Activate a Trigger based Google Drive Filename

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Hi all,

This is going to be a very quick answer I feel but my mind has gone blank with this.
I have a file named “calleddetail” with todays date included at the end of the filename, eg calledetail20240719
There will be a new file uploaded to a specific Google Drive every day, so I would like to create a trigger that looks for a file that contains today date and then triggers the automation (I have that part it is just the trigger I would like to create).

Thanks

Alex

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

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Hi @villa1980

We have Google Drive Trigger that checks a certain folder for any new files created. Would that do?

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Hi Ria,

Thank-you for the reply
That would help but how would I amend the node so it looks for that file that I have mentioned.
Would I look at every minute rather than a specific hour of the day as I find that sometimes does not work.

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Sorry, managed to work it out.
Using this node, I have Polled it every minute to look in the specific folder and trigger on a file created within that folder.

Thanks for your help

Alex

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