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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Schedule trigger and Google Drive action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the Custom Interval trigger
1. Connect your Schedule account
2. Configure Cron Schedule
Configure the Create a New File action
1. Connect your Google Drive account
2. Optional- Select a Drive
3. Optional- Select a Parent Folder
4. Select a Upload Type
5. Optional- Configure File URL
6. Optional- Configure File Path
7. Configure Ignore Default Visibility
8. Optional- Select a Include Permissions For View
9. Optional- Configure Keep Revision Forever
10. Optional- Select a OCR Language
11. Optional- Configure Use Content As Indexable Text
12. Optional- Configure Supports All Drives
13. Optional- Configure Content Hints Indexable Text
14. Optional- Configure Content Restrictions Read Only
15. Optional- Configure Content Restrictions Reason
16. Optional- Configure Copy Requires Writer Permission
17. Optional- Configure Description
18. Optional- Configure Folder Color RGB
19. Optional- Select a Mime Type
20. Optional- Configure Name
21. Optional- Configure Original Filename
22. Optional- Configure Shortcut Details Target ID
23. Optional- Configure Starred
24. Optional- Configure Writers Can Share
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are 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.

Trigger#

Custom Interval on Schedule

Description:Trigger your workflow every N hours, minutes or seconds.

Version:0.0.2

Key:schedule-custom-interval

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Schedule Overview#

The Schedule app in Pipedream is a powerful tool that allows you to trigger workflows at regular intervals, ranging from every minute to once a year. This enables the automation of repetitive tasks and the scheduling of actions to occur without manual intervention. By leveraging this API, you can execute code, run integrations, and process data on a reliable schedule, all within Pipedream's serverless environment.

Trigger Code#

import schedule from "../../schedule.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Custom Interval",
  version: "0.0.2",
  key: "schedule-custom-interval",
  type: "source",
  description: "Trigger your workflow every N hours, minutes or seconds.",
  props: {
    schedule,
    cron: {
      propDefinition: [
        schedule,
        "cron",
      ],
    },
  },
};

Trigger 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
Schedule	`schedule`	`app`	This component uses the Schedule app.
Cron Schedule	`cron`	`$.interface.timer`	Enter a cron expression

Trigger Authentication#

The Schedule API does not require authentication.

About Schedule#

Trigger workflows on an interval or cron schedule.

Action#

Create a New File on Google Drive

Description:Create a new file from a URL or /tmp/filepath. [See the docs](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/create) for more information

Version:0.1.3

Key:google_drive-create-file

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Google Drive Overview#

The Google Drive API on Pipedream allows you to automate various file management tasks, such as creating, reading, updating, and deleting files within your Google Drive. You can also share files, manage permissions, and monitor changes to files and folders. This opens up possibilities for creating workflows that seamlessly integrate with other apps and services, streamlining document handling, backup processes, and collaborative workflows.

Action Code#

import googleDrive from "../../google_drive.app.mjs";
import fs from "fs";
import got from "got@13.0.0";
import { toSingleLineString } from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_drive-create-file",
  name: "Create a New File",
  description: "Create a new file from a URL or /tmp/filepath. [See the docs](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/create) for more information",
  version: "0.1.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleDrive,
    drive: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "watchedDrive",
      ],
    },
    parent: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "folderId",
        (c) => ({
          drive: c.drive,
        }),
      ],
      label: "Parent Folder",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        The ID of the parent folder which contains the file. If not specified, the file will be
        placed directly in the drive's top-level folder.
    `),
      optional: true,
    },
    uploadType: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "uploadType",
      ],
    },
    fileUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileUrl",
      ],
    },
    filePath: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "filePath",
      ],
    },
    ignoreDefaultVisibility: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Ignore Default Visibility",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Whether to ignore the domain's default visibility settings for the created
        file. Domain administrators can choose to make all uploaded files visible to the domain
        by default; this parameter bypasses that behavior for the request. Permissions are still
        inherited from parent folders.
      `),
      default: false,
    },
    includePermissionsForView: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Include Permissions For View",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Specifies which additional view's permissions to include in the response. Only
        'published' is supported.
      `),
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "published",
      ],
    },
    keepRevisionForever: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "keepRevisionForever",
      ],
      default: false,
    },
    ocrLanguage: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "ocrLanguage",
      ],
    },
    useContentAsIndexableText: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "useContentAsIndexableText",
      ],
      default: false,
    },
    supportsAllDrives: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Supports All Drives",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Whether to include shared drives. Set to 'true' if saving to a shared drive.
        Defaults to 'false' if left blank.
      `),
      optional: true,
    },
    contentHintsIndexableText: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Content Hints Indexable Text",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Text to be indexed for the file to improve fullText queries. This is limited to 128KB in
        length and may contain HTML elements.
      `),
      optional: true,
    },
    contentRestrictionsReadOnly: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Content Restrictions Read Only",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Whether the content of the file is read-only. If a file is read-only, a new revision of
        the file may not be added, comments may not be added or modified, and the title of the file
        may not be modified.
      `),
      optional: true,
    },
    contentRestrictionsReason: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Content Restrictions Reason",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Reason for why the content of the file is restricted. This is only mutable on requests
        that also set readOnly=true.
      `),
      optional: true,
    },
    copyRequiresWriterPermission: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Copy Requires Writer Permission",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Whether the options to copy, print, or download this file, should be disabled for
        readers and commentators
      `),
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Description",
      description: "A short description of the file",
      optional: true,
    },
    folderColorRgb: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Folder Color RGB",
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        The color for a folder as an RGB hex string. If an unsupported color is specified,
        the closest color in the palette will be used instead.
      `),
      optional: true,
    },
    mimeType: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "mimeType",
      ],
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileName",
      ],
      description: "Name of the file",
    },
    originalFilename: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Original Filename",
      description:
        "The original filename of the uploaded content if available, or else the original value of the name field. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive.",
      optional: true,
    },
    shortcutDetailsTargetId: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Shortcut Details Target ID",
      description: "The ID of the file that this shortcut points to",
      optional: true,
    },
    starred: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Starred",
      description: "Whether the user has starred the file",
      optional: true,
    },
    writersCanShare: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Writers Can Share",
      description:
        "Whether users with only writer permission can modify the file's permissions. Not populated for items in shared drives.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const body = this.fileUrl
      ? await got.stream(this.fileUrl)
      : fs.createReadStream(this.filePath);
    const driveId = this.googleDrive.getDriveId(this.drive);
    const resp = await this.googleDrive.createFile({
      ignoreDefaultVisibility: this.ignoreDefaultVisibility,
      includePermissionsForView: this.includePermissionsForView,
      keepRevisionForever: this.keepRevisionForever,
      ocrLanguage: this.ocrLanguage,
      useContentAsIndexableText: this.useContentAsIndexableText,
      supportsAllDrives: this.supportsAllDrives,
      resource: {
        name: this.name,
        originalFilename: this.originalFilename,
        parents: [
          this.parent ?? driveId,
        ],
        mimeType: this.mimeType,
        description: this.description,
        folderColorRgb: this.folderColorRgb,
        shortcutDetails: {
          targetId: this.shortcutDetailsTargetId,
        },
        starred: this.starred,
        writersCanShare: this.writersCanShare,
        contentHints: {
          indexableText: this.contentHintsIndexableText,
        },
        contentRestrictions: {
          readOnly: this.contentRestrictionsReadOnly,
          reason: this.contentRestrictionsReason,
        },
        copyRequiresWriterPermission: this.copyRequiresWriterPermission,
      },
      media: {
        mimeType: this.mimeType,
        uploadType: this.uploadType,
        body,
      },
      fields: "*",
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created a new file, "${resp.name}"`);
    return resp;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

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

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.
Parent Folder	`parent`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Upload Type	`uploadType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`mediaresumablemultipart`
File URL	`fileUrl`	`string`	The URL of the file you want to upload to Google Drive. Must specify either File URL or File Path.
File Path	`filePath`	`string`	The path to the file saved to the `/tmp` directory (e.g. `/tmp/myFile.csv`). Must specify either File URL or File Path.
Ignore Default Visibility	`ignoreDefaultVisibility`	`boolean`	Whether to ignore the domain's default visibility settings for the created file. Domain administrators can choose to make all uploaded files visible to the domain by default; this parameter bypasses that behavior for the request. Permissions are still inherited from parent folders.
Include Permissions For View	`includePermissionsForView`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`published`
Keep Revision Forever	`keepRevisionForever`	`boolean`	Whether to set the 'keepForever' field in the new head revision. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Google Drive. Only 200 revisions for the file can be kept forever. If the limit is reached, try deleting pinned revisions.
OCR Language	`ocrLanguage`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "Undetected", "value": "und" }{ "label": "Abkhazian", "value": "ab" }{ "label": "Afar", "value": "aa" }{ "label": "Afrikaans", "value": "af" }{ "label": "Akan", "value": "ak" }{ "label": "Albanian", "value": "sq" }{ "label": "Amharic", "value": "am" }{ "label": "Arabic", "value": "ar" }{ "label": "Aragonese", "value": "an" }{ "label": "Armenian", "value": "hy" }{ "label": "Assamese", "value": "as" }{ "label": "Avaric", "value": "av" }{ "label": "Avestan", "value": "ae" }{ "label": "Aymara", "value": "ay" }{ "label": "Azerbaijani", "value": "az" }{ "label": "Bambara", "value": "bm" }{ "label": "Bashkir", "value": "ba" }{ "label": "Basque", "value": "eu" }{ "label": "Belarusian", "value": "be" }{ "label": "Bengali", "value": "bn" }{ "label": "Bihari languages", "value": "bh" }{ "label": "Bislama", "value": "bi" }{ "label": "Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål", "value": "nb" }{ "label": "Bosnian", "value": "bs" }{ "label": "Breton", "value": "br" }{ "label": "Bulgarian", "value": "bg" }{ "label": "Burmese", "value": "my" }{ "label": "Catalan; Valencian", "value": "ca" }{ "label": "Central Khmer", "value": "km" }{ "label": "Chamorro", "value": "ch" }{ "label": "Chechen", "value": "ce" }{ "label": "Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja", "value": "ny" }{ "label": "Chinese", "value": "zh" }{ "label": "Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic", "value": "cu" }{ "label": "Chuvash", "value": "cv" }{ "label": "Cornish", "value": "kw" }{ "label": "Corsican", "value": "co" }{ "label": "Cree", "value": "cr" }{ "label": "Croatian", "value": "hr" }{ "label": "Czech", "value": "cs" }{ "label": "Danish", "value": "da" }{ "label": "Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian", "value": "dv" }{ "label": "Dutch; Flemish", "value": "nl" }{ "label": "Dzongkha", "value": "dz" }{ "label": "English", "value": "en" }{ "label": "Esperanto", "value": "eo" }{ "label": "Estonian", "value": "et" }{ "label": "Ewe", "value": "ee" }{ "label": "Faroese", "value": "fo" }{ "label": "Fijian", "value": "fj" }{ "label": "Finnish", "value": "fi" }{ "label": "French", "value": "fr" }{ "label": "Fulah", "value": "ff" }{ "label": "Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic", "value": "gd" }{ "label": "Galician", "value": "gl" }{ "label": "Ganda", "value": "lg" }{ "label": "Georgian", "value": "ka" }{ "label": "German", "value": "de" }{ "label": "Greek, Modern (1453-)", "value": "el" }{ "label": "Guarani", "value": "gn" }{ "label": "Gujarati", "value": "gu" }{ "label": "Haitian; Haitian Creole", "value": "ht" }{ "label": "Hausa", "value": "ha" }{ "label": "Hebrew", "value": "he" }{ "label": "Herero", "value": "hz" }{ "label": "Hindi", "value": "hi" }{ "label": "Hiri Motu", "value": "ho" }{ "label": "Hungarian", "value": "hu" }{ "label": "Icelandic", "value": "is" }{ "label": "Ido", "value": "io" }{ "label": "Igbo", "value": "ig" }{ "label": "Indonesian", "value": "id" }{ "label": "Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)", "value": "ia" }{ "label": "Interlingue; Occidental", "value": "ie" }{ "label": "Inuktitut", "value": "iu" }{ "label": "Inupiaq", "value": "ik" }{ "label": "Irish", "value": "ga" }{ "label": "Italian", "value": "it" }{ "label": "Japanese", "value": "ja" }{ "label": "Javanese", "value": "jv" }{ "label": "Kalaallisut; Greenlandic", "value": "kl" }{ "label": "Kannada", "value": "kn" }{ "label": "Kanuri", "value": "kr" }{ "label": "Kashmiri", "value": "ks" }{ "label": "Kazakh", "value": "kk" }{ "label": "Kikuyu; Gikuyu", "value": "ki" }{ "label": "Kinyarwanda", "value": "rw" }{ "label": "Kirghiz; Kyrgyz", "value": "ky" }{ "label": "Komi", "value": "kv" }{ "label": "Kongo", "value": "kg" }{ "label": "Korean", "value": "ko" }{ "label": "Kuanyama; Kwanyama", "value": "kj" }{ "label": "Kurdish", "value": "ku" }{ "label": "Lao", "value": "lo" }{ "label": "Latin", "value": "la" }{ "label": "Latvian", "value": "lv" }{ "label": "Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish", "value": "li" }{ "label": "Lingala", "value": "ln" }{ "label": "Lithuanian", "value": "lt" }{ "label": "Luba-Katanga", "value": "lu" }{ "label": "Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch", "value": "lb" }{ "label": "Macedonian", "value": "mk" }{ "label": "Malagasy", "value": "mg" }{ "label": "Malay", "value": "ms" }{ "label": "Malayalam", "value": "ml" }{ "label": "Maltese", "value": "mt" }{ "label": "Manx", "value": "gv" }{ "label": "Maori", "value": "mi" }{ "label": "Marathi", "value": "mr" }{ "label": "Marshallese", "value": "mh" }{ "label": "Mongolian", "value": "mn" }{ "label": "Nauru", "value": "na" }{ "label": "Navajo; Navaho", "value": "nv" }{ "label": "Ndebele, North; North Ndebele", "value": "nd" }{ "label": "Ndebele, South; South Ndebele", "value": "nr" }{ "label": "Ndonga", "value": "ng" }{ "label": "Nepali", "value": "ne" }{ "label": "Northern Sami", "value": "se" }{ "label": "Norwegian", "value": "no" }{ "label": "Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian", "value": "nn" }{ "label": "Occitan (post 1500)", "value": "oc" }{ "label": "Ojibwa", "value": "oj" }{ "label": "Oriya", "value": "or" }{ "label": "Oromo", "value": "om" }{ "label": "Ossetian; Ossetic", "value": "os" }{ "label": "Pali", "value": "pi" }{ "label": "Panjabi; Punjabi", "value": "pa" }{ "label": "Persian", "value": "fa" }{ "label": "Polish", "value": "pl" }{ "label": "Portuguese", "value": "pt" }{ "label": "Pushto; Pashto", "value": "ps" }{ "label": "Quechua", "value": "qu" }{ "label": "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan", "value": "ro" }{ "label": "Romansh", "value": "rm" }{ "label": "Rundi", "value": "rn" }{ "label": "Russian", "value": "ru" }{ "label": "Samoan", "value": "sm" }{ "label": "Sango", "value": "sg" }{ "label": "Sanskrit", "value": "sa" }{ "label": "Sardinian", "value": "sc" }{ "label": "Serbian", "value": "sr" }{ "label": "Shona", "value": "sn" }{ "label": "Sichuan Yi; Nuosu", "value": "ii" }{ "label": "Sindhi", "value": "sd" }{ "label": "Sinhala; Sinhalese", "value": "si" }{ "label": "Slovak", "value": "sk" }{ "label": "Slovenian", "value": "sl" }{ "label": "Somali", "value": "so" }{ "label": "Sotho, Southern", "value": "st" }{ "label": "Spanish; Castilian", "value": "es" }{ "label": "Sundanese", "value": "su" }{ "label": "Swahili", "value": "sw" }{ "label": "Swati", "value": "ss" }{ "label": "Swedish", "value": "sv" }{ "label": "Tagalog", "value": "tl" }{ "label": "Tahitian", "value": "ty" }{ "label": "Tajik", "value": "tg" }{ "label": "Tamil", "value": "ta" }{ "label": "Tatar", "value": "tt" }{ "label": "Telugu", "value": "te" }{ "label": "Thai", "value": "th" }{ "label": "Tibetan", "value": "bo" }{ "label": "Tigrinya", "value": "ti" }{ "label": "Tonga (Tonga Islands)", "value": "to" }{ "label": "Tsonga", "value": "ts" }{ "label": "Tswana", "value": "tn" }{ "label": "Turkish", "value": "tr" }{ "label": "Turkmen", "value": "tk" }{ "label": "Twi", "value": "tw" }{ "label": "Uighur; Uyghur", "value": "ug" }{ "label": "Ukrainian", "value": "uk" }{ "label": "Urdu", "value": "ur" }{ "label": "Uzbek", "value": "uz" }{ "label": "Venda", "value": "ve" }{ "label": "Vietnamese", "value": "vi" }{ "label": "Volapük", "value": "vo" }{ "label": "Walloon", "value": "wa" }{ "label": "Welsh", "value": "cy" }{ "label": "Western Frisian", "value": "fy" }{ "label": "Wolof", "value": "wo" }{ "label": "Xhosa", "value": "xh" }{ "label": "Yiddish", "value": "yi" }{ "label": "Yoruba", "value": "yo" }{ "label": "Zhuang; Chuang", "value": "za" }{ "label": "Zulu", "value": "zu" }`
Use Content As Indexable Text	`useContentAsIndexableText`	`boolean`	Whether to use the uploaded content as indexable text
Supports All Drives	`supportsAllDrives`	`boolean`	Whether to include shared drives. Set to 'true' if saving to a shared drive. Defaults to 'false' if left blank.
Content Hints Indexable Text	`contentHintsIndexableText`	`string`	Text to be indexed for the file to improve fullText queries. This is limited to 128KB in length and may contain HTML elements.
Content Restrictions Read Only	`contentRestrictionsReadOnly`	`boolean`	Whether the content of the file is read-only. If a file is read-only, a new revision of the file may not be added, comments may not be added or modified, and the title of the file may not be modified.
Content Restrictions Reason	`contentRestrictionsReason`	`string`	Reason for why the content of the file is restricted. This is only mutable on requests that also set readOnly=true.
Copy Requires Writer Permission	`copyRequiresWriterPermission`	`boolean`	Whether the options to copy, print, or download this file, should be disabled for readers and commentators
Description	`description`	`string`	A short description of the file
Folder Color RGB	`folderColorRgb`	`string`	The color for a folder as an RGB hex string. If an unsupported color is specified, the closest color in the palette will be used instead.
Mime Type	`mimeType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Name	`name`	`string`	Name of the file
Original Filename	`originalFilename`	`string`	The original filename of the uploaded content if available, or else the original value of the name field. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive.
Shortcut Details Target ID	`shortcutDetailsTargetId`	`string`	The ID of the file that this shortcut points to
Starred	`starred`	`boolean`	Whether the user has starred the file
Writers Can Share	`writersCanShare`	`boolean`	Whether users with only writer permission can modify the file's permissions. Not populated for items in shared drives.

Action 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

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.

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