Google Drive is a cloud storage service by Google that enables users to store, sync, share files, and collaborate online.

Categories: File Storage

Type: googleDrive/v1

Connections

Version: 1

OAuth2 Authorization Code

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
clientId	Client Id	STRING		true
clientSecret	Client Secret	STRING		true

Actions

Copy File

Name: copyFile

Copy a selected file to a different location within Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
fileId	File ID	STRING	`The id of the file to be copied.`	true
fileName	New File Name	STRING	`The name of the new file created as a result of the copy operation.`	true
folderId	Destination Folder ID	STRING	`The ID of the folder where the copied file will be stored.`	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Copy File",
  "name" : "copyFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "fileId" : "",
    "fileName" : "",
    "folderId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/copyFile"
}

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

Output Example

{
  "id" : "",
  "kind" : "",
  "mimeType" : "",
  "name" : ""
}

Create New Folder

Name: createNewFolder

Creates a new empty folder in Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
folderName	Folder Name	STRING	`The name of the new folder.`	true
folderId	Parent Folder ID	STRING	`ID of the folder where the new folder will be created; if no folder is selected, the folder will be created in the root folder.`	false

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Create New Folder",
  "name" : "createNewFolder",
  "parameters" : {
    "folderName" : "",
    "folderId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/createNewFolder"
}

Output

Sample Output:

{id=1hPJ7kjhStTX90amAWSJ-V0K1-nhDlsIr, name=new-file.txt, mimeType=plain/text}

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

Output Example

{
  "id" : "",
  "kind" : "",
  "mimeType" : "",
  "name" : ""
}

Create New Text File

Name: createNewTextFile

Creates a new text file in Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
fileName	File Name	STRING	`The name of the new text file.`	true
text	Text	STRING	`The text content to add to file.`	true
mimeType	File Type	STRING Options plain/text, text/csv, text/xml	`Select file type.`	true
folderId	Parent Folder ID	STRING	`ID of the folder where the file should be created; if no folder is selected, the file will be created in the root folder.`	false

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Create New Text File",
  "name" : "createNewTextFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "fileName" : "",
    "text" : "",
    "mimeType" : "",
    "folderId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/createNewTextFile"
}

Output

Sample Output:

{id=1hPJ7kjhStTX90amAWSJ-V0K1-nhDlsIr, name=new-file.txt, mimeType=plain/text}

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

Output Example

{
  "id" : "",
  "kind" : "",
  "mimeType" : "",
  "name" : ""
}

Delete File

Name: deleteFile

Delete a selected file from Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
fileId	File ID	STRING	`The id of a file to delete.`	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Delete File",
  "name" : "deleteFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "fileId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/deleteFile"
}

Output

This action does not produce any output.

Download File

Name: downloadFile

Download selected file from Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
fileId	File ID	STRING	`ID of the file to download.`	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Download File",
  "name" : "downloadFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "fileId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/downloadFile"
}

Output

Type: FILE_ENTRY

Properties

Name	Type	Description
extension	STRING
mimeType	STRING
name	STRING
url	STRING

Output Example

{
  "extension" : "",
  "mimeType" : "",
  "name" : "",
  "url" : ""
}

Get File

Name: getFile

Retrieve a specified file from your Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
fileId	File ID	STRING	`ID of the file to be retrieved.`	true

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Get File",
  "name" : "getFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "fileId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/getFile"
}

Output

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

Output Example

{
  "id" : "",
  "kind" : "",
  "mimeType" : "",
  "name" : ""
}

Upload File

Name: uploadFile

Uploads a file in your Google Drive.

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
fileEntry	File	FILE_ENTRY	`The object property which contains a reference to the file to upload.`	true
folderId	Parent Folder ID	STRING	`ID of the folder where the file will be uploaded; if no folder is selected, the file will be uploaded to the root folder.`	false

Example JSON Structure

{
  "label" : "Upload File",
  "name" : "uploadFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "fileEntry" : {
      "extension" : "",
      "mimeType" : "",
      "name" : "",
      "url" : ""
    },
    "folderId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/uploadFile"
}

Output

Sample Output:

{id=1hPJ7kjhStTX90amAWSJ-V0K1-nhDlsIr, name=new-file.txt, mimeType=plain/text}

Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

Output Example

{
  "id" : "",
  "kind" : "",
  "mimeType" : "",
  "name" : ""
}

Triggers

New File

Name: newFile

Triggers when new file is uploaded to Google Drive.

Type: POLLING

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
folderId	Parent Folder	STRING		true

Output

Type: ARRAY

Items Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

JSON Example

{
  "label" : "New File",
  "name" : "newFile",
  "parameters" : {
    "folderId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/newFile"
}

New Folder

Name: newFolder

Triggers when new folder is uploaded to Google Drive.

Type: POLLING

Properties

Name	Label	Type	Description	Required
folderId	Parent Folder	STRING		true

Output

Type: ARRAY

Items Type: OBJECT

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	STRING	The ID of the file.
kind	STRING	Identifies what kind of resource this is.
mimeType	STRING	The MIME type of the file.
name	STRING	The name of the file.

JSON Example

{
  "label" : "New Folder",
  "name" : "newFolder",
  "parameters" : {
    "folderId" : ""
  },
  "type" : "googleDrive/v1/newFolder"
}

Additional instructions

CONNECTION

Setting up OAuth2

Turning on Drive API

Google Drive

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