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Google Drive ACTION

Create Text File

Create a new Google Doc from text content in Google Drive. The file is created as a Google Docs document, which can be viewed and edited in the browser. Use this when the user asks to create a document, write a file, or save text to Drive. To place the file in a specific folder, pass the parentId — use Search Files with mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' to find the folder ID first. Supported content formats: plain text, Markdown, HTML, Rich Text, CSV. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Drive account once, then configure and run Create Text File from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_drive-create-text-file",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_drive: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    name: "File Name",
    content: "Content",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Text File inputs
Property Type Description
name File Name string
The name of the new file (e.g., 'Meeting Notes', 'Project Plan').
Required
content Content string
The text content of the file.
Optional
mimeType Content Format string
The format of the content being provided. Defaults to plain text.
Optional
parentId Parent Folder ID string
The ID of the folder to create the file in. Use Search Files with mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' to find folder IDs. Omit to create in the root of My Drive.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
google_drive-create-text-file
Version
0.0.4
App
Google Drive
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes