Google Drive action - Rename/move file or folder

This action renames or moves a file/folder in Google Drive.

Input fields

Field name

Description

File or folder ID

Can be found in the output of other Google Drive trigger/actions. Alternatively, select the required folder and the folder ID can be found at the end of URL. For file ID, right select the file and select Get shareable link. The shareable link looks like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y1nxL1248oiyR2IjW_Rq84d3qEPYRoqh/view?usp=sharing (opens new window) ; then the file ID is 1y1nxL1248oiyR2IjW_Rq84d3qEPYRoqh.

Output fields

Note that in Google Drive API, the terms folder and file are used interchangeably. A folder is technically a special file. So whenever the field name or field description mentions file, it also applies to folder.

Field name	Description
Kind	Identifies what kind of resource this is. For example, is this a file or folder.
Name	The name of the file/folder.
File ID	The ID of the file/folder.
Mime type	The mime type of the file/folder, as stated in Google documentation (opens new window).
Parents	The list of the parent folders which contain the file/folder.
- ID	The ID of this parent folder.
- List size	The number of parent folders in this list.