How to Upload Gmail Attachments to Google Drive with Pabbly Connect

Learn how to automatically upload Gmail attachments to Google Drive using Pabbly Connect in this detailed step-by-step tutorial. Discover how to seamlessly connect your essential tools through accessible instructions that make powerful automation available to professionals at every skill level.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Automation

To upload Gmail attachments to a Google Drive folder, we start by accessing Pabbly Connect. This platform enables the automation of tasks between applications like Gmail and Google Drive.

Visit the Pabbly Connect website, and sign in to your account. If you are new, you can sign up for free and get 100 free tasks every month. Once logged in, you will see the dashboard where you can create workflows.

2. Creating a Workflow in Pabbly Connect

To begin the integration, we need to create a workflow in Pabbly Connect. Click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button located at the top right corner of the dashboard.

In the dialog box that appears, you will need to name your workflow. For example, name it ‘Upload Gmail Attachment to Google Drive Folder’. You will also choose a folder to save this workflow in. Select an existing folder or create a new one by clicking the plus button.

• Name your workflow
• Select or create a folder

After naming and selecting the folder, click on ‘Create’ to finalize your workflow setup.

3. Setting Up the Trigger in Pabbly Connect

In this step, we will configure the trigger for our workflow. The trigger application will be the Email Parser, which is a feature of Pabbly Connect. Click on the trigger section to select the Email Parser as your application.

Once selected, you will see an email address provided by Pabbly. Copy this email address and head over to your Gmail account to set up forwarding. In Gmail, go to Settings, then ‘Forwarding and POP/IMAP’. Here, add the copied forwarding address, and confirm it by clicking on the link sent to your Pabbly email.

• Go to Gmail Settings
• Add forwarding address
• Confirm forwarding

After confirming, return to Pabbly Connect and check if the email parser captured the response from the forwarded email.

4. Filtering Emails with Attachments

Now that we have set up the trigger, we need to filter the emails to ensure that only those with attachments proceed to the next step. In Pabbly Connect, add a filter action step after the trigger.

Select the attachment link from the previous step as the criteria for the filter. Set it to check if the attachment link exists. This will ensure that only emails with attachments will trigger the next action.

Add a filter action Select attachment link as criteria Set filter to check for existence

After setting the filter, test the action to ensure it works correctly. If the condition is true, proceed to the next step of uploading the attachment.

5. Uploading the Attachment to Google Drive

With the filter in place, we can now set up the action to upload the attachment to a Google Drive folder using Pabbly Connect. Select Google Drive as the action application and choose the ‘Upload a File’ event.

Connect your Google Drive account by clicking on ‘Add New Connection’ and authorize Pabbly Connect to access your Google Drive. After connecting, map the attachment URL from the previous step to the file upload field.

Select Google Drive as action application Map the attachment URL Choose the destination folder

Once you have filled in all the required fields, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’. If successful, check your Google Drive folder to confirm that the attachment has been uploaded.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to use Pabbly Connect to automate the process of uploading Gmail attachments to a Google Drive folder. By following these steps, users can easily manage their attachments without manual intervention, enhancing productivity.