David Soden This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #9795 — we link there as the canonical source.
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": "41e9c34b-bff5-4d1a-a7f1-0e29b8dd7388",
"name": "On form submission",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
"position": [
-688,
0
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"formTitle": "my example form",
"formFields": {
"values": [
{
"fieldType": "file",
"fieldLabel": "file_upload",
"multipleFiles": false
}
]
},
"formDescription": "testing"
},
"typeVersion": 2.3
},
{
"id": "f64cff98-d4c0-4df7-b270-52184d7a210b",
"name": "Read/Write Files from Disk",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.readWriteFile",
"position": [
-496,
-32
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fileName": "c:/temp_n8n.zip",
"operation": "write",
"dataPropertyName": "=file_upload"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "4a07bd3b-43df-4311-80f1-c2c2839abbe0",
"name": "Compression",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.compression",
"position": [
-80,
-48
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "edcb7065-742b-4336-9fdf-c23ef8e26974",
"name": "Read/Write Files from Disk1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.readWriteFile",
"position": [
-288,
-32
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fileSelector": "={{ $('Read/Write Files from Disk').item.json.fileName }}"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "82e05ffe-0963-436f-b878-c7e674dde3d9",
"name": "Upload to Google Drive",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
320,
-80
],
"parameters": {
"name": "={{ $binary[Object.keys($binary)[$itemIndex]].fileName }}",
"driveId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "My Drive",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive",
"cachedResultName": "My Drive"
},
"options": {},
"folderId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "1leEuOROy_V6bis5oLEsLB3GBK5Kjq9d1",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1leEuOROy_V6bis5oLEsLB3GBK5Kjq9d1",
"cachedResultName": "n8n_test"
},
"inputDataFieldName": "={{ 'file_'+$itemIndex }}"
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "ab206c68-b5b3-409b-9d33-6ef607ceb7e4",
"name": "Split Out",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
128,
-48
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "$binary"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0428e83c-868e-443c-bb63-b23bd840e4e6",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-784,
-128
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"height": 320,
"content": "## #1 Optional Step \nUse a form to collect the zip file. THis form has one field to simplify the concept"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2af84a31-1700-47f2-ab8d-37aa8b685af1",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-544,
-160
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 416,
"height": 352,
"content": "## #2 Local Processing\nDownload the file to the local n8n server so it can be accessed to properly decompress in the next step"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "6f2c5027-23cb-47c7-8beb-77f117aac139",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-128,
-192
],
"parameters": {
"width": 384,
"height": 384,
"content": "## #3 Decompress the file\n Allows access of one or more files inside, then split them out to batch process down stream\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "ddf5fd05-5c31-46c4-a768-0adc34bd15f6",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
256,
-224
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"height": 416,
"content": "## #4 Upload to Drive\nYOu can upload the file to do anything you want to the files from this point on"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"Split Out": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Upload to Google Drive",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Compression": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"On form submission": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Read/Write Files from Disk",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Upload to Google Drive": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"Read/Write Files from Disk": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Read/Write Files from Disk1",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Read/Write Files from Disk1": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Compression",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleDriveOAuth2Api
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About this workflow
This workflow automatically extracts all files from an uploaded zip archive and uploads each file individually to Google Drive.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/9795/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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