Find File with Google Drive API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Find File with the Google Drive API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Find File action
1. Connect your Google Drive account
2. Optional- Select a Drive
3. Optional- Configure Search Name
4. Optional- Configure Search Query
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Find File on Google Drive

Description:Search for a specific file by name. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/search-files) for more information

Version:0.1.7

Key:google_drive-find-file

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Code#

import googleDrive from "../../google_drive.app.mjs";
import { getListFilesOpts } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import commonSearchQuery from "../../common/commonSearchQuery.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_drive-find-file",
  name: "Find File",
  description: "Search for a specific file by name. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/search-files) for more information",
  version: "0.1.7",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleDrive,
    drive: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "watchedDrive",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    ...commonSearchQuery.props,
  },
  methods: commonSearchQuery.methods,
  async run({ $ }) {
    const q = this.getQuery();
    const opts = getListFilesOpts(this.drive, {
      q,
    });
    const files = (await this.googleDrive.listFilesInPage(null, opts)).files;
    // eslint-disable-next-line multiline-ternary
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully found ${files.length} file${files.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} with the query "${q}"`);
    return files;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Drive	`googleDrive`	`app`	This component uses the Google Drive app.
Drive	`drive`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Search Name	`nameSearchTerm`	`string`	Search for a file by name (equivalent to the query `name contains [value]`).
Search Query	`searchQuery`	`string`	Search for a file with a query. See the documentation for more information. If specified, `Search Name` will be ignored.

Authentication#

Google Drive uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Drive account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Drive and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Drive API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive

About Google Drive#

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service which allows you to create and share your work online, and access your documents from anywhere.

More Ways to Use Google Drive#

Triggers#

Changes to Specific Files from the Google Drive API

Watches for changes to specific files, emitting an event when a change is made to one of those files. To watch for changes to shared drive files, use the Changes to Specific Files (Shared Drive) source instead.

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Changes to Specific Files (Shared Drive) from the Google Drive API

Watches for changes to specific files in a shared drive, emitting an event when a change is made to one of those files

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New Files (Instant) from the Google Drive API

Emit new event when a new file is added in your linked Google Drive

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New or Modified Comments (Instant) from the Google Drive API

Emit new event when a comment is created or modified in the selected file

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New or Modified Files (Instant) from the Google Drive API

Emit new event when a file in the selected Drive is created, modified or trashed.

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Actions#

Copy File with the Google Drive API

Create a copy of the specified file. See the documentation for more information

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Create Folder with the Google Drive API

Create a new empty folder. See the documentation for more information

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Create New File From Template with the Google Drive API

Create a new Google Docs file from a template. Optionally include placeholders in the template document that will get replaced from this action. See documentation

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Create New File From Text with the Google Drive API

Create a new file from plain text. See the documentation for more information

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Create Shared Drive with the Google Drive API

Create a new shared drive. See the documentation for more information

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