Regenerate a document after a Drive file changes
Edits can make a PDF stale. Have Notis start a DocRaptor async job when the source file changes, then track completion through your chosen process.
Trigger
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
Action
Create Async Document
Tool to create documents asynchronously from HTML content. Use when generating PDF, XLS, or XLSX documents and you need to poll for completion status or use a callback URL for notification.
Why this helps
A changed source document can leave an old PDF in circulation because nobody notices that it needs regeneration.
- Respond to updates without relying on someone to remember
- Use an asynchronous job for longer document generation
- Make completion status or callback handling part of the requested outcome
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and DocRaptor once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Notis and name it.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to start an async DocRaptor document job from the updated file's available HTML or URL and explain how to handle completion.
- 4Choose the Google Drive File Updated trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real update to a file that has a usable HTML body or URL.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow itself download the finished document?
It starts async document creation. Downloading is a separate DocRaptor action, and this workflow uses only the async creation action.
What does the updated file need to contain?
DocRaptor needs HTML content or a URL. If the Drive event does not provide a usable input, include instructions for Notis to report that it cannot proceed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to DocRaptor. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
DocRaptor actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Async Document
Tool to create documents asynchronously from HTML content. Use when generating PDF, XLS, or XLSX documents and you need to poll for completion status or use a callback URL for notification.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Document
Tool to create a PDF or Excel document synchronously from HTML content or URL. Use when you need to generate a document file from HTML data. The document is returned immediately as a downloadable file. Either document_content or document_url must be provided, but not both.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Create Document from Referrer
Tool to convert webpages into documents using referrer-based authentication without an API key. Use when you need to generate PDFs or Excel files from registered domains without explicit API credentials.
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Create Hosted Async Document
Tool to create a hosted document asynchronously. Use when you need to generate a PDF, XLS, or XLSX document and track its completion status via callback_url or the status API.
File Deleted or Trashed
Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.
Download Async Document
Tool to download a completed asynchronous document using the download URL from status response. Use when you have a download_id and need to retrieve the generated document file.
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.
Get Async Document Status
Tool to check the status of an asynchronously created document. Use when monitoring progress of async documents by polling for completion status.
File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
List Documents (JSON)
Tool to retrieve a paginated list of previously created documents with metadata in JSON format. Use when you need to see document creation history or query past documents.
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
List Documents (XML)
Tool to retrieve a paginated list of previously created documents with metadata in XML format. Use when you need to see document creation history or query past documents in XML format.
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