Google Drive and Google Sheets integration
How to connect Google Drive and Google Sheets
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.
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Build your own Google Drive and Google Sheets integration
Create custom Google Drive 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.
Google Drive supported actions
Copy
Create a copy of an existing file
Create From Text
Create a file from a provided text
Delete
Permanently delete a file
Download
Download a file
Move
Move a file to another folder
Share
Add sharing permissions to a file
Update
Update a file
Upload
Upload an existing file to Google Drive
Search
Search or list files and folders
Create
Create a folder
Delete
Permanently delete a folder
Share
Add sharing permissions to a folder
Create
Create a shared drive
Delete
Permanently delete a shared drive
Get
Get a shared drive
Get Many
Get the list of shared drives
Update
Update a shared drive
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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