I have created a new file and google drive through the browser.
But I am unable to see the new file on the connected google drive physic PC drive.
Is this not achievable with google drive?
Only one side of synch only work(PC to Google Drive)? Two way syncing is not possible (PC to Google Drive and Google drive to PC)?
AFAIK, this is a one way sync (PC to Drive not the other way around). When installing the Google Drive app and do a backup and sync, Google Drive acts as a Cloud backup for any changes to the selected folders you've wanted to backup.
As stated in this guide:
The Backup and Sync tool is split up into two main sections:
Google Drive: This performs the same function as the original Google Drive app. You choose what folders to sync from your Google Drive cloud storage, and they’ll appear in a Google Drive folder on your PC. Anything you put into that folder will also sync to Google Drive.
My Computer: This part is new, and allows you to sync files between your computer and Drive without putting them in the dedicated Google Drive folder. Just pick the folders from your computer you want to sync, and they’ll sync to your cloud storage (though they’ll appear in a separate section of the Google Drive interface, rather than with all your other Drive files.)
Hope this helps.
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Can I create a connection on one computer or device that exposes my drive to the rest of my network as a network shared drive?
My specific use case is that I have an older scanner that is connected to my wife that scans files and can send them to an email address, or to a network shared location. I’m trying to get it to send files directly to my Google drive though. Is there any way I can have computer connect to drive that lets the rest of the network see it as a shared drive?
Google Drive integration into Windows means that there will be some folder that acts as the Google Drive drop folder.
That folder, typically under your Documents folder can be Shared:
Right-click
Properties
Sharing tab
Click Advanced Sharing
Check Share this folder
Click Permissions
Grant Everyone the Change permission
Good question, totally fits StackOverflow, and definitely shouldn't be closed.
I have published a drive app that works fine for my drive. But it does not show up when i am in Shared Drive. Do I have to republish or re-install the app Or
my System Admin will install that app and that will reflect in everyone's account. Please help me out.
I Found it myself after few hours of R&D. If you want to enable your Drive Installable App to be appear in Shared Drive then check the checkbox titled as Shared Drive Support and click save
I have a project on Google App Scripts connected to my drive.
I was able to save and organize my files (from mail) and directories in the drive using the script.
now, I want to save the files to an FTP server and cannot find the References to do so.
how do I access an ftp server, create folders and upload files to them ?
thanks
It seems this is not possible. If you check this Class UrlFetchApp, app script only supports HTTP and HTTPS communication over the internet. A supporthing SO thread seems to confirm this.
The workaround to go from GAS -> FTP is as follows. I've been using this method for a number of years in production.
From apps script, save the file to google drive
Using Zapier, trigger to copy new filesfrom the google drive folder to a DropBox folder
Using Microsoft Flow, trigger to copy new files from the Dropbox folder to an FTP or SFTP location.
You can probably do step 3 in Zapier as well. I use Microsoft Flow because I already had a significant number of automated tasks setup there. For Step, 2, I use Zapier because MS flow does not yet have a built-in trigger available based on a new file being saved to google drive. You would have to make your own custom trigger using the google drive API's.
I have to move a set of backup files of a web application day by day to google drive. For this my friend created a folder in the google drive and shared with me with edit permission so he can also the see the backup files.
So I created a application(with python) using the google drive api and started to upload files to google drive. After some 7+ uploads(7*2gb size for each file =14gb) the api started to raise an error shown below
An error occured: https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v2/files?uploadType=resumable&alt=json returned "The user has exceeded their Drive storage quota">
Then I checked my storage and it shows "14gb used out 15gb".
Why this is happening? Actually I uploaded the files to the shared folder created by my friend and now it shows those are uploaded in my quota. Also tried with the drag and drop option, but it is also uploaded in my quota
I have the following questions
1) How can I upload the files to the shared folder in my friend's quota?
2) Is it possible to upload only 15gb data through my account? or How can I increase my quota?
I have written a vb.net application that shares a file on google drive. I need to be able to determine when google drive is in the process of syncing the file.