Connect Google Drive to your entire application stack
Integrate Google Drive into your core business processes with Flows360. This connector allows you to treat your cloud storage as an active part of your application ecosystem. Build workflows that automatically manage files and folders based on events in other systems. For example, you can archive signed sales contracts from your CRM to a secure Google Drive folder, attach project files from Drive to tasks in your project management tool, or distribute marketing collateral from Drive to your content management system. Monitor folders for new files to trigger data ingestion pipelines, synchronize assets across team and customer folders, and manage sharing permissions programmatically. Connect Google Drive to your ERP, CRM, marketing automation platforms, and internal databases to ensure data consistency and eliminate manual file handling.
Common use cases
- Automatically archive sales contracts from a CRM to a dedicated Google Drive folder
- Sync marketing assets from a Google Drive folder to a CMS
- Trigger a new task in a project management tool when a file is added to a project folder
- Back up critical data from business applications to Google Drive
- Attach documents from Google Drive to support tickets in a helpdesk system
Sync scenarios
- Read, create, update, and delete files and folders
- Trigger workflows from new or updated files
- Search for files and folders by name or content
- Manage file and folder permissions
- Copy and move files between folders
- Upload and download files
Objects supported
- File
- Task
- Record
- Folder
- Permission
- Comment
- Revision
Actions
- create_record
- update_record
- list_records
- upload_file
- copy_file
- move_file_to_trash
- create_folder
- add_permission
- search_files_or_folders
- new_file_in_folder
- updated_file
Frequently asked questions
What can I automate with the Google Drive integration?
You can automate any file or folder operation. This includes uploading, downloading, moving, or deleting files, as well as creating folders and managing permissions. You can trigger these actions based on events in any connected application.
How does this integration connect to Google Drive?
Flows360 connects securely to the Google Drive API using OAuth 2.0. You authorize the connection once, granting requested permissions to create, read, update, and delete files and folders in your Google Drive account.
Can I sync files between Google Drive and other applications?
Yes. You can build bidirectional or unidirectional syncs between Google Drive and other systems like Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite, or any other application in your stack. This ensures assets and documents are consistent across platforms.
Can I trigger workflows from events in Google Drive?
Yes. The integration can monitor folders for new or modified files. When a change is detected, it can trigger a workflow to process the file, notify team members in Slack, update a record in your CRM, or start any other business process.
- Auth method: OAuth 2.0
- Required scopes: 2
- Supported objects: 3
- Supported actions: 4
Overview
The Flows360 connector for Google Drive lets you build reliable, bidirectional integrations between Google Drive and the other tools your teams rely on every day. Move records, trigger downstream workflows, and keep data consistent across CRMs, ERPs, data warehouses, support desks, and internal apps — without writing or maintaining glue code.
Use this connector to eliminate manual data entry, reduce swivel-chair work between systems, and give every team a complete, real-time view of customers, operations, and pipeline. Flows360 handles authentication, pagination, retries, rate-limit backoff, and schema drift so your integrations stay healthy as Google Drive evolves.
Setup steps
1. Sign in to Google Drive
Log in to your Google Drive account with an administrator user that can create or manage API credentials.
2. Create credentials for Flows360
In the Google Drive admin area, create a new API key, service account, or OAuth application dedicated to Flows360. Grant it the minimum scopes required to read and write the objects you plan to sync.
3. Copy the credentials
Copy the generated client ID, client secret, API token, or service account key. Treat these values as secrets — they grant access to your Google Drive data.
4. Connect from Flows360
In Flows360, open Connectors → Google Drive → Connect. Paste the credentials into the matching fields and (for OAuth) complete the authorization redirect.
5. Test the connection
Run the built-in test in Flows360. A successful test confirms credentials, network access, and the required scopes. You can now use Google Drive as a source or destination in any flow.
Required scopes
readwrite
Supported objects
- Record
- User
- Activity
Supported actions
- list_records — Retrieve records from Google Drive with optional filters.
- create_record — Create a new record in Google Drive.
- update_record — Update an existing record in Google Drive by its ID.
- record_changed — Trigger a flow when a record in Google Drive is created or updated.
Use cases
- Customer 360
- Marketing Automation
- Revenue Operations
- CRM to ERP Sync
Limitations
- Throughput is bounded by the Google Drive API's published rate limits; Flows360 automatically retries with exponential backoff.
- Computed, derived, or read-only fields in Google Drive cannot be written to from Flows360.
- Real-time triggers depend on Google Drive supporting webhooks; otherwise Flows360 falls back to polling on the schedule you configure.
- Large historical backfills should be run during off-peak windows to avoid hitting daily API quotas.
