Google Drive Node Not Showing Files or Folders Despite Successful Connection

[Mattw2]

Hi everyone,

I’m having an issue with the Google Drive node in n8n. I connected my Google account successfully — the node shows that the authentication is connected and valid. However, when I try to list files or access any folders in my Drive, nothing shows up.

I’ve tried:
• Reauthenticating the Google Drive credentials
• Creating new workflows from scratch
• Ensuring that the account has files and folders to list

But still, no data is returned. Is there a known fix or permission setting I might be missing? I’m using n8n Cloud (version X.XX.X) — let me know if you need more details.

Thanks in advance for the help!

[moosa]

have you activated google drive api from google cloud console?

[Mattw2]

yes it says enabled

[Mattw2]

this screen pops up for me I wonder if it has anything to do with it !

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[moosa]

yes you have to accept and give permissions to the app.
because that is your app which is asking for permissions.

[gakroman]

Go to google console > your project > Audience
in this place, add your email in users tests space and validate

[Mattw2]

It seems like its connected but its not getting the things I would expect it to. its getting random files from random projects. when I look at drives all I see is my drive and I dont see any folders that I created inside of my drive

[moosa]

it is not random but in alphabetical order.
you can search for specific files too

[Mattw2]

do you only see My Drive too even if you have other folders in your drive? All I see is my drive and no other option. in addition I dont see the files that are there just a bunch of random config files.

[moosa]

you should try searching by name of file you want.

[cutecatcode]

@Mattw2

there just a bunch of random config files.

That’s not a bunch random files, it’s because you have the files in the Google Drive.

To get the folder/file that you need, simply search for the folder/file in Search box.

[Mattw2]

Ok in search query I put the folder name. but it just gives me id of folder I want every file inside of the folder too.

[cutecatcode]

If you’re looking for file inside folder, you can add one more node to get all files from the folder, and then copy it.

Here’s the example workflow that maybe useful.

[Mattw2]

ok Im able to navigate with the json id. I thought it would be much easier to be able to navigate between folders besides putting json id for each layer and adding a node for each layer though. How would I grab the text from a google doc document?

[cutecatcode]

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