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Get BART station details when a trip folder is shared

Share the travel folder and let Notis pull station details for the code included in its trip materials.

Trigger

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.

Action

Get Station Info

Tool to fetch detailed information for a specified bart station. use after you have a station's abbreviation. (e.g., get station info for 'balb')

Why this helps

When a trip plan is shared, recipients may still need to look up station information in another place.

  • Make station details easier to find after a trip folder is shared.
  • Use the station abbreviation provided in trip materials.
  • Reduce follow-up searches for station information.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Bart once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, then New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to identify the BART station abbreviation in the shared trip material and retrieve its station information.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive File Shared trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test by sharing a real trip file or folder that includes a confirmed station abbreviation.

Questions about this workflow

What if the shared material has no station code?

The Bart station information action needs a station abbreviation. Add the abbreviation to the trip material for a grounded lookup.

Does every shared file trigger a useful lookup?

The automation runs on the listed Drive sharing event. Its instruction should focus on shared travel material that identifies a BART station.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Drive triggers

Bart actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Get BART API Version

Stub action for bart api version retrieval.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Get BART Available Schedules

Tool to retrieve a list of currently released bart schedules. use when you need schedule versioning info.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

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

TriggerPolling

Get Route Info

Tool to fetch detailed information about a specific bart route. use when you know the route number (1–12) or need all routes configuration. call after confirming the route id.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Get BART Stations

Stub action for bart stations retrieval.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

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

TriggerPolling

Get GTFS-RT Trip Updates

Tool to fetch real-time trip updates in gtfs-realtime format. use when you need the latest live trip information as raw protobuf.

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

Download GTFS Static Schedule Feed

Tool to download the static gtfs feed (google transit.zip). use when needing the latest gtfs schedule data.

ActionInstant

File Updated

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

TriggerPolling

Get BART Schedule Arrive

Tool to retrieve schedule information based on a specified arrival time. use when planning trips arriving by a given time.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Get BART Schedule Depart

Tool to get schedule information based on a specified depart time. use when planning trips from an origin to a destination with time constraints after confirming station codes.

ActionInstant

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