Hey! I’m struggling to get a file to upload to Google Drive. I can see that the data is being passed through as binary into the Google Drive node, but the error message says the resource can not be found. What am I doing wrong?
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Laura_Burnett:
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{
"errorMessage": "The resource you are requesting could not be found",
"errorDescription": "File not found: .",
"errorDetails": {
"rawErrorMessage": [
"Request failed with status code 404"
],
"httpCode": "404",
"errorData": {
"error": {
"code": 404,
"message": "File not found: .",
"errors": [
{
"message": "File not found: .",
"domain": "global",
"reason": "notFound",
"location": "fileId",
"locationType": "parameter"
}
]
}
}
},
"n8nDetails": {
"nodeName": "Upload file",
"nodeType": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
"nodeVersion": 3,
"resource": "file",
"operation": "upload",
"time": "25/10/2025, 17:21:09",
"n8nVersion": "1.116.2 (Cloud)",
"binaryDataMode": "filesystem",
"stackTrace": [
"NodeApiError: The resource you are requesting could not be found",
" at ExecuteContext.httpRequestWithAuthentication (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected] _@[email protected] _08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/node-execution-context/utils/request-helper-functions.ts:1365:9)",
" at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)",
" at ExecuteContext.httpRequestWithAuthentication (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected] _@[email protected] _08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/node-execution-context/utils/request-helper-functions.ts:1737:11)",
" at ExecuteContext.googleApiRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected] _asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/transport/index.ts:54:11)",
" at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected] _asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/file/upload.operation.ts:136:27)",
" at ExecuteContext.router (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected] _asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/router.ts:29:26)",
" at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected] _asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/GoogleDriveV2.node.ts:25:10)",
" at WorkflowExecute.executeNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected] _@[email protected] _08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1093:8)",
" at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected] _@[email protected] _08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1274:11)",
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected] _@[email protected] _08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1699:27",
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected] _@[email protected] _08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:2315:11"
]
}
}
moosa
October 25, 2025, 5:51pm
5
hey @Laura_Burnett welcome to n8n community,
i see problem in upload file node you have not selected parent folder,
In above shared node I have selected root as parent,
