Google Drive

Connect your Google Drive files to Cloudglue

Connect your Google Drive account to use your media files with Cloudglue APIs.

Adding the Google Drive Data Connector

1. Navigate to the Data Connectors page in the Cloudglue app.
2. Click the Google Drive data connector card.
3. Follow the popup instructions to authorize Cloudglue access to your media.
4. Verify the connection by checking for the Connected indicator on the card.

Ready to set up your Google Drive data connector? Visit our app to get started.

Need help setting up your data connector? Contact our team directly for assistance with the setup process.

Using Google Drive files with Cloudglue

To use Google Drive files, you can use the gdrive://file/ prefix in your Cloudglue API requests, or paste a Google Drive file link directly — both forms are accepted everywhere and deduplicate to the same Cloudglue file.

Accepted formats:

gdrive://file/<file_id>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/<file_id>/view
https://drive.google.com/open?id=<file_id>

Links must point to a single file. Google Drive folder links (drive.google.com/drive/folders/...) are not supported and return a 400. Drive links resolve through your connected Google Drive account, so a connector is required.

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cloudglue.dev/v1/describe \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/<file_id>/view",
  "enable_summary": true,
  "enable_speech": true,
  "enable_visual_scene_description": true,
  "enable_scene_text": true
}'

Browsing and filtering files

When listing connector files, title_search matches file names and from/to filter by Drive creation date — both natively via Drive’s query API. folder_id (from a folder entry’s metadata) drills into folders.

Source metadata

When a Drive file is imported, Cloudglue captures the file’s source metadata onto the resulting file under source_metadata: name, MIME type, size, created/modified times, owners and last modifying user, parent folders, sharing status, MD5 checksum, web view link, and Drive’s video metadata (duration/dimensions) when available. Short-lived signed URLs (like thumbnail links) are never stored. The source_metadata field is returned on the file object, and the same shape appears in each file entry’s metadata while browsing.

GET /data-connectors/{id}/source-metadata previews a file’s source metadata without importing it:

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.cloudglue.dev/v1/data-connectors/YOUR_CONNECTOR_ID/source-metadata?url=gdrive://file/YOUR_FILE_ID' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

UI Importing for Testing

Use the Cloudglue integration UI to quickly import Google Drive files for testing your endpoints.

To access this page, visit our app and click on Select Videos on the Google Drive connector.

Managing Access

You maintain full control over your data access. Remove this data connector by doing the following:

• Remove connection by revoking the connector on our website.

Once removed:

• You cannot import new recordings into Cloudglue until you reconnect.
• Any recordings you previously imported will remain in Cloudglue. These can be viewed and deleted from File Management.

Security

Cloudglue uses Google Drive Authentication to get limited access to your files. This approach:

• Maintains your control - You own and manage the connector.
• Follows Google Drive security patterns - Uses standard Google Drive authentication with minimum permissions.
• Easy to revoke - Simply delete the connector on our website.