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Gmail Attachments can't be uploaded to Google Drive because Zapier saves attachments as links.

  • September 13, 2024
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I’ve been trying to capture the .pdf/.doc attachment from the gmail emails i receive and put them in a specific google drive.

 

Zapier saves a link to an AWS bucket, which stops me from capturing the attachments from my gmail emails and sending them to google drive.

Assuming I’m not doing anything wrong, what’s the way around this?

 

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@dina 

Help links for using Gmail in Zaps: https://zapier.com/apps/gmail/help

Check this link: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/28741574606093-Gmail-error-Quota-exceeded-for-quota-metric-Queries-and-limit-Queries-per-minute-per-user-of-service-gmail-googleapis-com-for-consumer

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Troy Tessalone
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  • September 13, 2024

Hi @dina 

Use this Zap trigger: Gmail - New Attachment

 


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  • September 13, 2024

@dina 

If you only want specific file types to be uploaded to GDrive, then add a Filter as Step 2: https://zapier.com/apps/filter/help

 


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  • September 13, 2024

With the New Attachment Zap, I’m getting api errors -which is weird. 

every other google connected zap works just fine with no errors, using gmail too. we’re doing lots of zaps at all hours of the day.


Troy Tessalone
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  • September 13, 2024

@dina 

Feedback about the encountered error:

 


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  • September 15, 2024

It’s been 3 days and it’s still the same error, though.
I’m personally familiar with Google Cloud but am I meant to personally go in and start handling api backoffs, etc. Where do I go to access the Google Cloud service account my zapier account uses?

Isn’t the point that zapier handles all this on their end? 

Troy Tessalone wrote:

@dina

Feedback about the encountered error:

 

 


Troy Tessalone
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  • September 15, 2024

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well, either way, it’s fixed now. I guess either someone looked at it or the quota limits reset. The new attachment zap doesn’t have errors.


ken.a
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  • September 16, 2024

That’s great news @dina! We’re glad to hear that the issue is now resolved!

Also, a huge thanks to Troy for lending a hand here!

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Community. We’re always happy to help! 🤗