# Sync new files from Google Drive with Airtable: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Google Drive. 3 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/sync-new-files-from-google-drive-with-airtable (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Sync new files from Google Drive with Airtable

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable and Google Drive. 3 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

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**3 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Service 2

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

- 1 **Google Drive** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Share File with Recipient** Google Drive *Service*
- 3 **Log File Metadata** Airtable *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 3
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Airtable, Google Drive
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable and Google Drive 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?

Not long. At 3 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 3 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fsync-new-files-from-google-drive-with-airtable)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Airtable#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)

## Workflows like it

Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Convert images from Google Drive into clean text with OCR** 3 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/convert-images-from-google-drive-into-clean-text-with-ocr)
- [**Download a file from Google Drive** 3 steps · Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/download-a-file-from-google-drive)
- [**Get an mp4 attachment from Gmail to Google Drive** 3 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/get-an-mp4-attachment-from-gmail-to-google-drive)
- [**Get multiple attachments from Gmail and upload them to GDrive** 3 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/get-multiple-attachments-from-gmail-and-upload-them-to-gdriv)