Email by Zapier + Google Drive

Send out emails in Email by Zapier for new folders in Google Drive

Stay on top of your content organization and communication with this handy workflow. Whenever you create a new folder in Google Drive, an email will be sent out via Email by Zapier. Great for informing team members about new project spaces, this automation makes sure everyone's informed and up-to-date with your content management progress.

When this happens...
New Folder
Triggers when a new folder is added directly to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).
TriggerScheduled
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Send Outbound Email
Send up to 5 emails per day on Free or Trial Zapier plans, or up to 10 emails per hour on paid Zapier plans from a custom zapiermail.com address.
ActionWrite

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Supported triggers and actions

What does this mean?

- Drive
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- Drive
- Folder
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- FileRequired
- Convert to Document?
- File Name
- Drive
- Folder
Action
Write
- Drive
- Parent Folder
- Folder NameRequired
Action
Write
- Drive
- Folder
- File NameRequired
- File ContentRequired
- Convert to Document?
Action
Write

- Drive
- File IdRequired
- Sharing PreferenceRequired
- Organization Domain
Action
Write
- Drive
- Folder
- File to Replace
- File/Folder Name
- Rename Folder?
- Extension Copy
Action
Write

Retrieve Files from Google Drive
This action sends a GET request to the Google Drive API to retrieve a list of files based on specific query parameters.
Action
Write
- Drive
- File or Folder IDRequired
Action
Search
- Info
- Filename
- Search Type
- Drive
- Folder
- File Types
- Maximum Number of Results
Action
Search
- FilenameRequired
- Search Type
- Drive
- Folder
- File Types
- FileRequired
- Convert to Document?
- File Name
- File Extension
- Idempotency Key
Action
Search or write
- Email AddressRequired
Trigger
Instant
Try It
- Free Test Limitation
- ToRequired
- SubjectRequired
- Body (HTML or Plain)Required
- Attachment
- From Name
- Reply To
- Cc
- Bcc
- Force Linebreaks?
- Enable read receipts?
Action
Write

- Drive
- Folder
- Include Deleted Files?
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Drive
- Folder
- Include Deleted
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- Drive
- Folder
- FileRequired
- Convert to Document?
- File Name
- File Extension
- Idempotency Key
Action
Write
- FileRequired
- Drive
- FolderRequired
Action
Write
- Drive
- Folder
- File to ReplaceRequired
- FileRequired
- Convert to Document?
- File Name
- File Extension
- Idempotency Key
Action
Write
- FileRequired
- Drive
- Folder
Action
Write
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query String Parameters
- Headers
- Additional Request Headers
- Body
Action
Write
Delete File
This action will delete a file in Google Drive. You will need to provide the file ID.
Action
Write
- FilenameRequired
- Search Type
- Drive
- Folder
- File Types
Action
Search
- Folder NameRequired
- Search Type
- Drive
- Parent Folder
Action
Search
- Folder NameRequired
- Search Type
- Drive
- Parent Folder
Action
Search or write
- Setup Directions
Trigger
Instant
Try It

About Email by Zapier

Send and receive email via a custom Zapier email address at "zapiermail.com". This is great for triggering off of emails and sending custom emails. (Max of 10 email sends per hour.) Have direct access to your own email servers? Check out our IMAP and SMTP services!

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About Google Drive

Google Drive is Google's file sync app that lets you store all of your files online alongside your Google Docs documents, and keep them synced with all of your devices.

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