Keep dataset materials close to your research hub
Send Notis the existing Drive item and destination details to create a shortcut where your team looks for research.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create Shortcut to File/Folder
Tool to create a shortcut to a file or folder in google drive. use when you need to link to an existing drive item from another location without duplicating it.
Why this helps
Useful source files can be difficult to find when they live away from the folder people use to review results.
- Surface an existing item in a relevant Drive location.
- Avoid making duplicate copies of source material.
- Make shared research easier to navigate.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Apify and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation for dataset shortcuts in your research hub.
- 3Tell Notis to create a shortcut to the existing Drive item using the item and destination details supplied in the request.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real Drive item and destination.
Questions about this workflow
Does this upload the Apify dataset into Drive?
No. It creates a shortcut to an existing Google Drive file or folder. The Apify dataset itself remains in Apify unless you separately provide a Drive item.
What details are needed?
The request needs to identify the existing Drive item and the destination location. Notis cannot create a shortcut from an Apify dataset link alone.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Apify to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Apify triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Apify and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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