n8n Workflow: Archive Discord Attachments to Google Drive

Auto-archive Discord attachments to Google Drive (with an always-up-to-date log)

This n8n workflow runs daily to find new Discord message attachments in your chosen channels, downloads them, uploads them into a dated Google Drive folder, and records everything in Google Sheets—so you don’t lose attachments when Discord CDN links expire.

What this workflow does

• Runs on a daily schedule to keep your archives current.
• Uses Google Sheets as a watermark: reads the “Archive Log” tab to find the most recent Posted At timestamp (or uses a configurable lookback window on the first run).
• Fetches recent messages per configured Discord channel ID and keeps only attachments posted after the watermark.
• Prevents oversized downloads: filters out attachments larger than your configured maximum size before downloading.
• Organizes files in Google Drive: creates a Google Drive folder named with the run date under your selected parent folder.
• Downloads, uploads, and names files: downloads each attachment from its Discord URL, uploads it to the dated folder, and uses a message-ID-prefixed filename.
• Appends a detailed archive record to Google Sheets: logs poster, timestamp, message link, attachment metadata, plus the Drive link/file ID for each item.

Use cases

• Preserve files shared in Discord communities (designs, PDFs, images) for long-term access.
• Archive support attachments from internal Discord channels to reduce knowledge loss.
• Compliance-friendly recordkeeping for SaaS teams that rely on Discord for file sharing.
• Reduce broken links by proactively storing Discord attachments in Google Drive.

Technical details

• n8n nodes / components: set, code, filter, discord, plus Google Drive and Google Sheets integrations.
• Discord setup: bot needs permissions to read message history and enable the MESSAGE CONTENT privileged intent.
• Google integrations: uses Google Drive OAuth2 for folder/file uploads and Google Sheets OAuth2 to maintain the “Archive Log” tab.