Smart Nested Folder Creation in OneDrive with Existence Checking — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger11 nodes🏷️ File Managementby Marko Korhonen

Overview

This workflow contains community nodes that are only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n.

How it works

It creates a nested folder in your OneDrive's My Files You could be creating folders like:

Foobar Foobar/Barfur Foobar/Barfur/Furbar

Workflow checks if any of the folders in the path exists and created only the ones that don't exist.

The usual case it to use it in your other workflows and execute it as Sub-workflow.

Requirements

n8n-nodes-datastore Community node Microsoft Dri

Nodes used

Microsoft OneDriveCode

Workflow Preview

Create folder if it does not exist
Pass the ID of created folder forward and store it
Create a nested folder in Microsoft OneDrive
- This workflow loops you nested folder e.g. `Foobar/Ba
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How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 11 nodes, connecting code, executeworkflowtrigger, if.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (11)

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Microsoft OneDrive

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How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded smart-nested-folder-creation-in-onedrive-with-existence-checking file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Smart Nested Folder Creation in OneDrive with Existence Checking", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

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Nodes11
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
CategoryFile Management

Created by

Marko Korhonen

Marko Korhonen

@back295

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