Upload to Google Drive

Upload files to your Google Drive.

You can specify a target folder from your Google Workspace for the upload.

Before You Begin

Before uploading a file:

Configure your Google API Service Account Credentials.

You can configure your credentials as an Activity Parameter or inline in the action step wizard.

Configure Your 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 File Upload Settings

To configure file upload settings in the wizard:

Specify the directory path and the name of the file to upload.
Provide a Google Drive Folder ID to upload the file into this folder.

If you don’t provide this value, this action step uploads the file to the root folder of your Google Drive.

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
File Operation Settings
- Directory path
  
  Path to the directory where the file to upload is
  
  You can specify an absolute path or a path relative to the Base Path.
- File name
  
  Name of the file to upload
- Google Drive Folder ID
  
  ID of the destination Google Drive folder where to upload the file
  
  To get the folder ID, use the Search in Google Drive action step to find the folder. You can also go to the Google Drive folder and extract the ID (the value after folder/) from the URL. If you don’t specify a folder ID, this action step uploads the file to the root folder.

Inbound Variables

Directory path
File name
Google Drive Folder ID
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

Upload successful

Boolean indicating whether the upload was successful
File ID in Google Drive

Returns the Google Drive file ID of the uploaded file