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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a pCloud 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 Watch Folder trigger
1. Connect your pCloud account
2. Configure Polling schedule
3. Select a Folder ID
4. Select a Folder Event
5. Optional- Configure Show Deleted?
Configure the Update File action
1. Connect your Google Drive account
2. Configure requiredPropsAlert
3. Optional- Select a Drive
4. Select a File
5. Optional- Configure File URL
6. Optional- Configure File Path
7. Optional- Configure Name
8. Optional- Select a Mime Type
9. Optional- Select one or more Add Parents
10. Optional- Select one or more Remove Parents
11. Optional- Configure Keep Revision Forever
12. Optional- Select a OCR Language
13. Optional- Configure Use Content As Indexable Text
14. Optional- Configure Additional Options
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#

Watch Folder on pCloud

Description:Emit new event when a file is created or modified in the specified folder.

Version:0.0.4

Key:pcloud-watch-folder

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pCloud Overview#

The pCloud API allows for direct interaction with your pCloud account, providing access to files and folders within your cloud storage. With Pipedream, you can automate file management tasks such as uploading, downloading, and synchronizing files. Additionally, you can create workflows to organize your cloud storage, share files with team members, or back up important data from various sources.

Trigger Code#

import pcloud from "../../pcloud.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "pcloud-watch-folder",
  name: "Watch Folder",
  description: "Emit new event when a file is created or modified in the specified folder.",
  version: "0.0.4",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    pcloud,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      label: "Polling schedule",
      description: "Pipedream polls pCloud for events on this schedule.",
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    folderId: {
      propDefinition: [
        pcloud,
        "folderId",
      ],
      description: "Select a **Folder** to watch for changes. Alternatively, you can provide a custom *Folder ID*.",
    },
    event: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Folder Event",
      options: [
        "Created",
        "Modified",
      ],
      description: "Specify when to emit an event related to a given folder.",
      default: "Created",
    },
    showDeleted: {
      propDefinition: [
        pcloud,
        "showDeleted",
      ],
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      const files = [];
      const { contents } = await this.getContents();
      if (!contents) {
        return;
      }
      for (const folderItem of contents) {
        if (this.isRelevant(folderItem)) {
          files.push(folderItem);
          if (files.length == 10) {
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      files.forEach(this.emitpCloudEvent);
      this._setPreviousFiles(contents);
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getPreviousFiles() {
      return this.db.get("previousFiles");
    },
    _setPreviousFiles(files) {
      const key = this.getFileKey();
      const previousFiles = files.filter((file) => file[key]).map((file) => ({
        [file[key]]: true,
      }));
      this.db.set("previousFiles", previousFiles);
    },
    getFileKey() {
      return this.event === "Created"
        ? "fileid"
        : "hash";
    },
    async getContents() {
      return this.pcloud._withRetries(() =>
        this.pcloud.listContents(
          this.folderId,
          false,
          this.showDeleted,
          false,
          false,
        ));
    },
    emitpCloudEvent(pCloudEvent) {
      const metadata = this.getEventData(pCloudEvent);
      this.$emit(pCloudEvent, metadata);
    },
    getEventData(pcloudEvent) {
      const key = this.getFileKey();
      return {
        id: pcloudEvent[key],
        summary: `${this.event} file "${pcloudEvent.name}"`,
        ts: Date.now(),
      };
    },
    isRelevant(folderItem, previousFiles = []) {
      const key = this.getFileKey();
      return !folderItem.isFolder && !previousFiles[folderItem[key]];
    },
  },
  async run() {
    const previousFiles = this._getPreviousFiles();
    const files = [];
    const { contents } = await this.getContents();
    if (!contents) {
      console.log("No data available, skipping iteration");
      return;
    }
    for (const folderItem of contents) {
      if (this.isRelevant(folderItem, previousFiles)) {
        files.push(folderItem);
      }
    }
    files.forEach(this.emitpCloudEvent);
    this._setPreviousFiles(contents);
  },
};

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
pCloud	`pcloud`	`app`	This component uses the pCloud app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Polling schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	Pipedream polls pCloud for events on this schedule.
Folder ID	`folderId`	`integer`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Folder Event	`event`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`CreatedModified`
Show Deleted?	`showDeleted`	`boolean`	If true, deleted files and folders that can be undeleted will be displayed.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

About pCloud#

Secure encrypted cloud storage

Action#

Update File on Google Drive

Description:Update a file's metadata and/or content. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/update) for more information

Version:0.1.7

Key:google_drive-update-file

View on GitHub

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 {
  toSingleLineString,
  getFileStream,
} from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_drive-update-file",
  name: "Update File",
  description: "Update a file's metadata and/or content. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/update) for more information",
  version: "0.1.7",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleDrive,
    requiredPropsAlert: {
      type: "alert",
      alertType: "info",
      content: "Either `File URL` and `File Path` should be specified.",
    },
    drive: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "watchedDrive",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    fileId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileId",
        (c) => ({
          drive: c.drive,
        }),
      ],
      description: "The file to update",
    },
    fileUrl: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileUrl",
      ],
      description: "The URL of the file to use to update content",
    },
    filePath: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "filePath",
      ],
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        The path to the file saved to the [\`/tmp\`
        directory](https://pipedream.com/docs/workflows/steps/code/nodejs/working-with-files/#the-tmp-directory)
        (e.g., \`/tmp/myFile.csv\`) with which to update content
      `),
    },
    name: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileName",
      ],
      description: "The new name of the file",
    },
    mimeType: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "mimeType",
      ],
      description:
        "The file's MIME type (e.g., `image/jpeg`). The value cannot be changed unless a new revision is uploaded.",
    },
    addParents: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "folderId",
      ],
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Add Parents",
      description: "A list of parent folder IDs to add",
      optional: true,
    },
    removeParents: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "fileParents",
        ({ fileId }) => ({
          fileId,
        }),
      ],
      label: "Remove Parents",
      description: "A list of parent folder IDs to remove",
    },
    keepRevisionForever: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "keepRevisionForever",
      ],
    },
    ocrLanguage: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "ocrLanguage",
      ],
    },
    useContentAsIndexableText: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleDrive,
        "useContentAsIndexableText",
      ],
    },
    advanced: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Additional Options",
      optional: true,
      description: toSingleLineString(`
        Any additional parameters to pass in the request. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/update#request-body) for all available parameters.
      `),
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      fileId,
      fileUrl,
      filePath,
      name,
      mimeType,
      addParents,
      removeParents,
      keepRevisionForever,
      ocrLanguage,
      useContentAsIndexableText,
      advanced,
    } = this;

    const fileStream =
      fileUrl || filePath
        ? await getFileStream({
          $,
          fileUrl,
          filePath,
        })
        : undefined;

    // Update file content, if set, separately from metadata to prevent
    // multipart upload, which `google-apis-nodejs-client` doesn't seem to
    // support for [files.update](https://bit.ly/3lP5sWn)
    if (fileStream) {
      await this.googleDrive.updateFileMedia(fileId, fileStream, {
        mimeType,
      });
    }

    const resp = await this.googleDrive.updateFile(fileId, {
      name,
      mimeType,
      addParents: addParents?.join(","),
      removeParents: removeParents?.join(","),
      keepRevisionForever,
      ocrLanguage,
      useContentAsIndexableText,
      requestBody: {
        ...advanced,
      },
      fields: "*",
    });
    // eslint-disable-next-line multiline-ternary
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully updated the file, "${name ? resp.id : 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.
File	`fileId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
File URL	`fileUrl`	`string`	The URL of the file to use to update content
File Path	`filePath`	`string`	The path to the file saved to the `/tmp` directory (e.g., `/tmp/myFile.csv`) with which to update content
Name	`name`	`string`	The new name of the file
Mime Type	`mimeType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Add Parents	`addParents`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Remove Parents	`removeParents`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
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
Additional Options	`advanced`	`object`	Any additional parameters to pass in the request. See the documentation for all available parameters.

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:

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.

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