Automation library · Data collection

Automating image processing with Nano Banana 2

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Email, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 13 steps, 2 branches, 2 loops or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
2Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 5Service 7

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

  1. 1On form submissionForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2API Request: Nano Banana 2Http RequestService
  3. 3Condition: Check Task StatusIfLogic
  4. 4Wait for API ResponseWaitLogic
  5. 5Send Email: API Error - Task ID MissingEmail SendService
  6. 6API Request: Check Task StatusHttp RequestService
  7. 7Condition: Task Output StatusSwitchLogic
  8. 8Process Image Data (Base64 to Image)CodeLogic
  9. 9Wait for Task to CompleteWaitLogic
  10. 10Send Email: API Error - Task FailedEmail SendService
  11. 11Upload File to Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  12. 12Set Google Drive PermissionsGoogle DriveService
  13. 13Append Data to Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
13, with 2 branches, 2 loops or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

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. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.