Track Wayback captures in a Drive log
Give Notis the URLs you want to monitor. On your schedule, it checks available Wayback captures and adds a dated update to Drive.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Checking historical snapshots by hand makes it hard to notice when new captures appear or when a site history has gaps.
- Review capture checks from one dated log
- See which URLs have available snapshots
- Avoid repeating the same manual checks
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Archive.org and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis which URLs to check and to append available capture dates and links to a Drive log.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real URL and confirm the capture details are useful.
Questions about this workflow
Where does the URL list come from?
Provide the URLs in your instruction or another input available to the automation. The workflow does not create a list of sites automatically.
Can it tell me when a site changed?
It can report available capture dates and links. Interpreting page changes requires accessible capture contents and a clear comparison instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Archive.org to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Archive.org 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.
Archive.org and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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