Popular Gmail and Google Drive workflows and automations
Useful Gmail and Google Drive integrations
Triggers (If this)
- New file in your folderThis trigger fires every time a new file is added to the Google Drive folder you specify. Note: Does not work for Google Docs, Forms, or Sheets files.
- New file from search in your folderThis trigger fires every time a new file matches your search query in a Google Drive folder. Note: only works for files created after the Applet is turned on.
- New photo in your folderThis trigger fires every time any new photo is saved in the Google Drive folder you specify. Note: only works for photos created after the Applet is turned on.
- New video in your folderThis trigger fires every time a new video is saved in the Google Drive folder you specify. Note: only works for videos created after the Applet is turned on.
- New starred file in folderThis trigger fires every time a new file is starred in a specified Google Drive folder. Note: only works for files created and starred after the Applet is turned on.
Queries (With)
- History of photos uploaded in your folderThis query returns a list of recent photos saved in the Google Drive folder you specify.
- History of files uploaded in your folderThis query returns a list of recent files added to the Google Drive folder you specify.
- History of files starred in folderThis query returns a list of recent files starred in a specified Google Drive folder.
- History of files from search uploaded in your folderThis query returns a list of recent files that matches your search query in a Google Drive folder.
- History of videos uploaded in your folderThis query returns a list of recent videos saved in the Google Drive folder you specify.
Actions (Then that)
- Send an emailThis Action will send an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
- Upload file from URLThis action will download a file at a given URL and add it to Google Drive at the path you specify. NOTE: 100 MB file size limit.
- Send yourself an emailThis action will send yourself an email. HTML, images and links are supported.
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