I want to know what is wrong with my modules because the google drive search won’t give output even though the input is correct. My gut feel is that the google drive search file see the data as a long string and can’t process the string all at once that’s why it don’t give output. Here is my scenario.
I don’t think that’s the correct way to search for files— you can’t insert multiple filenames in your query, unless you are using the OR operator.
For more information on how to use Drive search query, see Search for files and folders | Google Drive | Google for Developers
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— @samliew
my goal is to upload multiple files, is there a way to make this a single query one by one and then make it back together to one bundle and post it one post with multiple photos?
You could omit the search query to return all files in that folder, then create a filter after that module to only allow those you want through.
Every result (item/record) from trigger/iterator/list/search/match modules will output a bundle. This can result in multiple bundles, which then trigger multiple operations in future modules (one operation per bundle). To “combine” multiple bundles into a single variable, you’ll need to use an aggregator of some sort.
Aggregators are modules that accumulate multiple bundles into one single bundle. An example of a commonly-used aggregator module is the Array aggregator module. The next popular aggregator is the Text Aggregator which is very flexible and can apply to many use-cases like building of JSON, CSV, HTML.
You can find out more about the other types of aggregator modules here:
Question: Which is the best aggregator do you think you’ll need for your use-case?
If you have an array of collections, in programming terms, this is called an array of objects, or an array with non-primitive data types (“complex”).
The Array Aggregator module is very powerful because it allows you to build a new complex array of collections that matches a later module’s field to map multiple items (collections) to it. Such fields initially would allow you to manually add items, but you can toggle the “Map” switch to the “on” state and map a whole array into a single field.
This is done by selecting the “Target structure type” in an Array Aggregator module.
As you can see from the above example, the “Map” toggle on complex fields are used when you have an array variable (like from an array aggregator). Other combinations of modules may also allow you to generate an array that matches a future field’s array structure, like “Aggregate to JSON + Parse JSON”, or “Create JSON + Parse JSON”, but this is an advanced topic.
Question: Are you mapping your array into a field that accepts more than one item/collection?
Here is an example of how your scenario could look like:
This is just an example. Your final solution may or may not look like this depending on your requirements and actual data.
For more information, see “Mapping with arrays” in the Help Centre. You should also do the Make Academy, which also covers the use of Iterators & Aggregators.
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— @samliew
