Google Drive

Integrate your application with the Google Drive API

🚀 Quickstart

Connect to Google Drive with Nango and see data flow in 2 minutes.

1. Create the integration

   In Nango (free signup), go to Integrations -> Configure New Integration -> Google Drive.

   Nango has credentials you can use for testing. Activate them in the dashboard.

2. Authorize Google Drive

   Go to Connections -> Add Test Connection -> Authorize, then log in to Google Drive. Later, you’ll let your users do the same directly from your app.

3. Call the Google Drive API

   Let’s make your first request to the Google Drive API (fetch a list of files). Replace the placeholders below with your secret key, integration ID, and connection ID:

   cURL

   curl "https://api.nango.dev/proxy/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <NANGO-SECRET-KEY>" \
     -H "Provider-Config-Key: <INTEGRATION-ID>" \
     -H "Connection-Id: <CONNECTION-ID>"
   

   Node

   Install Nango’s backend SDK with npm i @nangohq/node. Then run:

   import { Nango } from '@nangohq/node';
   
   const nango = new Nango({ secretKey: '<NANGO-SECRET-KEY>' });
   
   const res = await nango.get({
       endpoint: '/drive/v3/files',
       params: { pageSize: 10 },
       providerConfigKey: '<INTEGRATION-ID>',
       connectionId: '<CONNECTION-ID>'
   });
   
   console.log(res.data);
   

   Or fetch credentials with the Node SDK or API.

   ✅ You’re connected! Check the Logs tab in Nango to inspect requests.

4. Implement Nango in your app

   Follow our quickstart to integrate Nango in your app.

   To obtain your own production credentials, follow the setup guide linked below.

📚 Google Drive Integration Guides

Nango maintained guides for common use cases.

• How to register your own Google Drive OAuth app
  Register an OAuth app with Google Drive and obtain credentials to connect it to Nango

• Complete integration example with the Nango Sample App
  See a production-ready Google Drive integration with file picker, webhooks, and file syncing. Includes a demo video walkthrough and GitHub repository.

Official docs: Google Drive API Documentation

🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for Google Drive

Enable them in your dashboard. Extend and customize to fit your needs.

Documents

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
upload-document	Uploads a file to Google Drive. The file is uploaded to the root directory of the authenticated user’s Google Drive account. If a folder ID is provided, the file is uploaded to the specified folder.	Action	🔗 Github
documents	Sync the metadata of a specified file or folders from Google Drive, handling both individual files and nested folders. Metadata required to filter on a particular folder, or file(s). Metadata fields should be {"files": ["<some-id>"]} OR {"folders": ["<some-id>"]}. The ID should be able to be provided by using the Google Picker API (https://developers.google.com/drive/picker/guides/overview) and using the ID field provided by the response (https://developers.google.com/drive/picker/reference/results)	Sync	🔗 Github

Drives

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
list-drives	Lists all shared drives the user has access to. Returns paginated results with up to 100 drives per page.	Action	🔗 Github

Folders

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
folder-content	Fetches the top-level content (files and folders) of a folder given its ID. If no folder ID is provided, it fetches content from the root folder.	Action	🔗 Github
folders	Sync the folders at the root level of a google drive.	Sync	🔗 Github

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