How to never have to deal with asking for Google Docs permissions again.
Here is the outline of our Zap:
1. TRIGGER: An Airtable form with a field to paste a Google Doc URL
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Set the Action Event to: Add File Sharing Preference
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Choose your Sharing Preference:
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Add Zapier Text Formatter Action Step: Extract URL:
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Select your prefered ESP (Email Service Provider) for the Action. We’re using Gmail in this example.
Let’s add the URL to the Body of the Gmail Action step:
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And here’s an example of a test email w/ the URL to a doc you can now edit:
You can customize this any way you want. The key is having the Google Drive Edit Add File Sharing Preference permission Action Step.
I hope this helps 