How to Search 5 Random Files from Google Drive and Get Shareable Links in Make.com?

[Heyitsjan2025]

How to Search 5 Random Files from Google Drive and Get Shareable Links in Make.com?

Hi everyone,

I have a Google Drive folder with more than 2500 files, all named sequentially from LeaMarie1.png to LeaMarie2500.png. I want to create an automation in Make.com that:

1. Selects 5 random files from this folder.
2. Retrieves their file IDs.
3. Generates shareable links for them.

I tried using the following query to generate a random filename:

make

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{{add(emptyarray; "LeaMarie"; floor(random * 2500) + 1 ;"LeaMarie"; )}}

However, this only returns one image at a time, but I need five in a single execution.

What’s the best way to generate 5 random file names at once and use them in the automation? Any help or alternative approach would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[samliew]

Welcome to the Make community!

Yes, that is possible. You’ll need a minimum of four modules:

This is just an example. Your final solution may or may not look like this depending on your requirements.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

Module Export - quick import into your scenario

You can copy and paste this module export into your scenario. This will import the modules (with fields/settings/filters) shown in my screenshots above.

1. Move your mouse over the line of code below. Copy the JSON by clicking the copy button on the right of the code, which looks like this:
   

2. Enter your scenario editor. Press ESC to close any dialogs. Press CTRLV (paste keyboard shortcut for Windows) to paste directly in the editor.

3. Click on each imported module and re-save it for validation. There may be some errors prompting you to remap some variables and connections.

JSON module export — paste this directly in your scenario

{"subflows":[{"flow":[{"id":276,"module":"google-drive:searchForFilesFolders","version":4,"parameters":{"__IMTCONN__":94797},"mapper":{"select":"list","retrieve":"file","limit":"99999","destination":"drive","folderId":"/"},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":410,"y":-2049},"parameters":[{"name":"__IMTCONN__","type":"account:google-restricted","label":"Connection","required":true}]}},{"id":277,"module":"builtin:BasicAggregator","version":1,"parameters":{"feeder":276},"filter":{"name":"permission","conditions":[[{"a":"{{276.ownedByMe}}","o":"boolean:equal","b":"{{true}}"},{"a":"{{276.owners[].me}}","o":"boolean:equal","b":"{{true}}"},{"a":"{{276.mimeType}}","o":"text:notcontain:ci","b":"folder"}]]},"mapper":{"id":"{{276.id}}"},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":701,"y":-2049}}},{"id":278,"module":"builtin:BasicFeeder","version":1,"parameters":{},"mapper":{"array":"{{slice(shuffle(map(277.array; \"id\")); 0; 5)}}"},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":942,"y":-2051}}},{"id":279,"module":"google-drive:shareAFileFolder","version":4,"parameters":{"__IMTCONN__":94797},"mapper":{"destination":"drive","select":"file","role":"reader","type":"anyone","file":"{{278.value}}","allowFileDiscovery":false},"metadata":{"designer":{"x":1187,"y":-2054},"parameters":[{"name":"__IMTCONN__","type":"account:google-restricted","label":"Connection","required":true}]}}]}],"metadata":{"version":1}}

Note: Did you know you can reduce the size of blueprints and module export code like the above, using the Make Blueprint Scrubber?

[Heyitsjan2025]

Its working , Thank you so much

[samliew]

No problem, glad I could help!

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