Note: Use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Google Drive

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service. The Google Drive connector Service used to define a connection required for associated actions and start events. Examples include Salesforce and Box. Method of integration to cloud services, business applications and content stores. is used to create connections for Google Drive actions. Use Google Drive actions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. to work with files and folders in Google Drive. For more information, see Google Drive.

Google Drive offers support for files and folders with duplicate names. Every item in Google Drive has a unique ID. If duplicate file or folder names are used within the Google Drive actions, folder or file IDs must be used instead of the file or folder paths.

Shared folders, however, are not currently supported between Nintex Automation Cloud and Google Drive.

Create a Google Drive connection

Note: Your browser-stored credentials are accessed to create connections. Either clear credentials from browser memory or make sure the stored credentials are for the intended environment.

Create a connection and sign in with Google Drive from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.

Create a data source

Use the Google Drive data source to retrieve a list of drives available to the connector. Each data source is configured for a specific user. You can create as many data sources as you need. For more information on creating a data source and assigning permissions to it, see Data sources.

For example, to allow users to select a specific Google Drive in a form, add a drop-down list of drives to the form using a Data lookup control A form control that allows users to select from a drop-down list of values that have been fetched from a third-party service.. The Data lookup control uses a Google Drive - Get drives data source to list the drives available in the drop-down.

You can create a data source to:

• Get drives: List drives from your Google Drive account.

Google Drive data source fields

When you create a Google Drive data source, you can configure some additional fields to specify which tables, views, and stored procedures the data source should retrieve.

To access the data source fields, in the Add data source section, select the Connector and the Operation.

The following operations are available for the [Google Drive connector:

• Google Drive - Get drives

Operation	Field or selection	Description
Google Drive - Get drives	Include my drive	Whether or not to include drives belonging to the account used to create the connection, or retrieve only the available shared drives' metadata.
	Use domain admin permission	Issue the request as a domain administrator.