Google Doc - Add body when creating doc, not just title

Questions
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I previously used make to manage a flow where I created a new google doc and as part of creating the file, the body was formatted html. In N8N I believe you can only update the title when you create a google doc.

However, you can only include html in a google doc when it is being created. Insert only copies the source code, not the markdown. Does anyone have a workaround for this please?

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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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  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
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  • n8n version: - 1.70.3
  • Database (default: SQLite): - SQL Lite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Digital Ocean
  • Operating system:
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Welcome to the community @Connor_MAP !

Tip for sharing information

Pasting your n8n workflow

Ensure to copy your n8n workflow and paste it in the code block, that is in between the pairs of triple backticks, which also could be achieved by clicking </> (preformatted text) in the editor and pasting in your workflow.

```
<your workflow>
```

That implies to any JSON output you would like to share with us.

Make sure that you have removed any sensitive information from your workflow and include dummy or pinned data with it!

You would use two Google Docs nodes. First create a document with a title, then update that document (using its ID from the first node) with the content.

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Thanks for the welcome and help!!

That’s the current workflow but you can only import html as markdown in the body on file creation, not update. And in n8n you can’t import body on file creation.

Hope that makes sense

I was able to do this in make but moving all workflows to n8n

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Hey @Connor_MAP, Did you find any workaround for this?