Connect Drift and Gmail
Integrate Drift with Gmail to automate workflows, sync data between apps, and eliminate repetitive tasks with AI-powered automation.
Update Known Contact in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Create or Update Contact From External in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Find User by End User Id in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Update Known Contact in Drift when New Email Received in Gmail
Create or Update Contact From External in Drift when New Email Received in Gmail
Popular Drift + Gmail flows
Start from a real workflow other teams are already running.
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Drift
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Gmail
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Send Email
Add or Remove Labels on Emails
Reply To Email Thread
Get Thread Replies
Search Email Messages
Get Email Attachment
Create Email Draft
List all Mails
Update Known Contact in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Use this flowCreate or Update Contact From External in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Use this flowFind User by End User Id in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Use this flowUpdate Known Contact in Drift when New Email Received in Gmail
Use this flowCreate or Update Contact From External in Drift when New Email Received in Gmail
Use this flowFind User by End User Id in Drift when New Email Received in Gmail
Use this flowUpdate Known Contact in Drift when New Email Sent in Gmail
Use this flowCreate or Update Contact From External in Drift when New Email Sent in Gmail
Use this flowFind User by End User Id in Drift when New Email Sent in Gmail
Use this flowFind User by Anonymous Id in Drift when New Attachment in Gmail
Use this flowSupported Triggers & Actions
Everything you can automate between Drift and Gmail.
When this happensTriggers
A trigger is an event that starts a workflow.
New Attachment
Retrieve recent Gmail messages (optionally filtered by label) that contain attachments, upload those attachments to Viasocket, and return message and attachment details.
New Email Received
Runs when new email arrives
New Email Sent
Runs the workflow automatically whenever a new email appears in the Sent mailbox or a specified label.
Do thisActions
Action is the task that follows automatically within your Drift integrations.
Update Known Contact
Updates an existing contact.
Create or Update Contact From External
Creates or updates a contact.
Find User by End User Id
Lookup User information by their end user id.
Find User by Anonymous Id
Lookup data for an existing user by their anonymous id.
Send Email
send a new email message.
Add or Remove Labels on Emails
Add or remove labels on a specific email or on emails matching sender, subject, or thread ID.
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Connect your apps
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Configure your workflow
Set up triggers, actions, and map your data.
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Test & publish
Test your workflow and publish it.
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About Drift
Drift is a conversational marketing and sales platform that helps businesses connect with their customers in real-time through chat, email, video, and more. It enables companies to engage with website visitors, qualify leads, and accelerate the sales cycle.
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About Gmail
Gmail is Google's email service that helps users send, receive, organize, search, and manage email messages with powerful spam filtering and integration across Google Workspace.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sign up for a free viaSocket account, then authorize both your Drift and Gmail accounts. From there, pick a trigger in one app and an action in the other. Your first workflow can be live in under five minutes.
Yes. viaSocket uses instant triggers where available, so data moves between Drift and Gmail as soon as the event happens. Scheduled polling triggers run at a maximum interval of 15 minutes.
Yes. You can map specific fields, apply filters to skip records that do not match your conditions, and transform values before they reach Gmail. No coding required.
Yes. You can set up a workflow where Drift triggers actions in Gmail, and a separate workflow where Gmail triggers actions in Drift. Both run independently and in real time.
viaSocket logs every run so you can see exactly what succeeded and what failed. Failed tasks can be retried from the dashboard without re-configuring the workflow.
Yes, there is a free plan that covers basic workflows between Drift and Gmail. Paid plans unlock higher task limits, faster polling, and advanced features like multi-step workflows and conditional logic.
No. The entire Drift and Gmail integration is built through a visual, point-and-click interface. Code blocks are available if you want them, but they are never required.
