Shared Folder Google Drive

🚀 Enhanced n8n node for working with shared folders and files in Google Drive

📖 Read our complete guide in Vietnamese

✨ Why This Node?

The built-in n8n Google Drive node doesn't properly support searching files in shared folders. This node automatically includes the required API parameters (supportsAllDrives, includeItemsFromAllDrives, sharedWithMe) for seamless access to shared folders and files.

💡 Detailed Vietnamese tutorial: Tìm hiểu cách sử dụng node tại DPS.Blog

🚀 Quick Start

# Install in n8n Community Nodes
n8n-nodes-shared-folder-google-drive

# Or install manually
cd ~/.n8n/nodes
npm install n8n-nodes-shared-folder-google-drive

🎯 Key Features

• ✅ Find/Search files in shared folders
• ✅ List Items from any shared folder
• ✅ Get/Download file content
• ✅ Upload files to shared folders
• ✅ Update/Remove file operations
• ✅ Simple Mode: Search ALL files shared with you (no IDs needed!)

📄 Quick Example

Find all PDFs in a shared folder:

Operation: Find Items
Search Query: 'FOLDER_ID' in parents and mimeType = 'application/pdf'

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How to get Folder ID:

1. Open the shared folder in Google Drive
2. Look at URL: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16prcpIImJ6vb73yh05q_zaT4qQJhQzJK
3. Copy the ID part: 16prcpIImJ6vb73yh05q_zaT4qQJhQzJK

🔧 Setup

1. Install the node

See Quick Start above.

2. Create Google OAuth Credential

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create/select a project
3. Enable Google Drive API
4. Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID
5. Add redirect URI: http://localhost:5678/rest/oauth2-credential/callback
6. Copy Client ID & Secret to n8n credential: Shared Folder Google Drive OAuth2 API

📚 Complete setup guide: Hướng dẫn cài đặt chi tiết

📚 Common Search Queries

// Find all shared files
(no query needed, just use "All Shared Files" mode)

// Find files in specific folder
'FOLDER_ID' in parents

// Find videos in folder
'FOLDER_ID' in parents and mimeType contains 'video'

// Find PDFs by name
name contains 'invoice' and mimeType = 'application/pdf'

// Find recent files
modifiedTime > '2024-11-01T00:00:00'

// Find large files
'FOLDER_ID' in parents and size > 10485760

🆚 vs Built-in Google Drive Node

Feature	Built-in Node	This Node
Search in shared folders	❌ Doesn't work	✅ Works perfectly
Requires folder ID	Sometimes	✅ Optional
sharedWithMe support	❌	✅
Full Google query syntax	⚠️ Limited	✅ Complete
404 errors	Common	✅ Fixed

🔍 Want more examples? Read our detailed comparison and examples

🐛 Issues & Support

• 📖 Vietnamese Documentation: Hướng dẫn đầy đủ tại DPS.Blog
• ⭐ NPM Package: Shared Folder Google Drive

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

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