Milorad Filipovic This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2179 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Google Drive → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"nodes": [
{
"id": "fdb7302d-9319-4861-abab-557a3c1f1493",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 288.76295784381495,
"height": 795.272978576365,
"content": "### Available source and target languages`*`:\n\n`BG` - \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec Bulgarian\n`CS` - \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czech\n`DA` - \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Danish\n`DE` - \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea German\n`EL` - \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greek\n`EN-GB` - \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 English (British)\n`EN-US` - \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 English (American)\n`ES` - \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Spanish\n`ET` - \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonian\n`FI` - \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finnish\n`FR` - \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 French\n`HU` - \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa Hungarian\n`ID` - \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\udde9 Indonesian\n`IT` - \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Italian\n`JA` - \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 Japanese\n`KO` - \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 Korean\n`LT` - \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuanian\n`LV` - \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvian\n`NB` - \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norwegian (Bokm\u00e5l)\n`NL` - \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Dutch\n`PL` - \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Polish\n`PT-BR` - \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Portuguese (Brazilian)\n`PT-PT` - \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portuguese\n`RO` - \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Romanian\n`RU` - \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa Russian\n`SK` - \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 Slovak\n`SL` - \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Slovenian\n`SV` - \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Swedish\n`TR` - \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 Turkish\n`UK` - \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukrainian\n`ZH` - \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Chinese (simplified)\n\n`*` For more up-to-date list, please consult the official DeepL [API documentation](https://www.deepl.com/docs-api/documents/translate-document)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "9cad538a-0efb-4186-b588-ef4d764fdf4e",
"name": "Run manually",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
1100,
560
],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "242d4895-5b02-46b8-9c87-07fd2e11c9ba",
"name": "Get files from specified folder",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
1780,
560
],
"parameters": {
"filter": {
"folderId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $json.folder_url }}"
},
"whatToSearch": "files"
},
"options": {
"fields": [
"kind",
"id",
"name",
"mimeType"
]
},
"resource": "fileFolder"
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "1660cf85-af39-4d70-a997-5f4ef2252370",
"name": "Use only PDF documents",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
2000,
560
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "098535fe-164e-4f58-9b35-0628b51ac5d0",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "endsWith"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.name }}",
"rightValue": ".pdf"
},
{
"id": "a0bb0e8c-25e9-4ee0-a1fd-2d98a7328111",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "notContains"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.name }}",
"rightValue": "=-{{ $('\u2699\ufe0f config').first().json.target_lang }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "b7cc611e-81a3-4468-bcab-ca6de564fbeb",
"name": "Download files",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
2220,
560
],
"parameters": {
"fileId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "={{ $json.id }}"
},
"options": {},
"operation": "download"
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"executeOnce": false,
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "f6e2c1e6-b68d-47b3-8582-7772f8b1ee95",
"name": "Send translate request",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
2440,
560
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.deepl.com/v2/document",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"contentType": "multipart-form-data",
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "target_lang",
"value": "={{ $('\u2699\ufe0f config').first().json.target_lang }}"
},
{
"name": "file",
"parameterType": "formBinaryData",
"inputDataFieldName": "data"
},
{
"name": "source_lang",
"value": "={{ $('\u2699\ufe0f config').first().json.source_lang }}"
}
]
},
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "9fab53d1-dfa8-4b27-892f-884853df1e50",
"name": "Check translation status",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1320,
820
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://api.deepl.com/v2/document/{{ $json.document_id }}",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "document_key",
"value": "={{ $('Send translate request').item.json.document_key }}"
}
]
},
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "9d320d4c-8398-4af4-8582-bc60ca52b986",
"name": "Wait a bit",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"unit": "seconds",
"amount": 5
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "657758b1-a5f5-4b0b-bdd0-ef0cdb518863",
"name": "file translated?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
1760,
820
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "1a7ad415-3d30-4d51-b31e-7a0911391d21",
"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.status }}",
"rightValue": "done"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "2018d45b-8922-4a9c-884b-27cc6903d464",
"name": "Wait between documents",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.wait",
"position": [
2000,
800
],
"parameters": {
"unit": "seconds",
"amount": 2
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "717972fe-45fa-4bd4-acf9-9db2efb45c12",
"name": "Get translated document from deepL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
2240,
800
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://api.deepl.com/v2/document/{{ $json.document_id }}/result",
"method": "POST",
"options": {
"timeout": 30000
},
"sendBody": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"bodyParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "document_key",
"value": "={{ $('Send translate request').item.json.document_key }}"
}
]
},
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "c9e9b000-8202-410d-9630-b08481ba4e39",
"name": "Uplad to original folder",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"position": [
2460,
800
],
"parameters": {
"name": "={{ $('Download files').item.json.name.replace('.pdf', '--' + $('\u2699\ufe0f config').first().json.target_lang) + '.pdf' }}",
"driveId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "My Drive"
},
"options": {},
"folderId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $('\u2699\ufe0f config').first().json.folder_url }}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleDriveOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"executeOnce": false,
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "698a33ce-8b33-4b33-8236-190b1013cb0d",
"name": "\u2699\ufe0f config",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
1440,
560
],
"parameters": {
"fields": {
"values": [
{
"name": "target_lang"
},
{
"name": "source_lang"
},
{
"name": "folder_url"
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3.2
},
{
"id": "aeee03fa-f4a6-48fd-b3ca-ff6a6dc20fb4",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 444.71526152412946,
"height": 343.02803459456237,
"content": "### Configure your workflow here by setting these parameters:\n- `folder_url`: URL of your google drive folder\n- `target_lang`: The language into which the text should be translated\n- `source_lang`: Language of the text to be translated (optional, if not specified DeepL will try to auto-detect the source language)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"connections": {
"Wait a bit": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "file translated?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Run manually": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "\u2699\ufe0f config",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"\u2699\ufe0f config": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get files from specified folder",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Download files": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send translate request",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"file translated?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait between documents",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Check translation status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Send translate request": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Check translation status",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Use only PDF documents": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Download files",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Wait between documents": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get translated document from deepL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Check translation status": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Wait a bit",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get files from specified folder": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Use only PDF documents",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get translated document from deepL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Uplad to original folder",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow will translate all your PDF documents from specified Google Drive folder to the desired language. Translated files will be automatically uploaded to the original folder.
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2179/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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