Automation library · Money admin

Extract invoice data from Google Drive PDFs with Mistral

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across 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
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 1Service 7

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

  1. 1When New Drive File DetectedGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Upload File for AnalysisHttp RequestService
  3. 3Download File from DriveGoogle DriveService
  4. 4Fetch File URLHttp RequestService
  5. 5Extract Data from FileExtract From FileService
  6. 6Obtain OCR ResultsHttp RequestService
  7. 7Extract Invoice FieldsCodeLogic
  8. 8Append Invoice to SheetGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Move Processed FileGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
9
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and Google Sheets 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. 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.