Extract archive to folder in Google Drive Connector(Power Automate Cloud flows)
This action unzips a Zip file stored in Google Drive.
How to use
Select the "Google Drive" connector when adding steps to the flow.
Select "Extract archive to folder" from the "Actions" menu.
Set parameters.
Parameters
Source archive file path
Specify the Zip file to unzip.
For example, to save "test.zip" under the "Work" folder under "My Drive", "/Work/test.zip".
The file size of the archive is 50 Mb bytes,The number of stored files is limited to 100.
Destination folder path
Specify a folder to save the decompression results.
For example, to save "Work" folder under "My Drive", "/Work/".
Overwrite?
Select "Yes" to expand in a folder that already exists, or "No" to expand in a folder that does not exist.
Yes
If a destination folder path exists, it will be extracted to the path.
No
If the destination folder path exists, an error occurs.
If it does not exist, a folder is created and decompressed.
Dynamic content
If "Apply to each" is specified as the "body" of dynamic content, the step is repeated for all files and folders in the expanded result.
In "Apply to each", specify the action to be repeated in the file/folder.
In this section, additional information about the file is available as dynamic content for each repeated file.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Id | Text | Identifier of the file/folder. |
| Name | Text | File and folder names. |
| Path | Text | Full path. It is difficult to use as is, so string manipulation is often required. |
| MediaType | Text | MINE type of file. |
| LastModifiedBy | Text | User name of the last updater. |
| LastModified | Text(Datetime) | Last updated. |
| Size | Number | The number of bytes in the file. |
Only additional information can be obtained.
If you need the file content, which is the content of the file, use the "Get file content using id" action to get it.
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