Integrate the Schedule API with the Google Drive API

Setup the Schedule API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Google Drive API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Schedule and Google Drive remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Popular Ways to Connect Schedule with Google Drive#

Add File Sharing Preference with Google Drive API on Daily schedule from Schedule API

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Add File Sharing Preference with Google Drive API on Monthly schedule from Schedule API

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Add File Sharing Preference with Google Drive API on Schedule based on a custom interval from Schedule API

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Add File Sharing Preference with Google Drive API on Weekly schedule from Schedule API

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Copy File with Google Drive API on Daily schedule from Schedule API

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Popular Schedule and Google Drive Triggers#

Custom Interval from the Schedule API

Trigger your workflow every N hours, minutes or seconds.

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Daily schedule from the Schedule API

Trigger your workflow every day.

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Changes to Specific Files from the Google Drive API

Watches for changes to specific files, emitting an event any time 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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Monthly Schedule from the Schedule API

Trigger your workflow on one or more days each month at a specific time (with timezone support).

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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 any time a change is made to one of those files

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Popular Schedule and Google Drive Actions#

Add File Sharing Preference with the Google Drive API

Add a sharing permission to the sharing preferences of a file and provide a sharing URL. See the docs for more information

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Copy File with the Google Drive API

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

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Create a New File with the Google Drive API

Create a new file from a URL or /tmp/filepath. See the docs for more information

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Create Folder with the Google Drive API

Create a new empty folder. See the docs 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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Overview of Schedule#

With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:

Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
your Salesforce account on a set schedule.
Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
timeline.
Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.

Overview of Google Drive#

Using the Google Drive API, you can build applications that:

Create and manage files and folders
Download and upload files
Share and organize files
Search for files
Track changes to files
And much more!

Troubleshooting

Google Advanced Protection Program must be disabled in order to use the Google Drive app on Pipedream.

If you encounter the error "Google cannot give this app access to your account data because Advanced Protection is turned on for your Google Account", you will need to disable this setting as it blocks third-party apps from accessing Google Drive.

Connect Google Drive#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    google_drive: {
      type: "app",
      app: "google_drive",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.google_drive.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})