Google Drive action - Copy file

This action copies a file from a source folder to a destination folder in Google Drive. Google Drive does not support copying folders.

Google Drive Copy file action

Input fields

Field name	Description
File	The file you plan to copy. Select a file or enter its ID. To find the file ID, right-click the file and select Share > Copy link. For example, if the URL is https://drive.google.com/file/d/123nyR2IjW_Rq84d3qEYRoq1/view, the file ID is 123nyR2IjW_Rq84d3qEYRoq1. Alternatively, you can find the file ID in the output of other Google Drive triggers and actions.
File name	The name for the newly copied file.
Destination folder	The folder you plan to place the newly copied file in. Select a folder or enter its ID. You can find the folder ID at the end of the folder URL. If entering the folder ID for a shared drive (formerly Team Drive), this value must be in the form folder_id/shared_drive_id (for example, 1fm6iCMYrN7roZZ-ynpVFRTVq9mellrWp/0AB6ZFCw3XdamUk9PAA). By default, the copied file is placed in the same folder as the source file.

Output fields

Field name	Description
Kind	The kind of resource this is: drive#file.
Name	The name of the newly copied file.
File ID	The ID of the file.
MIME type	The MIME type of the file, as stated in Google Drive's documentation (opens new window).
Parents	The list of parent folder IDs that contain the file, including the List size and List index.