Search in Google Drive

Search for files or folders in your Google Drive, including your shared drives. This action step returns the number of matches found, the file or folder IDs, and the names of the files or folders found.

You can add variables, filters, and operators to your search query.

Configure Authentication Settings

Configure your authentication settings for the Google API service account in the Authentication Settings panel. Select Pin credentials to specify the activity parameter containing the credentials, or select Use custom settings to provide the information inline. You can either import a JSON file with your Google API credentials information or specify the authentication information manually.

Configure Search Settings

To configure search settings in the wizard:

Enter your search terms in the Search Query textbox.

The Insert filters and Insert operators dropdown lists contain the most common filters and operators. However, you can use any supported Google search query terms and operators.
To search in all shared drives, in addition to My Drive, select Include all files from share drives.
Select the criteria to sort your results in the Order by dropdown list.

Properties

Authentication Settings
- Auth Provider x509 Cert URL
  
  Authentication provider certificate URL for the Google API credentials.
- Auth URI
  
  OAuth2 authentication URI for the Google API credentials.
- Client Email
  
  Client email of the Google API credentials.
- Client ID
  
  Client ID of the Google API credentials.
- Client x509 Cert URL
  
  Client certificate URL for the Google API credentials.
- Credential Type
  
  Type of Google API credentials. For example, service_account.
- Google API Service Account Credentials
  
  Activity parameter containing all Google API credentials.
- Project ID
  
  Project ID of the Google API credentials.
- Token URI
  
  OAuth2 token URI for the Google API credentials.
- Universe Domain
  
  Universe domain of the Google API credentials.
Common

See Common Properties
- Include all files from shared drives
  
  Option to search files and folders in your shared drives in addition to My Drive
- Search Query
  
  String containing the search query
  
  Use the wizard for assistance while building your query. You can use any of the supported Google search query terms and operators.

Inbound Variables

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Credential Type
Project ID
Private Key ID
Private Key
Token URI
Auth Provider x509 Cert URL
Auth URI
Client Email
Client ID
Client x509 Cert URL
Universe Domain
Google API Service Account Credentials

Outbound Variables

Amount found matches

Number of files or folders found
IDs of files or folders found

Array of strings containing the IDs of the files or folders found
Names of files or folders found

Array of strings containing the names of the files or folders found
Success

String indicating if the search was successful and returned no errors (True)

To confirm if the search returns any results, verify if the Amount found matches is higher than zero. The Success variable returns (True) even if there are no results in a successful search.