hello World")}]
Header

A list of headers to send with the request.

User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
Max Retry Count

The maximum number of retries to attempt. Specify 0 for no retries.

0
Method

The HTTP method to use.

Query Parameter

A list of query parameters to send with the request. This is the portion at the end of the URL similar to ?key1=value1&key2=value2.

Response Type

The type of data you expect in the response. You can request json, text, or binary data.

json
Retry On All Errors

If true, retries on all erroneous responses regardless of type. This is helpful when retrying after HTTP 429 or other 3xx or 4xx errors. Otherwise, only retries on HTTP 5xx and network errors.

false
Retry Delay (ms)

The delay in milliseconds between retries. This is used when 'Use Exponential Backoff' is disabled.

0
Timeout

The maximum time that a client will await a response to its request

2000
URL

Input the path only (/files), The base URL is already included (https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3). For example, to connect to https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files, only /files is entered in this field.

/files
Use Exponential Backoff

Specifies whether to use a pre-defined exponential backoff strategy for retries. When enabled, 'Retry Delay (ms)' is ignored.

false

Search Files​

Search for an existing file by Name | key: searchFiles

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
Files Containing Search Query

When true, searches for files that contain the provided search query in their name.

false
Parent Folder Id

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

1xYz2AbC3DeF4GhI5JkL
Page Size

The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 50.

20
Page Token

Specify the pagination token that's returned by a previous request to retrieve the next page of results

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Query

A query string to filter results. See Google's documentation for query syntax.

name contains 'report'
Search

Search terms to filter results.

quarterly report 2024

Search Folders​

Search for an existing directory by Name | key: searchFolders

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
Parent Folder Id

A unique opaque ID for each folder.

1xYz2AbC3DeF4GhI5JkL
Page Size

The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 50.

20
Page Token

Specify the pagination token that's returned by a previous request to retrieve the next page of results

lslTXFcbLQKkb0vP9Kgh5hy0Y0OnC7Z9ZPHPwPmMnxSk3eiDRMkct7D8E
Search

Search terms to filter results.

quarterly report 2024

{
  "data": {
    "files": [
      {
        "name": "example",
        "description": "example"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Update File​

Updates a file's content by file id | key: updateFile

InputNotesExample
Connection

The Connection to use for authorization.

Fields

A comma separated list of fields to return in the response.

id,name,mimeType
File Content

The binary or text body of the file. Some content examples you can store in Google Drive are images, videos, text, and PDF.

My Example File Contents
File ID

A unique opaque ID for each file. File IDs are stable throughout the life of the file, even if the file name changes.

1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i0j
File Name

The name of the file.

My Document.pdf

{
  "data": {
    "kind": "drive#file",
    "id": "id_example",
    "name": "example",
    "mimeType": "example",
    "description": "example"
  }
}

Changelog​

2025-09-19​

Enhanced Get File action to better handle larger file downloads with improved performance and memory optimization.

2025-05-05​

Enhanced Drive Activity trigger to watch multiple folders for improved monitoring capabilities.