Skip to content
Notis

Check available Drive capacity before the next conversion run

Know the Drive account context before files are converted and filed in a new batch.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

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

Action

Get about

Tool to retrieve information about the user, the user's drive, and system capabilities. use when you need to check storage quotas, user details, or supported import/export formats.

Why this helps

Large conversion batches can be planned without checking whether Drive has enough available storage.

  • Add storage context to batch planning.
  • Reduce surprises when saving output.
  • Make capacity checks routine.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect CloudConvert and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
  • 3Describe the outcome: retrieve Drive account and quota information and report whether the planned conversion batch can proceed.
  • 4Pick the recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test and confirm which capacity details are returned.

Questions about this workflow

What information can this retrieve?

It retrieves information about the user, Drive, and system capabilities, including storage quotas.

Can it estimate conversion output size?

Only if an estimate is supplied or available from returned data. The workflow should not assume a file's converted size.

Does this action block a conversion automatically?

It retrieves account details. The automation instruction determines how to use those details in its report and decision.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Cloudconvert to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Cloudconvert 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.

Cloudconvert and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Save your first hour today.

7-day trial of any paid plan, with 20$ of usage included.
No card. Works with personal or business Google Drive.