Create, delete, and organize AWS S3 buckets & files directly from your email
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 13 nodes and runs when a new email arrives over IMAP. Along the way it connects AWS S3.
How it runs
Trigger: When a new email arrives over IMAP.
- Extract Data from Email (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Check Task Type (Switch): routes items into 7 branches
- Create a bucket (AWS S3): work with bucket
- Delete a bucket (AWS S3): delete (bucket)
- Copy a file (AWS S3): copy
- Delete a file (AWS S3): delete
- Download a file (AWS S3): uses AWS S3
- Upload a file (AWS S3): upload
- Get many files (AWS S3): get many
- Check - Success or Fail (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
…plus 2 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
- Still check Always Output Data on multi-output nodes (If/Switch) now adds an empty item only when every output is empty (Check - Success or Fail).
Nodes used (6)
- Email Trigger (IMAP)
n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - AWS S3
n8n-nodes-base.awsS3 - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - Send Email
n8n-nodes-base.emailSend - If
n8n-nodes-base.if
From the author
This automated n8n workflow automates AWS S3 bucket and file operations (create, delete, upload, download, copy, list) by parsing simple email commands and sending back success or error confirmations. Good to Know - The workflow processes email requests via a…