Send to Google Drive with Google Apps Script
This Google Apps Script will automatically save Gmail attachments to Google Drive. It also has a premium version that supports nested Gmail labels, it can monitor multiple Gmail label and saves attachments in logical Google Drive folders.
function sendToGoogleDrive() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var gmailLabels = sheet.getRange("D4:D4").getValue();
var driveFolder = sheet.getRange("D5:D5").getValue();
var archiveLabel = sheet.getRange("D6:D6").getValue();
var moveToLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(archiveLabel);
if ( ! moveToLabel ) {
moveToLabel = GmailApp.createLabel(archiveLabel);
}
var filter = "has:attachment -label:" + archiveLabel + " label:" + gmailLabels;
var threads = GmailApp.search(filter, 0, 5);
var folder = DriveApp.getFoldersByName(driveFolder);
if (folder.hasNext()) {
folder = folder.next();
} else {
folder = DriveApp.createFolder(driveFolder);
}
for (var x=0; x function configure() {
reset();
ScriptApp.newTrigger("sendToGoogleDrive").timeBased().everyMinutes(5).create();
Browser.msgBox("Initialized", "The program is now running.", Browser.Buttons.OK);
}
function onOpen() {
var menu = [
{ name: "Step 1: Authorize", functionName: "configure" },
{ name: "Step 2: Run Program", functionName: "configure" },
{ name: "Uninstall (Stop)", functionName: "reset" }
];
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
.addMenu("Gmail Attachments", menu);
}
function reset() {
var triggers = ScriptApp.getProjectTriggers();
for (var i = 0; i < triggers.length; i++) {
ScriptApp.deleteTrigger(triggers[i]);
}
}
Amit Agarwal
Google Developer Expert, Google Cloud Champion
Amit Agarwal is a Google Developer Expert in Google Workspace and Google Apps Script. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science (I.I.T.) and is the first professional blogger in India.
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