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Google Calendar and Google Drive integration

Save yourself the work of writing custom integrations for Google Calendar and Google Drive and use n8n instead. Build adaptable and scalable Productivity, and Data & Storage workflows that work with your technology stack. All within a building experience you will love.

How to connect Google Calendar and Google Drive

  • Step 1: Create a new workflow
  • Step 2: Add and configure nodes
  • Step 3: Connect
  • Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
  • Step 5: Test and activate your workflow

Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Google Calendar and Google Drive integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure Google Calendar and Google Drive nodes

You can find Google Calendar and Google Drive in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure Google Calendar and Google Drive nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

Google Calendar and Google Drive integration: Add and configure Google Calendar and Google Drive nodes

Step 3: Connect Google Calendar and Google Drive

A connection establishes a link between Google Calendar and Google Drive (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.

Google Calendar and Google Drive integration: Connect Google Calendar and Google Drive

Step 4: Customize and extend your Google Calendar and Google Drive integration

Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect Google Calendar and Google Drive with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

Google Calendar and Google Drive integration: Customize and extend your Google Calendar and Google Drive integration

Step 5: Test and activate your Google Calendar and Google Drive workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Google Calendar to Google Drive or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.

Google Calendar and Google Drive integration: Test and activate your Google Calendar and Google Drive workflow

Actioning Your Meeting Next Steps using Transcripts and AI

This n8n workflow demonstrates how you can summarise and automate post-meeting actions from video transcripts fed into an AI Agent.

Save time between meetings by allowing AI handle the chores of organising follow-up meetings and invites.

How it works

  • This workflow scans for the calendar for client or team meetings which were held online. * Attempts will be made to fetch any recorded transcripts which are then sent to the AI agent.
  • The AI agent summarises and identifies if any follow-on meetings are required.
  • If found, the Agent will use its Calendar Tool to to create the event for the time, date and place for the next meeting as well as add known attendees.

Requirements

  • Google Calendar and the ability to fetch Meeting Transcripts (There is a special OAuth permission for this action!)
  • OpenAI account for access to the LLM.

Customising the workflow

This example only books follow-on meetings but could be extended to generate reports or send emails.

Nodes used in this workflow

Popular Google Calendar and Google Drive workflows

OpenAI Chat Model node
HTTP Request node
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Actioning Your Meeting Next Steps using Transcripts and AI

This n8n workflow demonstrates how you can summarise and automate post-meeting actions from video transcripts fed into an AI Agent. Save time between meetings by allowing AI handle the chores of organising follow-up meetings and invites. How it works This workflow scans for the calendar for client or team meetings which were held online. * Attempts will be made to fetch any recorded transcripts which are then sent to the AI agent. The AI agent summarises and identifies if any follow-on meetings are required. If found, the Agent will use its Calendar Tool to to create the event for the time, date and place for the next meeting as well as add known attendees. Requirements Google Calendar and the ability to fetch Meeting Transcripts (There is a special OAuth permission for this action!) OpenAI account for access to the LLM. Customising the workflow This example only books follow-on meetings but could be extended to generate reports or send emails.
Google Calendar Trigger node
Google Drive node

When specific event created in Google Calendar, duplicate & rename Google File

Who is this template for? This template is for everyone who has to take notes during a call: Talent Acquisition Managers / Talent Acquisition Specialists / Recruiters HR professionals Sales teams, customer success teams Product teams / User Experience Designers / anyone conducting user research interviews Use case This workflow allows specific events created on Google Calendar (or any other meeting scheduling tool like Calendly) to trigger the duplication and renaming of a specific template document. Example: For each new screening call that is scheduled in your calendar, you want to create a draft of your screening interview template for the role, titled "{Name of the candidate} | {Date of the interview}", and located in your Google Drive in a specific folder This workflow could then be extended to copy the link to the file on a Notion database that is shared with the team (check "To go further" section). This workflow ensures that if you're jumping from calls to calls, you're already set up to take notes, and every document is tidied up and sorted in a structured way! How it works The workflow starts when a new event is created in Google Calendar The Filter node then selects a specific type of events, depending on a chosen pattern (title includes a specific term, organizer is X, attendees include Y, etc.) The workflow then searches for a specific folder in your Google Drive, where the file you want to duplicate is located The workflow then searches for the specific file you want to duplicate The last step allows to duplicate and rename the file with variables from your Google Calendar event Set up Set up credentials for Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google File. You'll need a Google Workspace account. Set up the Filter node with the pattern you want to look for to retreive specific events in your calendar Set up the Google Drive you want to search in Set up the Google File you want to duplicate Set up variable at the last step to rename your duplicated file however you want it, or add a description To go further Here's a few idea to enhance this workflow depending on your specific needs: Instead of a filter, separate your flow depending on your use case (ex: you have want to fetch different templates depending on the type of call it'll be). Switch Google Calendar for another trigger (Calendly, Hubspot..) 10 minutes before the event, send the duplicate Google File to the meeting organizer through Slack The day after the event, if the event hasn't been cancelled, add the link to the Google File to your ATS, Hubspot, etc.

Build your own Google Calendar and Google Drive integration

Create custom Google Calendar and Google Drive workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Google Calendar supported actions

Availability
If a time-slot is available in a calendar
Create
Add a event to calendar
Delete
Delete an event
Get
Retrieve an event
Get Many
Retrieve many events from a calendar
Update
Update an event

Google Drive supported actions

Copy
Create a copy of an existing file
Create From Text
Create a file from a provided text
Delete
Permanently delete a file
Download
Download a file
Move
Move a file to another folder
Share
Add sharing permissions to a file
Update
Update a file
Upload
Upload an existing file to Google Drive
Search
Search or list files and folders
Create
Create a folder
Delete
Permanently delete a folder
Share
Add sharing permissions to a folder
Create
Create a shared drive
Delete
Permanently delete a shared drive
Get
Get a shared drive
Get Many
Get the list of shared drives
Update
Update a shared drive

Google Calendar and Google Drive integration details

integrationGoogle Calendar node
Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a time-management and calendar service created by Google Workspace. It helps you schedule and organize events and meetings, send notifications, and synchronize with your team. It is widely used by both individuals and organizations.

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