# Google Drive - New file or folder trigger
Triggers immediately in real time when a new file or folder is created in a specified folder. Subfolders are not monitored.
Google Drive New file or folder trigger
# Input
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | The folder to monitor for new files or folders. Subfolders are not monitored. Select a folder from the picklist or enter the folder ID directly. 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). IDs can be found at the end of folder and drive URLs. |
| When first started, this recipe should pick up events from | When you start recipe for the first time, it picks up new files or folders created from this specified date and time. If left blank, the recipe picks up files or folders created an hour ago. After the recipe has been run or tested, the value cannot be changed. Learn more about this input field. |
| Chunk size (KB) | Configure this to optimize throughput. Larger chunk size increases throughput, but may hit API limits. Defaults to 1024 KB. Refer to File streaming for more information. |
# Output
Note that in Google Drive API, the terms folder and file are used interchangeably. A folder is technically a special file. As a result, whenever the field name or field description mentions file, it also applies to folder.
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Is folder | Indicates whether this is a folder. |
| Is Google file | Indicates whether this is a Google file, such as Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Slides, and so on. |
| Is other file | Indicates whether this is a non-Google file, such as a CSV, PDF, DOCX, and so on. |
| File contents | Full contents of the file. This is a streaming object. |
| File contents | Full contents of the file. This is a streaming object. |
| ID | ID of the file. |
| Name | Name of the file or folder. |
| MIME type | MIME type of this file, as stated in Google Drive's documentation (opens new window). |
| Description | A short description of the file. |
| Starred | Indicates whether the user has starred the file. |
| Trashed | Indicates whether the file has been trashed, either explicitly or from a trashed parent folder. Only the owner can trash a file. Other users can't see files in the owner's trash. |
| Explicitly trashed | Indicates whether the file was explicitly trashed, as opposed to recursively trashed from a parent folder (for example, when you trash an entire parent folder). |
| Parents | The list of the parent folders that contain the file. Each parent folder in the list contains the following output field, in addition to List size and List index:
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| Version | A version number for the file. This reflects every change made to the file on the server, even those not visible to the user. |
| Web content link | A link for downloading the content of the file in a browser. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. |
| Web view link | A link for opening the file in a relevant Google editor or viewer in a browser. |
| Icon link | A static, unauthenticated link to the file's icon. |
| Thumbnail link | A short-lived link to the file's thumbnail, if available. Typically lasts on the order of hours. Only populated when the requesting app can access the file's content. |
| Viewed by me | Indicates whether the file has been viewed by this user. |
| Viewed by me time | The last time the file was viewed by this user (RFC 3339 date-time). |
| Created time | The time at which the file was created (RFC 3339 date-time) |
| Modified time | The last time the file was modified by anyone (RFC 3339 date-time). |
| Modified by me time | The last time the file was modified by this user (RFC 3339 date-time). |
| Sharing user | The user who shared the file with the requesting user, if applicable. Each user contains the following output fields:
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| Owners | The list of owners of the file. Only certain legacy files can have more than one owner. This field is not populated for shared drive files. Each owner contains the following fields, in addition to List size and List index:
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| Last modifying user | The last user to modify the file. Each user contains the following output fields:
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| Shared | Indicates whether the file has been shared. This field isn't populated for shared drive files. |
| Owned by me | Indicates whether the user owns the file. This field isn't populated for shared drive files. |
| Viewers can copy content | Indicates whether users with View access can copy the file contents. |
| Writers can share | Indicates whether users with Edit access can share the file. This field isn't populated for shared drive files. |
| Original filename | The original filename of the uploaded content if available, or else the original value of the name field. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. |
| Full file extension | The full file extension extracted from the name field. May contain multiple concatenated extensions (for example, tar.gz). This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. It is automatically updated when the name field changes, but it is not cleared if the new name does not contain a valid extension. |
| File extension | The final component of the full file extension (for example, gz). This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. |
| MD5 checksum | The MD5 checksum for the content of the file. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Google Drive. |
| Size | The size of the file's content in bytes. This is only applicable to files with binary content in Google Drive. |
| Quota bytes used | The number of storage quota bytes used by the file. This includes the head revision as well as previous revisions with Keep Forever (opens new window) enabled. |
| Head revision ID | The ID of the file's most current version. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. |
Last updated: 3/10/2025, 6:11:59 PM