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Automatic PDF compression with Google Drive

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 1Service 7

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

  1. 1When clicking ‘Test workflow’Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Upload your file to Google DriveGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  3. 3Send your iLoveAPI public key to their serverHttp RequestService
  4. 4Download fileGoogle DriveService
  5. 5Get task from iLoveAPI serverHttp RequestService
  6. 6Group public key, task and downloaded file dataMergeLogic
  7. 7Upload PDF to iLoveAPI serverHttp RequestService
  8. 8Compress your fileHttp RequestService
  9. 9Download compressed fileHttp RequestService
  10. 10Move compressed file to new Google Drive folderGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
10
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive account. 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. 10 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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.