How to Create a Text File in Okta Workflows

In this guide:

  1. Okta Workflows guides
  2. Create a text file
  3. Related Okta Workflows guides
  4. Okta Workflows resources

Okta Workflows guides

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How to create, save and download a text file in Okta Workflows?

This guide will teach you how to create, save, and download a text file in Okta Workflows using Google Docs and Google Drive connectors.

Create a text file

The following flow shows how to create a text file:

Create and download a text file.

The steps in the flow:

  1. The Compose card creates a text.
  2. The Google Docs – Create Document creates a document with a name in Google Drive. It returns the document ID.
  3. The Google Docs – Update Document card inserts text into a Google Docs document with the ID from the previous step.
    • Set the Operation Type to Insert Text in Options.
  4. Download the file using Google Drive – Download File card with the document ID from step 2.

Running the flow:

Create and download a text file flow execution.

The flow creates the following document:

Google Docs created from Okta Workflows.

Things to know

  • Rerunning the flow again will create a file with a different ID and the same Workflows Text File name.

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