Google Drive - Google Docs

[NTXAggie]

Is there a way to currently upload a Google Doc to the platform from the Google Drive integration?

I tested this with my implementation, and also with the demo on the documentation. They only show files that you have uploaded to your google drive (such as pdf's, images, csv, etc...) But it does not show Google Sheets or Google Docs. Am I doing something wrong, or is this considered a feature request?

[rgk1]

Loving uppy here at GetBusy.com and this feature request gets our vote too!

[arturi]

As of right now, Google Docs documents are not shown/supported in Uppy Google Drive plugin.

I’ve found an API for exporting such documents: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/export. But it’s limited to 10mb and from a brief research it’s not clear to me how to get a list of such documents.

@ifedapoolarewaju do you know if it’s possible to include Google Docs?

[rgk1]

This would be a really welcome addition to the drive integration if a solution could be found? Do the google docs not simply return with the regular list? https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/list

Thanks

[goto-bus-stop]

They are returned with the regular list, but we can't simply download them because they are not "real" files. To download them, they need to be converted to a real file format, like docx or pdf, which has the 10MB limit @arturi mentioned.

Short-term, perhaps we could show these "virtual" files, but grey them out, maybe explain what's going on in a tooltip if you hover them. Longer-term there could be a Companion feature that automatically exports to a configurable format (needs discussion).

[rgk1]

Thanks for the response. I think this would be a great way forward @goto-bus-stop - with users at least not feeling like their files are missing. Configurable exports would then be superb 👍 - or even just defaulting to PDF to begin with.

[zlawson-ut]

I too am loving Uppy! We started out with Filestack (who automatically converts Google Docs to docx format) but later moved to Uppy as it's open-source. This gets our vote as well, hoping we can find a workaround for our project!

[westcoastsuccess]

+1 for finding a solution for this - we're moving our organization to a ChromeOS environment where almost all of the work will be done in Sheets/Docs and which also needs to be "attached" to the relevant account (which lives in an aws s3 bucket) for audit purposes. Is it possible to have Uppy upload a link to the Sheet/Doc when it encounters these files (appreciating the documents would remain mutable)?