Why Can't I Select Google Docs as the First Trigger in a Sequence?

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Hi - brand new user here. I’m curious - what is the background to not being able to select Google Docs as the first trigger in a sequence? Performing a search for Google Docs reveals no results (but Google Sheets and other G products show up) - see screenshot.

If I set the initial trigger to a Google Drive account, and set Watch for changes = True, then on the next Step block I can then access Google Docs options.

What I’m trying to achieve here: If Google Docs = starred, then create bookmark in Raindrop.io Folder

So far I’ve been able to successfully create a bookmark on new/modify event (but not starred), but the workflow is creating a new bookmark for every single modify event resulting in multiple multiple bookmarks for the same object.

Thoughts on both points above?

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Hi , I think currently Pipedream have not yet have a Google Docs trigger. May I ask what do you use for new/modified event trigger? Is it Google Drive trigger?

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Yeah - I used new/modified event trigger for Google Drive as there was no Google Docs trigger, and because Starred docs are also visible within Google Drive (ie this was my attempt at a work around for no Google Docs tigger)

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Then I think you can use Pipedream’s Filter actions to react only on the events of the doc is starred. Here’s a good tutorial on Pipedream’s filters: Built-In Functions

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thanks for the tip, I’ll give it a go tomorrow.