How to Select a Random Image from Google Drive and Linking It to Data in Google Sheets

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Hello,
I have a folder in Google Drive that contains images (currently 15 images), and each image’s name carries a specific code.
I also have a Google Sheet with 500 rows of certain data, including a column for the codes.
I want to create a scenario where each day, a random image is selected from the Drive folder, then the corresponding row in the sheet is found using the image’s name (code), and a certain scenario is completed and posted on social media.
Can you help with this?
Thank you.

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Welcome to the Make community!

You can list/search all files in the folder. This will output one bundle per file.

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Then,

When you have multiple bundles and want just one item, you can use an Array Aggregator first to combine them into an array, then use the shuffle-first functions.

If you already have an array, then just use the shuffle-first functions directly. You can put this in a Set Variable module if you need a module to put these functions in.

{{ first(shuffle(array)) }}

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

— @samliew

P.S.: Did you know, the concepts of about 70% of questions asked on this forum are already covered in the Make Academy. Investing some effort into it will save you lots of time and frustration using Make later!

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Thank you, your advice finally worked after hours of searching and experimenting earlier. :smiley:

I have some questions, please:

  1. In the same scenario, I have two paths (Router) after a certain point. How can I execute all paths regardless of any errors that occur in the first path, for example?

  2. How can I restart the scenario from the beginning (or retry execution starting from a specific module) if an error occurs in one of the modules?

  3. In the (Watch Comments) module, how can I fetch any new comment without entering the post ID? I want to create a scenario to reply to comments on all posts.

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

— @samliew

P.S.: Did you know, the concepts of about 70% of questions asked on this forum are already covered in the Make Academy. Investing some effort into it will save you lots of time and frustration using Make later!