The moment it happens

Save files to Drive from any tool

Any tool that can send a file URL to your link gets that file saved into your Drive folder.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Google Drive
AI: Not needed
Access: write (drive.file)

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: give me a link. When something sends it a file URL and name, download the file, save it to my Inbox folder in Drive and reply with the Drive link.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

A marketing team uses a form builder, a scraper, an e-signature tool and a screen recorder, and each of them can produce a file link: a signed PDF, an exported CSV, a recording. The links are temporary, and files stored in each tool's own account are scattered and sometimes deleted after 30 days. Someone has to remember to open each link and drag the file into the right Drive folder, and recordings and signed documents get lost.

ClickRuntime gives you a link that any tool can post to. When a request arrives containing a file URL, it fetches the file, uploads it into your chosen Drive folder with a multipart upload, and returns the Drive link to the caller. A short Slack note tells your team that the file has arrived and where it is.

It is a good fit as a destination for any app that can send a webhook.

What you get out of it

Files saved before links expire
Temporary download URLs often stop working after a few days. Capturing the file the moment the link is sent keeps that signed contract or export from vanishing when the source tool clears its storage.
One place for files from many tools
Instead of searching five accounts for an attachment, everything lands in Drive in a known folder. Anyone with access can find it by search, without having to know which tool created it.
No manual download-and-upload step
The routine of right-click, save, open Drive and upload is easy to forget and slow to do repeatedly. Having the file appear on its own means records are complete without relying on a person's memory.
The sender gets the Drive link back
Because the response includes the link to the saved file, the calling tool can store it, show it to a customer or attach it to a record. The connection becomes useful beyond just filing.
The team knows when it lands
A Slack note on each arrival means people waiting for a signed form or a recording do not have to ask whether it came through. It also shows quickly if a tool has stopped sending files.

How it works

What happens, step by step

When another tool sends ClickRuntime a link to a finished file, it receives the request straight away.
It downloads the file.
The file is saved to your Google Drive folder, using the name you gave or the name from the link.
ClickRuntime replies with a link to the saved file in Drive.

Before it runs live

Connect Google Drive
Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Save files to Drive from any tooljust nowSucceeded

Trigger link reply{"link": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LmNoPqRsT/view"}

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Google Drive steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

save_a_file_from_a_trigger_link.pyexample

from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.http import MediaInMemoryUpload
from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, http

INBOX = "inbox-folder-id"

@on_event
def handle(event):
    req = event.json or {}
    resp = http.get(req["url"], timeout=60)
    resp.raise_for_status()
    drive = build("drive", "v3", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False)
    saved = drive.files().create(
        body={"name": req.get("name") or req["url"].rsplit("/", 1)[-1], "parents": [INBOX]},
        media_body=MediaInMemoryUpload(resp.content, resp.headers.get("content-type", "application/octet-stream")),
        fields="id,webViewLink",
    ).execute()
    return {"link": saved["webViewLink"]}

FAQ

Common questions

What does a tool need to send to the link?

A request that includes the URL of the file, and optionally a file name and folder. Most tools with webhook or HTTP request actions can do this. The link itself is private to you and is stored as a secret, so only tools you give it to can post.

Can the file URL require a login or token?

Only if the URL works without an interactive login. Links with a signed token inside work well. If a service needs an authorization header, tell your AI assistant and the header can be added, with the token stored as a secret instead of in plain text.

What happens if a file with the same name already exists?

Drive allows several files with the same name in one folder, so by default a new copy is added alongside. You can add a timestamp to the name or choose to replace the earlier file if that suits the workflow better.

What permissions does it need?

write (drive.file). Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run for each event the app sends.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

The moment it happens