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Look up commodity prices from updated notes

Update a Drive file with commodity names and have Notis retrieve their current prices.

Trigger

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

Action

Commodity Price

Tool to get real-time price for a commodity. use when you need the current market price by specifying the commodity name. example: "what is the current price of gold?"

Why this helps

Checking commodity prices separately from your notes makes it easier to lose the context behind the lookup.

  • Find named commodities in updated Drive content.
  • Retrieve current market prices for those commodities.
  • Keep the lookup connected to the notes that prompted it.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Api ninjas once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Notis and give it a clear name.
  • 3Tell Notis to identify commodity names in updated files and retrieve their current prices.
  • 4Choose the Google Drive File Updated trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real file that names a commodity.

Questions about this workflow

Does the lookup include historical prices?

The selected action gets a real-time price for a specified commodity. Historical price coverage is not specified.

What should I put in the file?

Include the commodity name you want checked so Notis can identify what to look up.

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