Organize Email Attachments into Google Drive Folders by Company with Gmail & Sheets

# Automated Email Attachment Organizer **Automatically process labeled emails with attachments into organized Google Drive folders** --- ## Who Is This For? - **Teams or Individuals** needing to: - Automatically sort invoices, receipts, and files. - Organize client documents by date. - Verify sender emails against a whitelist. - Timestamp files to avoid duplicate names. --- ## What Does This Workflow Solve? - **Manual Email Sorting**: Saves time by automating the organization of email attachments. - **Disorganized Cloud Storage**: Ensures attachments are neatly stored in Google Drive folders. - **Unverified Sender Issues**: Filters and validates emails using a whitelist. - **Duplicate Filenames**: Uses timestamps to ensure every file name is unique. --- ## Setup Guide ### 1. Pre-Requisites - **Whitelist Sheet**: Make a copy of the [Example Whitelist Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tz9BflstxVL18YG11Ny1eiDj3FcjvtZ619b_bHx8h4/copy) - **Gmail Filter**: Create a filter in Gmail to label emails with attachments. **To Create a Gmail Filter:** 1. Open your Gmail Inbox. 2. Click the search bar and select **Show search options**. 3. Enter your criteria (e.g., type `has:attachment`). 4. Click **Create filter**. 5. Choose **Apply the label: Custom_Label** and save. --- ### 2. Credentials Setup Make sure your n8n instance is connected with: - **Gmail Account**: (via OAuth2) - **Google Drive Account**: (via OAuth2) - **Google Sheets** (via OAuth2) --- ### 3. Configure Your n8n Workflow Nodes #### 1. Trigger and Email Retrieval - **Gmail Trigger**: Setup check interval and filters for emails (i.e., emails labeled with `Custom_Label`) #### 2. Whitelist Settings - **Lookup in Sheets**: Searches for a row with the sender email. Configure this node to point to your whitelist spreadsheet containing two columns: |email|company| #### 3. File Storage Location - Configure parent folder to create sub-folders and store files into in the **Create Company Folder** node *Parent Folder* dropdown --- ## Final Steps 1. **Test Your Workflow**: Run the workflow to verify emails are processed and files are uploaded correctly. --- Happy Automating!

Platform

n8n

Category

File & Document Management

Price

$14.99

Creator

Ventsislav Minev

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• set
• gmail
• function
• stickyNote
• googleDrive
• gmailTrigger
• googleSheets
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