Google Calendar + Google Drive

Create folders in Google Drive from new Google Calendar event starts

Organize your schedule and resources together with this workflow. When an event begins in Google Calendar, a new folder is instantly created in Google Drive. This automation process helps you keep track of specific event-related documents in one place, saving you the time and effort of manual folder creation.

When this happens...
Event Start
Triggers when a specified amount of time before an event starts.
TriggerScheduled
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Create Folder
Triggers when a new folder is added directly to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).
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Supported triggers and actions

What does this mean?

New Calendar
Triggers when a calendar is created.
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- CalendarRequired
- Search Term
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- CalendarRequired
- Expand Recurring Events
Trigger
Instant
Try It
- CalendarRequired
- Search TermRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- NameRequired
- Description
Action
Write

- CalendarRequired
- Summary
- Description
- Location
- Add Conferencing?
- Start Date & TimeRequired
- End Date & TimeRequired
- Repeat Frequency
- Repeat Until
- Repeat How Many Times?
- All day
- Color
- Attendees
- Visibility
- Use Default Reminders?
- Reminders
- Minutes Before Reminders
- Show me as Free or Busy
- Guests Can Modify Event
- Event Type
Action
Write
- CalendarRequired
- EventRequired
- Summary
- Description
- Location
- Start Date & Time
- End Date & Time
- Repeat Frequency
- Repeat Until
- Repeat How Many Times?
- All day
- Color
- Attendees
- Visibility
- Use Default Reminders?
- Reminders
- Minutes Before Reminders
- Show me as Free or Busy
Action
Write

- CalendarRequired
- Event IDRequired
Action
Search
- CalendarRequired
- Expand Recurring Events
- Search Term
- Start Time Before
- End Time After
Action
Search
- Drive
Trigger
Scheduled
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- 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

- CalendarRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- CalendarRequired
- Time Before
- Time Before (Unit)
- Search Term
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- CalendarRequired
Trigger
Instant
Try It
- CalendarRequired
- EventRequired
- Attendee/sRequired
Action
Write
- CalendarRequired
- EventRequired
- Notify Attendees?
Action
Write
- CalendarRequired
- Describe EventRequired
- Attendees
Action
Write
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query String Parameters
- Headers
- Additional Request Headers
- Body
Action
Write
- CalendarRequired
- Expand Recurring Events
- Search Term
- Start Time Before
- End Time After
Action
Search
- CalendarRequired
- Expand Recurring Events
- Search Term
- Start Time Before
- End Time After
- Summary
- Description
- Location
- Add Conferencing?
- Start Date & TimeRequired
- End Date & TimeRequired
- Repeat Frequency
- Repeat Until
- Repeat How Many Times?
- All day
- Color
- Attendees
- Visibility
- Use Default Reminders?
- Reminders
- Minutes Before Reminders
- Show me as Free or Busy
- Guests Can Modify Event
- Event Type
Action
Search or write
- Drive
- Folder
- Include Deleted Files?
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- 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

About Google Calendar

Google Calendar lets you organize your schedule and share events with co-workers and friends. With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of your daily schedule.

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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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Google Calendar + Google Drive

Create folders in Google Drive from new Google Calendar event starts

New Calendar

Event Ended

New or Updated Event

New Event Matching Search

Create Calendar

Create Detailed Event

Update Event

Retrieve Event by ID

Find Multiple Events

New File

New Folder

Copy File

Create Folder

Create File From Text

Add File Sharing Preference

Update File/Folder Name

Retrieve Files from Google Drive

Retrieve File or Folder by ID

Find Multiple Files

Find or Create File

Event Cancelled

Event Start

New Event

Add Attendee/S to Event

Delete Event

Quick Add Event

API Request (Beta)

Find Event

Find or Create Event

New File in Folder

Updated File

Upload File

Move File

Replace File

Create Shortcut

API Request (Beta)

Delete File

Find a File

Find a Folder

Find or Create Folder

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