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Extract data from Gmail attachments to Google Sheets

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 2Service 5

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

  1. 1New Email with AttachmentGmail triggerStarts it
  2. 2Extraction CompleteDocu Pipe triggerStarts it
  3. 3Label as ProcessingGmailService
  4. 4Get Extracted DataDocu PipeService
  5. 5Upload Attachment & Extract DataDocu PipeService
  6. 6Process Extraction ResultCodeLogic
  7. 7Save Attachment to DriveGoogle DriveService
  8. 8Add MetadataSetLogic
  9. 9Append Row to SpreadsheetGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
An arriving email
Steps
9
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

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. 9 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 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.