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See recent changes to Apify results files

Get a recurring view of revision history for selected files so important edits are easier to spot and discuss.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

List File Revisions

Tool to list a file's revisions. use when you need to retrieve the revision history of a specific file in google drive.

Why this helps

When a shared results file changes, collaborators may not know what was updated or when.

  • Bring revision history into a regular review.
  • Spot recent edits to selected research files.
  • Help collaborators follow up on meaningful changes.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Apify and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation to review Apify results file revisions.
  • 3Tell Notis to list revisions for the Drive files you identify and summarize the available revision details for human review.
  • 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real file that has revision history.

Questions about this workflow

Will it show the full content of every revision?

This action lists revision metadata. It does not provide full historical file contents.

Can it tell whether a change was important?

It can summarize available revision details, but importance depends on context you supply or a person's review.

When this happens · Trigger

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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.

TriggerScheduled

Add file sharing preference

Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Copy file

Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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).

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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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