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Review Backendless files when Drive changes

Pair a Drive change with a quick Backendless storage check to keep related materials in view.

Trigger

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

Action

Directory Listing

Tool to retrieve a listing of files and directories at a given path. use when browsing or filtering file storage directories.

Why this helps

Related files may be stored in different places, making it harder to gather context after a change.

  • Bring a relevant storage listing into the change report.
  • Reduce separate directory browsing.
  • Make related materials easier to review together.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Backendless once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation named Drive change storage check.
  • 3Tell Notis which Backendless directory to list when a Drive change is detected and to summarize the results.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive Changes trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real change and a directory containing relevant files.

Questions about this workflow

Does this copy or modify Backendless files?

No. Directory Listing retrieves information about files and directories at a path.

Can the listing be filtered?

The action retrieves a listing at a given path. Ask Notis to summarize or identify relevant results in its response.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

Backendless actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Copy File

Tool to copy a file or directory within backendless file storage. use when duplicating files to a new location after verifying source and destination paths.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Directory

Tool to create a new directory at the specified path. use when you need to organize files under a new folder structure.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

TriggerPolling

Create Backendless Hive

Tool to create a new hive. use when you need to provision a new hive resource before performing hive operations. example: create a hive named 'grocerystore'.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Create Backendless Timer

Tool to create a new timer with schedule and code. use when scheduling recurring or one-off tasks to run server-side logic after confirming parameters.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

TriggerPolling

Delete Directory

Tool to delete a directory at the specified path in backendless file storage. use when you need to remove folders after confirming the path.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Delete File

Tool to delete a file at the specified path in backendless file storage. use after confirming the file's relative path and filename.

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

Delete Backendless Timer

Tool to delete a backendless timer by name. use when you need to remove a scheduled timer after confirming its name.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Directory Listing

Tool to retrieve a listing of files and directories at a given path. use when browsing or filtering file storage directories.

ActionInstant

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