Refresh Appdrag when a tracked Drive file changes
When a working document changes, prompt Appdrag to refresh the corresponding record and reduce stale references in your process.
Trigger
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Action
Execute Cloud Backend function via PUT (default)
Tool to execute a Cloud Backend API function via PUT on the default environment. Use when you need to call a function with PUT parameters and optional APIKey.
Why this helps
A document gets revised, but its related database record stays out of date until someone remembers to update it.
- React to Drive metadata or content changes.
- Reduce manual updates to linked business records.
- Use an existing Appdrag PUT function for the refresh.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Appdrag once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3Describe how the Appdrag PUT function should refresh a record using details available from the updated file.
- 4Pick the Google Drive File Updated trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real file update and inspect the Appdrag result.
Questions about this workflow
Can this update any Appdrag database table?
It calls the configured Cloud Backend PUT function. That function must support the record and update behavior you need.
Does the event include the full file contents?
The event is described as triggering on metadata or content changes. Specify only the details available to the automation and supported by your Appdrag function.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Appdrag. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Appdrag actions
Recurring trigger
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File Created
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File Deleted or Trashed
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File Shared (Permissions Added)
Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.
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File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Execute Cloud Backend function via PUT (default)
Tool to execute a Cloud Backend API function via PUT on the default environment. Use when you need to call a function with PUT parameters and optional APIKey.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Execute Cloud Backend function via PUT (preprod)
Tool to execute a Cloud Backend API function via PUT on the preprod environment. Use when you need to call a function with PUT parameters and optional APIKey in preprod.
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