Google Drive - Nango Docs

🚀 Quickstart

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

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.

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.

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
Node

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>"

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.

Implement Nango in your app

Follow our Auth implementation guide 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.
Google App & Security Review Pass Google’s OAuth app verification and CASA security assessment to go to production

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
`documents`	Sync file metadata for IDs in connection metadata files, or recursively for all files under folder IDs in folders. Supports shared drives.	Sync	🔗 Github

Folders

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`folders`	Sync root-level Google Drive folders from My Drive and shared drives	Sync	🔗 Github

Permissions

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`permissions`	Sync file permissions from Google Drive	Sync	🔗 Github

Shared Drives

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
`shared-drives`	Sync shared drives from Google Drive	Sync	🔗 Github

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​🚀 Quickstart

​📚 Google Drive Integration Guides

​🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for Google Drive

​Documents

​Folders

​Permissions

​Shared Drives

🚀 Quickstart

📚 Google Drive Integration Guides

🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for Google Drive

Documents

Folders

Permissions

Shared Drives