Workflow: Optimise images uploaded to GDrive
Integrations: googleDrive, googleDriveTrigger, httpRequest, stickyNote

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Pre-setup: Google Drive credentials\n\n**a.** Firstly you'll need to setup Google Drive credentials. Best thing is to [read n8n docs]({{ $env.WEBHOOK_URL }} to to do that.\n**b.** Once you're successfully connecting to your GDrive account, set all 3 of the Drive nodes to connect using that credential."}, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."}, {"id": "285b5324-07d5-4f17-b6cc-9013e60644ad", "name": "Sticky Note1", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [480, -60], "parameters": {"color": 6, "width": 411.49840818526235, "height": 189.2115813199212, "content": "### 2. Choose the Google Drive folder n8n is going to watch for new files\n\n**a.** Go to Google Drive and create the folder you want n8n to watch for new images\n**b.** Then you need to select that folder in the Google Drive trigger node"}, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."}, {"id": "8b574c32-baec-48ec-9cab-41d9f9813c6f", "name": "Sticky Note2", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [940, 100], "parameters": {"color": 6, "width": 322.632285684791, "height": 189.2115813199212, "content": "### 3. Create an API key for tinypng.com\n\n**a.** Visit [tinypng.com]({{ $env.WEBHOOK_URL }} and request an API key\n**b.** Update the \"Authorisation\" parameter value with your api key. It will be in the format of \"Basic YOUR_API_KEY_IN_BASE_64\""}, "typeVersion": 1, "notes": "This stickyNote node performs automated tasks as part of the workflow."}, {"id": "d3740bb8-f296-4b81-816e-ebc6e42927ad", "name": "Sticky Note3", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "position": [1380, 240], "parameters": {"color": 6, "width": 322.632285684791, "height": 239.85571564814694, "content": "### 4. Choose your Google Drive folder to save your upload your optimised images to\n\n**a.** Finally, create and select the folder that you want your optimised images to be saved to\n**b.** OPTIONAL: You can also change the formatting of the name that you set. 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