Pull structured data out of PDFs and into a spreadsheet

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01 / 12Google Drive Trigger

Watch the folder for new PDFs

Create a workflow and add a Google Drive Trigger watching your invoices folder for new files.

The n8n panel for: Watch the folder for new PDFs4 things to set here
  1. 1Open the Google Drive Trigger node — double-click it on the canvas
  2. 2Trigger On — copy the value below
  3. 3Watch Folder — copy the value below
  4. 4Check before moving on — Dropping a test PDF into the folder fires the trigger.
Google Drive Trigger panel in n8nTap to enlarge
Trigger On
File Created
Watch Folder
Invoices
Checkpoint
Dropping a test PDF into the folder fires the trigger.