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Use Google Drive through a saved Integration hub connection. The catalog includes 11 actions, listed below.

What you can do

Section titled “What you can do”

Use Google Drive through a saved Integration hub connection. The catalog includes 11 actions, listed below.

Files and data

Google Drive

Authentication: OAuth 2.0 (authorize the provider or enter the details requested by the connection form)

Actions

ActionDescription
Copy file
copy_file		Copies a Drive file (e.g. a Doc or Sheet template) to a new file, optionally into another folder.
Create folder
create_folder		Creates a folder in Google Drive, optionally inside a parent folder.
Create google file
create_google_file		Creates an empty native Google Doc, Sheet or Slides file in Drive.
Delete file
delete_file		Deletes a file permanently from Google Drive.
Get account info
get_account_info		Returns the connected Google account and its Drive storage quota.
Get file metadata
get_file_metadata		Retrieves metadata for a specific Google Drive file.
List files
list_files		Searches and lists files and folders in Google Drive with Drive query syntax and pagination.
Share file
share_file		Shares a Drive file or folder with a user, group, domain or anyone with the link.
Trash file
trash_file		Moves a Drive file to the trash or restores it.
Update file
update_file		Renames, describes, stars or moves a Drive file or folder (partial update).
Upload file
upload_file		Uploads a new file to the user’s Google Drive using multipart upload.

How to connect

Section titled “How to connect”

Open Integration hub, choose Google Drive, and create a named connection. If the connection opens the provider’s consent page, sign in and authorize access. If it opens a connection form, fill the requested OAuth details and save. The provider configuration determines which route is used.

For the shared connection process, follow Connect an app.

Use it in a workflow

Section titled “Use it in a workflow”

Add an Integration step. Choose the app, saved connection and action, then map the action inputs from your record or workflow data.

The action list comes from the integration catalog. The connection form supplies the provider-specific input fields.

What's next

Connect an app and use it in a workflowConnect an app in the Integration hub, then add an Integration step to a workflow that reads from or writes to it.IntegrationRun an action of an Integration hub connection from a workflow, such as reading or writing data in a connected app.

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