This workflow follows the Gmail Trigger → Google Drive recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "3c7ae816-6ce2-4b6b-893e-75c6b8756555",
"name": "Trigger - New Email",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmailTrigger",
"notes": "has:attachment",
"position": [
680,
300
],
"parameters": {
"simple": false,
"filters": {
"q": "has:attachment"
},
"options": {
"downloadAttachments": true
},
"pollTimes": {
"item": [
{
"mode": "everyMinute"
}
]
}
},
"notesInFlow": true,
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "b87b2211-03d3-4742-98c9-977ae4a8d581",
"name": "attach binary data outputs",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
"position": [
900,
300
],
"parameters": {
"functionCode": "let results = [];\n\nfor (item of items) {\n for (key of Object.keys(item.binary)) {\n results.push({\n json: {\n fileName: item.binary[key].fileName\n },\n binary: {\n data: item.binary[key],\n }\n });\n }\n}\n\nreturn results;"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f8e19c97-0983-4365-bc63-179605050ef2",
"name": "upload files to google drive",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
1140,
300
],
"parameters": {
"name": "={{ $json.fileName.split(\".\")[0] + \"-\" + $('Trigger - New Email').item.json.from.value[0].address + \".\" + $json.fileName.split(\".\")[1]}}",
"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": "root",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://drive.google.com/drive",
"cachedResultName": "/ (Root folder)"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3
}
],
"connections": {
"Trigger - New Email": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "attach binary data outputs",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"attach binary data outputs": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "upload files to google drive",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
Get Multiple Attachments From Gmail And Upload Them To Gdrive. Uses gmailTrigger, googleDrive. Event-driven trigger; 3 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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