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Share time-limited preview links with UploadToURL, SendGrid, and Google Sheets

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by Jitesh Dugar ✓ · 32 views · created 2026-02-23 · File Management

Unknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 14 nodes and runs when an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL. Along the way it connects Google Sheets, SendGrid and Uploadtourl (community).

How it runs

Trigger: When an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL.

  1. Validate Payload (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  2. Has Remote URL? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  3. Upload To Url: upload file
  4. Upload To Url: upload file
  5. Extract CDN URL (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Generate Link Record & Email HTML (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Sheets - Log Active Link (Google Sheets): append
  8. SendGrid: uses SendGrid
  9. Respond to Webhook: sends the response back to the webhook caller
  10. Wait: pauses before continuing

…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsSendGridUploadtourl (community)

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).

  • Check that n8n-nodes-uploadtourl is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Upload to URL - Remote, Upload to URL - Binary).

Nodes used (8)

From the author

Stop sending sensitive agency drafts as permanent email attachments. This workflow creates a "self-destructing" delivery system that hosts files via UploadToURL, sends branded previews via SendGrid, and automatically expires access after a set duration while…

Excerpt from Jitesh Dugar's description on n8n.io.

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