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Form to Google Doc Automation

Original n8n title: Code Form

Code Form. Uses formTrigger, stickyNote, googleDrive, httpRequest. Event-driven trigger; 8 nodes.

Event trigger★★★★☆ complexity8 nodesForm TriggerGoogle DriveHTTP Request
General Trigger: Event Nodes: 8 Complexity: ★★★★☆ Added:

This workflow follows the Form Trigger → Google Drive recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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{
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "56e70371-54a2-4421-9ce2-e626d9c6ef60",
      "name": "Form",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "position": [
        -440,
        -120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "formTitle": "Form",
        "formFields": {
          "values": [
            {
              "fieldLabel": "name",
              "requiredField": true
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    },
    {
      "id": "7cbd263e-ca5b-436e-bdce-c30a66df73a6",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -440,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "width": 320,
        "content": "# \ud83d\udc46\nPlease add authentication to form by selecting Basic Auth to prevent unauthorized access to the form.\n"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "e1c4d0a8-6e48-45d9-bec6-ee8bb3751b4f",
      "name": "Copy template file",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
      "position": [
        -220,
        -120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "name": "={{ $json.name }}",
        "fileId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "1KyR0UMIOpEkjwa6o1gTggNBP2A6EWwppV59Y6NQuDYw",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KyR0UMIOpEkjwa6o1gTggNBP2A6EWwppV59Y6NQuDYw/edit?usp=drivesdk",
          "cachedResultName": "Szablon: Dokument testowy"
        },
        "options": {},
        "operation": "copy"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "52a27a15-ca68-4381-9a0d-faa1127d7de9",
      "name": "Format form data",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "position": [
        0,
        -120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "const data = [];\n\nObject.keys($('Form').all().map((item) => {\n  Object.keys(item.json).map((bodyProperty) => {\n    data.push({\n      key: bodyProperty,\n      value: item.json[bodyProperty],\n    });\n  })\n}));\n\nreturn {\n  webhook_data: data,\n  pairedItem: 0,\n};"
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "08dbeb42-16f6-4771-bbf8-a358fda54097",
      "name": "Format form data to Google Doc API",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
      "position": [
        220,
        -120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "jsCode": "const result = [];\n\n$('Format form data').all().map((item) => {\n  item.json.webhook_data.map((data) => {\n    if (\"submittedAt\" !== data.key && \"formMode\" !== data.key) {\n      result.push({\n        \"replaceAllText\": {\n            \"containsText\": {\n              \"text\": `{{${data.key}}}`, \n              \"matchCase\": true\n            },\n            \"replaceText\": `${data.value}`\n        },\n      });\n    }\n  });\n})\n\nreturn {\n  data: result,\n  pairedItem: 0,\n};"
      },
      "typeVersion": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "99b03034-8c9b-4e23-8cc9-bf9960a4e06a",
      "name": "Replace data in Google Doc",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        440,
        -120
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "=https://docs.googleapis.com/v1/documents/{{ $('Copy template file').first().json.id }}:batchUpdate",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "sendBody": true,
        "authentication": "predefinedCredentialType",
        "bodyParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "requests",
              "value": "={{ $json.data }}"
            }
          ]
        },
        "nodeCredentialType": "googleDocsOAuth2Api"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "googleDocsOAuth2Api": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "204b57da-2791-40e3-84f5-23a0ed5c8beb",
      "name": "Sticky Note1",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -440,
        -420
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 6,
        "width": 520,
        "height": 180,
        "content": "# \ud83d\ude4b\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\nThe workflow automatically fetches all form fields and converts them into variables in Google Doc. For example, if you add a text field to the form called \"address,\" you can use the variable {{address}} in the Google Doc template."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "fa17044d-191e-45eb-9559-563889ad2aef",
      "name": "Sticky Note2",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        440,
        100
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 3,
        "content": "# \ud83d\udc46\nIn Authentication, you need to select Predefined Credential Type and then choose Google Docs OAuth API."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Form": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Copy template file",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Format form data": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Format form data to Google Doc API",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Copy template file": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Format form data",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Replace data in Google Doc": {
      "main": [
        []
      ]
    },
    "Format form data to Google Doc API": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Replace data in Google Doc",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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About this workflow

Code Form. Uses formTrigger, stickyNote, googleDrive, httpRequest. Event-driven trigger; 8 nodes.

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