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Gmail and Google Sheets integration

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How to connect Gmail and Google Sheets

  • Step 1: Create a new workflow
  • Step 2: Add and configure nodes
  • Step 3: Connect
  • Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
  • Step 5: Test and activate your workflow

Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Gmail and Google Sheets integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure Gmail and Google Sheets nodes

You can find Gmail and Google Sheets in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure Gmail and Google Sheets nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

Gmail and Google Sheets integration: Add and configure Gmail and Google Sheets nodes

Step 3: Connect Gmail and Google Sheets

A connection establishes a link between Gmail and Google Sheets (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.

Gmail and Google Sheets integration: Connect Gmail and Google Sheets

Step 4: Customize and extend your Gmail and Google Sheets integration

Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect Gmail and Google Sheets with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

Gmail and Google Sheets integration: Customize and extend your Gmail and Google Sheets integration

Step 5: Test and activate your Gmail and Google Sheets workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Gmail to Google Sheets or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.

Gmail and Google Sheets integration: Test and activate your Gmail and Google Sheets workflow

Automated Web Scraping: email a CSV, save to Google Sheets & Microsoft Excel

How it works:
The workflow starts by sending a request to a website to retrieve its HTML content.
It then parses the HTML extracting the relevant information
The extracted data is storted and converted into a CSV file.
The CSV file is attached to an email and sent to your specified address.
The data is simultaneously saved to both Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel for further analysis or use.

Set-up steps:
Change the website to scrape in the "Fetch website content" node
Configure Microsoft Azure credentials with Microsoft Graph permissions (required for the Save to Microsoft Excel 365 node)
Configure Google Cloud credentials with access to Google Drive, Google Sheets and Gmail APIs (the latter is required for the Send CSV via e-mail node).

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Build your own Gmail and Google Sheets integration

Create custom Gmail and Google Sheets workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Gmail supported actions

Add Label
Delete
Get
Get Many
Mark as Read
Mark as Unread
Remove Label
Reply
Send
Send and Wait for Approval
Create
Delete
Get
Get Many
Create
Delete
Get
Get Many
Add Label
Delete
Get
Get Many
Remove Label
Reply
Trash
Untrash

Google Sheets supported actions

Create
Create a spreadsheet
Delete
Delete a spreadsheet
Append or Update Row
Append a new row or update an existing one (upsert)
Append Row
Create a new row in a sheet
Clear
Delete all the contents or a part of a sheet
Create
Create a new sheet
Delete
Permanently delete a sheet
Delete Rows or Columns
Delete columns or rows from a sheet
Get Row(s)
Retrieve one or more rows from a sheet
Update Row
Update an existing row in a sheet

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