What is your goal?
My goal is to automate an image editing process using Make.com. I have images stored in Google Drive and their URLs listed in a Google Sheet. I want an AI (OpenAI or Gemini) to ‘look’ at the image from the sheet, perform a specific modification on it, and save the newly edited image back to a designated folder in Google Drive
What is the problem & what have you tried?
The main issue is that the AI doesn’t seem to process or even ‘see’ the image. Even though I provide the URL from the Google Sheet in the prompt, no modification occurs, and nothing is saved back correctly. I have tried using both OpenAI and Google Gemini modules, but I’m struggling with how to properly pass the image data so the AI can actually work with it. It feels like the AI is only reading the text URL but not accessing the file itself.
Error messages or input/output bundles
I am not getting specific ‘error codes,’ but the output from the AI modules is either just text explaining it can’t visit the URL, or it produces a response without a file object. I suspect the issue is in how the file is passed (URL vs. Binary data) and the fact that Google Drive URLs are not direct links to raw image files.