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Backup workflows and credentials with Google Drive

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive. 17 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 3Service 13

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

  1. 1⏰ Acionamento_diário.Schedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2📂 cria_pasta_backupGoogle DriveService
  3. 3📂 cria_pasta_backup1Google DriveService
  4. 4📋 Buscar WorkflowsHttp RequestService
  5. 5📁 Pasta_raizSetLogic
  6. 6🔗 Separa_jsonSplit OutLogic
  7. 7🔃 Executa_comandoExecute CommandService
  8. 8🔧 Formata_jsonCodeLogic
  9. 9📋 Lê_arquivos_bináriosRead Binary FilesService
  10. 10🔄️ Converte_binárioConvert To FileService
  11. 11🔀 Move_para_jsonMove Binary DataService
  12. 12💾 Salva_workflowsGoogle DriveService
  13. 13🔄️ Converte_binário.Convert To FileService
  14. 14🔎 busca_backup_-5diasGoogle DriveService
  15. 15💾 Salva_workflows1Google DriveService
  16. 16🔎 busca_backup_-2diasGoogle DriveService
  17. 17❌ Exclui_backup_antigo1Google DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
17
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 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. 17 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 17 steps before you point it at anything that matters.