Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Automatic Notion database backup to Google Drive with Telegram

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive, Notion and Telegram. 18 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 9Service 8

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

  1. 1Manual TriggerManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Configuration SettingsSetLogic
  3. 3Create Backup FolderGoogle DriveService
  4. 4Get All DatabasesNotionService
  5. 5Initialize TrackingCodeLogic
  6. 6Loop DatabasesSplit In BatchesLogic
  7. 7Generate MetadataCodeLogic
  8. 8Get Database PagesNotionService
  9. 9Upload MetadataGoogle DriveService
  10. 10Create Backup FileCodeLogic
  11. 11Should Cleanup?IfLogic
  12. 12Upload Backup FileGoogle DriveService
  13. 13List Old BackupsGoogle DriveService
  14. 14Format NotificationCodeLogic
  15. 15Filter Old BackupsCodeLogic
  16. 16Send Telegram NotificationTelegramService
  17. 17IfIfLogic
  18. 18Delete Old BackupGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
18, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Notion, Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.