Need to Upload Gmail Attachments to Google Drive—Cannot Obtain Attachment URL Mid-Workflow

[Kelvin Ip]

Dear Experts,

I am building an accounting automation workflow in Pabbly Connect. My process involves:

• Collecting all emails in a Gmail thread (using the Gmail API)
• Parsing and grouping them for a single accounting entry
• Recording data to Google Sheets
• Uploading all attachments from the thread to Google Drive with custom filenames

The problem:
Pabbly’s native “Upload a File” or “Upload Large File” actions for Google Drive require a file URL, but when I download Gmail attachments mid-workflow (using the Gmail API), I only get base64 data, not a file URL.
The “Email Parser by Pabbly” action can provide an attachment URL, but it is only available as the workflow trigger, not as an action mid-flow.
My workflow needs to process entire Gmail threads, so I cannot use the Email Parser as the trigger (it only processes single emails).

What I need:

• A way to obtain a file URL or file object for a Gmail attachment (by messageId and attachmentId) at any point in the workflow, so I can upload it to Google Drive using Pabbly’s native actions.
• OR, the ability to use “Email Parser by Pabbly” as an action (not just a trigger), so I can parse and get attachment URLs for any message in a thread mid-workflow.

Please advise on the best way to achieve this in Pabbly Connect, or let me know if this feature can be added.

Thank you!