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Archive Discord attachments to Google Drive

Started by a clock, and works across Discord, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 12 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 5Service 6

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Run Daily Archive SweepSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set Archive SettingsSetLogic
  3. 3Read Archive LogGoogle SheetsService
  4. 4Build Channel ListCodeLogic
  5. 5Get Recent MessagesDiscordService
  6. 6Extract New AttachmentsCodeLogic
  7. 7Skip Oversized AttachmentsFilterLogic
  8. 8Create Dated Drive FolderGoogle DriveService
  9. 9Plan Uploads Into FolderCodeLogic
  10. 10Download AttachmentHttp RequestService
  11. 11Upload To Drive FolderGoogle DriveService
  12. 12Append To Archive LogGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
12
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Discord, Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Discord, Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 12 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.