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Getting Started#

Trigger a workflow on New or Modified Folders with Google Drive API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the New or Modified Folders trigger
1. Connect your Google Drive account
2. Select a Drive
3. Optional- Configure Watch for changes to file properties
4. Configure Push notification renewal schedule
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Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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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.

New or Modified Folders on Google Drive

Description:Emit new event any time any folder in your linked Google Drive is added, modified, or deleted

Version:0.1.1

Key:google_drive-new-or-modified-folders

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Code#

// This source processes changes to any files in a user's Google Drive,
// implementing strategy enumerated in the Push Notifications API docs:
// https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/push and here:
// https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/manage-changes
//
// This source has two interfaces:
//
// 1) The HTTP requests tied to changes in the user's Google Drive
// 2) A timer that runs on regular intervals, renewing the notification channel as needed

import common from "../common-webhook.mjs";
import {
  GOOGLE_DRIVE_NOTIFICATION_ADD,
  GOOGLE_DRIVE_NOTIFICATION_CHANGE,
  GOOGLE_DRIVE_NOTIFICATION_UPDATE,
} from "../../constants.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "google_drive-new-or-modified-folders",
  name: "New or Modified Folders",
  description: "Emit new event any time any folder in your linked Google Drive is added, modified, or deleted",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "source",
  // Dedupe events based on the "x-goog-message-number" header for the target channel:
  // https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/push#making-watch-requests
  dedupe: "unique",
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      const daysAgo = new Date();
      daysAgo.setDate(daysAgo.getDate() - 30);
      const timeString = daysAgo.toISOString();

      const { data } = await this.googleDrive.drive().files.list({
        q: `mimeType = "application/vnd.google-apps.folder" and modifiedTime > "${timeString}" and trashed = false`,
        fields: "files(id, mimeType)",
      });

      await this.processChanges(data.files);
    },
    ...common.hooks,
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    _getLastModifiedTimeForFile(fileId) {
      return this.db.get(fileId);
    },
    _setModifiedTimeForFile(fileId, modifiedTime) {
      this.db.set(fileId, modifiedTime);
    },
    getUpdateTypes() {
      return [
        GOOGLE_DRIVE_NOTIFICATION_ADD,
        GOOGLE_DRIVE_NOTIFICATION_CHANGE,
        GOOGLE_DRIVE_NOTIFICATION_UPDATE,
      ];
    },
    generateMeta(data, ts) {
      const {
        id: fileId,
        name: summary,
      } = data;
      return {
        id: `${fileId}-${ts}`,
        summary,
        ts,
      };
    },
    async getChanges(headers) {
      if (!headers) {
        return;
      }
      const resourceUri = headers["x-goog-resource-uri"];
      const metadata = await this.googleDrive.getFileMetadata(`${resourceUri}&fields=*`);
      return {
        ...metadata,
        change: {
          state: headers["x-goog-resource-state"],
          resourceURI: headers["x-goog-resource-uri"],
          changed: headers["x-goog-changed"], // "Additional details about the changes. Possible values: content, parents, children, permissions"
        },
      };
    },
    async processChanges(changedFiles, headers) {
      const files = changedFiles.filter(
        // API docs that define Google Drive folders:
        // https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/folder
        (file) => file.mimeType === "application/vnd.google-apps.folder",
      );

      for (const file of files) {
        // The changelog is updated each time a folder is opened. Check the
        // folder's `modifiedTime` to see if the folder has been modified.
        const fileInfo = await this.googleDrive.getFile(file.id);

        const lastModifiedTimeForFile = this._getLastModifiedTimeForFile(file.id);
        const modifiedTime = Date.parse(fileInfo.modifiedTime);
        if (lastModifiedTimeForFile == modifiedTime) continue;

        const changes = await this.getChanges(headers);

        const eventToEmit = {
          file: fileInfo,
          ...changes,
        };
        const meta = this.generateMeta(fileInfo, modifiedTime);

        this.$emit(eventToEmit, meta);

        this._setModifiedTimeForFile(file.id, modifiedTime);
      }
    },
  },
};

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.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Drive	`drive`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Watch for changes to file properties	`watchForPropertiesChanges`	`boolean`	Watch for changes to file properties in addition to changes to content. Defaults to `false`, watching for only changes to content.
Push notification renewal schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	The Google Drive API requires occasional renewal of push notification subscriptions. This runs in the background, so you should not need to modify this schedule.

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:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

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