This workflow follows the Documentdefaultdataloader → Google Drive recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"updatedAt": "2026-07-18T12:06:18.995Z",
"createdAt": "2026-07-05T13:16:13.684Z",
"id": "PF38bb0iXFIqG7al",
"name": "Google Drive PDF \u2192 Qdrant RAG Indexer",
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"active": true,
"isArchived": false,
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"name": "Run Indexer",
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"notes": "Click 'Test workflow' to index all PDFs in your Google Drive folder."
},
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"parameters": {
"resource": "fileFolder",
"searchMethod": "query",
"queryString": "'1kiyeVdh-lP45tH8uV-_8hpPVQc1DR_NK' in parents and mimeType = 'application/pdf' and trashed = false",
"returnAll": true,
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"name": "List All PDFs",
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"name": "<your credential>"
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"name": "Process One by One",
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"parameters": {
"operation": "download",
"fileId": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "={{ $json.id }}",
"mode": "id"
},
"options": {
"fileName": "={{ $json.name }}"
}
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"id": "c2cfe8a8-3bd9-4921-8ad1-d3e271e077b5",
"name": "Download PDF",
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"credentials": {
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"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
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"parameters": {
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"qdrantCollection": {
"__rl": true,
"value": "n8n-rag",
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"credentials": {
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"name": "<your credential>"
}
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},
{
"parameters": {
"options": {
"metadata": {
"metadataValues": [
{
"name": "file_id",
"value": "={{ $('Process One by One').item.json.id }}"
},
{
"name": "file_name",
"value": "={{ $('Process One by One').item.json.name }}"
}
]
}
}
},
"id": "05c8e93a-2ab4-4c57-98be-ee9caece0350",
"name": "Load PDF",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.documentDefaultDataLoader",
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"options": {}
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"id": "84c03f6d-334a-405e-b224-fa9bf0b75609",
"name": "Split Text",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter",
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"position": [
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"name": "Ollama Embeddings",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.embeddingsOllama",
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"credentials": {
"ollamaApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
}
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## \ud83d\udcc2 Google Drive PDF \u2192 Qdrant RAG Indexer\n\n### Setup (do once before running):\n\n**1. Google Drive Folder:**\n- The folder is pre-configured to your PDF folder (ID: 1kiyeVdh-lP45tH8uV-_8hpPVQc1DR_NK).\n- If you ever want to change it, open the 'List All PDFs' node and change the Folder ID.\n\n**2. Set credentials on both Google Drive nodes:**\n- Click each Google Drive node and select your Google Drive credential.\n\n**3. Set Qdrant credential:**\n- URL: `http://qdrant:6333`\n- No API key is needed.\n\n**4. Verify Ollama has the model:**\n- Ensure you have pulled `nomic-embed-text`.\n\n### How it works:\n- Lists ALL PDFs in your folder\n- Downloads and processes them one by one (avoids running out of memory)\n- Splits each PDF into 1000-char chunks with 200 overlap\n- Embeds via Ollama nomic-embed-text (768 dims)\n- Stores everything in local Qdrant collection `n8n-rag`",
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{
"node": "List All PDFs",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
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{
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{
"node": "Download PDF",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
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"Download PDF": {
"main": [
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{
"node": "Store in Qdrant",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Store in Qdrant": {
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{
"node": "Process One by One",
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"index": 0
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{
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]
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"Load PDF": {
"ai_document": [
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{
"node": "Store in Qdrant",
"type": "ai_document",
"index": 0
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]
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"Split Text": {
"ai_textSplitter": [
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{
"node": "Load PDF",
"type": "ai_textSplitter",
"index": 0
}
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]
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"Ollama Embeddings": {
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"timezone": "Africa/Cairo",
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"saveDataSuccessExecution": "none",
"saveExecutionProgress": false,
"saveManualExecutions": true,
"callerPolicy": "workflowsFromSameOwner"
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"name": "Sohila Abbas <sohila.k.data@gmail.com>",
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Credentials you'll need
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googleDriveOAuth2ApiollamaApiqdrantApi
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About this workflow
Google Drive PDF → Qdrant RAG Indexer. Uses googleDrive, vectorStoreQdrant, documentDefaultDataLoader, textSplitterRecursiveCharacterTextSplitter. Event-driven trigger; 10 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Sohila-Khaled-Abbas/n8n-workflow-gdrive-pdf-qdrant-indexer/blob/main/workflow.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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