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Useful beam and Google Docs integrations
Triggers (If this)
New document added
This trigger fires when a new document is added to a Google Drive folder. Note: only works for docs created after the Applet is turned on.
Door opened or closed
This trigger fires when the selected door state (open, closed) for a garage door you have access to is achieved.
Queries (With)
History of documents added
This query returns a list of when new documents were added to a Google Drive folder.
Actions (Then that)
Close garage door
This action will ask the controller to close the garage door you specify. If the garage door is already closed, then the door will remain closed.
Create a document
This action will create a new Google document at the path you specify.
Open garage door
This action will ask the controller to open the garage door you specify. If the garage door is already open, then the door will remain open.
Append to a document
This action will append to a Google document as determined by the file name and folder path you specify. Once a file’s size reaches 2MB a new file will be created.
Partially open garage door
This action will ask the controller to partially open the garage door you specify. If the garage door is already partially open, then the door will remain partially open.
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