Hi, So i have a workflow starting with the node Google Drive Trigger every minutes and I test every “Watch for”. Even if my workflow is active and everything is OK, It doesnt run it when i put a files into my folder. I saw a lot of comments like this one so maybe you already have the solution for me.
I will put my workflow here and tell me if you see something wrong with it or is it a bug in the system.
PS: There is no error message it just never run like there was no files in my folder
I saw a lot of comments like that and other option with time of last updated and everything but if someone have the way to make this work like that i would really appreciate it.
Correct me if I’m wrong but if you want the trigger to activate when a file is uploaded shouldn’t you use ‘Folder Updated’ instead of ‘File Updated’?
When using ‘File Updated’ the workflow should trigger when changes were made to any of the files while ‘Folder Updated’ must trigger the content of the folder, including actions like files added or removed.
Glad you got it working. Just an FYI for any other folks that are having issues with this, I found that so long as I moved files from one Google Drive folder to another, it did not trigger the workflow. This is probably becuase Google doesn’t seem to update the critical meta details that N8N is looking for when the file is simply moved into the folder. Only when I uploaded a file from my computer into the browser, did this workflow finally run.
I was going crazy, because I was moving files and nothing happen as you describe. thanks god you wrote that you need to upload file and not move the file, that actually worked. thank you so much. you rock.
