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Google Drive

This component lets you easily load files and folders from your Google Drive into Nappai for use in your automation workflows. It’s perfect for bringing your data from Google Drive into Nappai to be used with other tools and processes.

Relationship with Google Drive API

This component connects directly to your Google Drive account using the Google Drive API. This allows Nappai to securely access and retrieve files and folders from your Drive without you needing to manually download and upload them. You’ll need to provide Nappai with the necessary Google Drive credentials to authorize this connection.

Inputs

  • Upload file or select file (file_id): Choose a single file from your Google Drive to upload. Supported file types are text and image files.
  • or Select folder (folder_id): Select a folder from your Google Drive. The component will recursively load all text and image files within that folder and its subfolders.
  • File Type (file_type): Choose the type of files to load. You can select “all” to load all supported file types, or choose specific types like “document”, “sheet”, or “pdf”. The default is “all”.
  • Credential (credentialId): This is a unique identifier for your Google Drive account credentials within Nappai. You’ll need to set this up once to connect your Google Drive.

Outputs

  • Data: This output contains the content of the files you loaded from Google Drive. Nappai will use this data for subsequent steps in your automation workflow.
  • Files: This output provides a message listing all the files that were successfully loaded from Google Drive. This is helpful for tracking which files were processed.

Usage Example

Let’s say you have a spreadsheet in your Google Drive containing sales data. You can use this component to load that spreadsheet into Nappai. Then, you can use other Nappai components to analyze the data, generate reports, or integrate it with other applications. Similarly, you could load a folder of images to use with an image processing component.

Templates

This component is used in the ‘Load Cloud Data’ template.

Many components can work with the output of the Google Drive component. For example:

  • Explain SQL results: If your Google Drive file is a database export, you can use this to understand the results.
  • Google Generative AI Embeddings: Use the data loaded from Google Drive to generate embeddings for AI processing.
  • Many other components: The “Data” output can be used as input for a wide variety of Nappai components depending on your workflow.

Tips and Best Practices

  • Organize your Google Drive: Keep your files and folders organized in Google Drive to make selection easier.
  • File Types: Only text and image files are currently supported.
  • Large Files: Loading very large files or folders might take some time.

Security Considerations

Nappai uses secure methods to connect to your Google Drive. However, it’s crucial to only use this component with a Google Drive account you trust and to keep your Google Drive credentials secure. Never share your credentialId with anyone.