Compress and archive old Google Drive PDFs to AWS S3 cold storage with Slack reports
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 8 nodes and runs on a schedule (every week). Along the way it connects Google Drive, S3, Slack and Htmlcsstopdf (community).
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every week).
- List Active Project Files (Google Drive): list (folder)
- Calculate File Age (Luxon Logic) (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- If: checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Download Hot Storage Binary (Google Drive): download
- Compress PDF for Archival (Htmlcsstopdf): compress (pdf manipulation)
- Upload to Cold Storage (S3) (S3): uses S3
- Log Savings to Slack (Slack): uses Slack
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-htmlcsstopdf is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Compress PDF for Archival).
Nodes used (7)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Htmlcsstopdf
n8n-nodes-htmlcsstopdf.htmlcsstopdf - S3
n8n-nodes-base.s3 - Slack
n8n-nodes-base.slack
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