Generate Images with GPT-image-1 and Store in Google Drive with Cost Tracking

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Built by darrell_tw darrell_tw
Created on June 07, 2026

Description

How it works

Receive a chat input as an image prompt.
Call OpenAI's gpt-image-1 API to generate an image.
Split the returned images and process them one by one.
Upload each generated image to Google Drive.
Save image links and thumbnails to a Google Sheets document.
Record token usage and estimated cost into a separate sheet.

Set up steps

Connect your OpenAI API credentials for image generation.
Connect your Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts.
Set the destination folder in Google Drive.
Set the target Google Sheet and specify the correct sheet tabs.
The setup usually takes around 5-10 minutes.
Detailed field mappings are already pre-configured inside the workflow.
Additional tips and instructions are included as sticky notes inside the workflow.

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Nodes Used (3)

Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest