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Generating image embeddings with OpenAI and Google Drive

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive and in-memory vectors. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 7Logic 2Service 3

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

  1. 1When clicking "Test workflow"Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Recursive Character Text SplitterText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  3. 3Embeddings OpenAI1Embeddings Open AiModel
  4. 4Embeddings OpenAIEmbeddings Open AiModel
  5. 5Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  6. 6Default Data LoaderDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  7. 7Search for ImageVector Store In MemoryModel
  8. 8In-Memory Vector StoreVector Store In MemoryModel
  9. 9Get Color InformationEdit ImageService
  10. 10Resize ImageEdit ImageService
  11. 11Combine Image AnalysisMergeLogic
  12. 12Get Image KeywordsOpen AiModel
  13. 13Document for EmbeddingSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, in-memory vectors
Model
OpenAI
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive and in-memory vectors accounts, and a key for OpenAI. 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?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

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.