How to store email content in Google Docs – Quickwork Support Center

Skill level: Intermediate

Time required: 5 minutes

This article demonstrates how you can store the content of your emails in Google Docs. This could be very useful in cases when you get product updates on email and you want to store data in Google Docs for future reference.

Prerequisites

A Quickwork account and and familiarity with the platform's GUI.
A Gmail email account.
A dedicated Google Docs to store the email content.

Step-by-step guide

Configuring the trigger

In the Event section, click on the New Trigger button and then choose the Gmail app from the drop-down menu in the Apps field.
Select the trigger event as Get email, from the drop-down menu in the Trigger Event field.
Click on the Link an account button to establish a connection.
A pop-up window will appear prompting you to sign in to your Google account. Grant permission for quickwork.co to access your Google account by clicking Allow.
Once the connection is successful, select a label to filter the incoming emails. For example, INBOX.

Configuring the action

In the Steps section, click on the Simple Action button and choose the Google Docs app from the drop-down menu in the Apps list.
Select the Action as Append text from the drop-down menu.
Click on the Link an account button to establish a connection.
A pop-up window will appear prompting you to sign in to your Google account. Grant permission for quickwork.co to access your Google account by clicking Allow.
Once the connection is established:
- In the Folder drop-down, select the folder containing the Google Docs file.
- In the File drop-down, choose the specific Google Docs file where you want to append the email content.
In the Text field, drag and drop the Body as plain text data pill from the Data Tree Output.