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Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive. 16 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 11

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

  1. 1Execute Workflow TriggerExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  2. 2Is drive fileIfLogic
  3. 3DownloadHttp RequestService
  4. 4Get fileHttp RequestService
  5. 5Extract from FileExtract From FileService
  6. 6ReadHttp RequestService
  7. 7SwitchSwitchLogic
  8. 8HTTP RequestHttp RequestService
  9. 9Read PDFExtract From FileService
  10. 10Upload to driveGoogle DriveService
  11. 11HTMLHtmlLogic
  12. 12Convert to DocsHttp RequestService
  13. 13Delete DocGoogle DriveService
  14. 14Edit FieldsSetLogic
  15. 15Read DocHttp RequestService
  16. 16Delete Doc CopyGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
16, with 2 branches
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 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.