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  1. App-Specific FAQs

Google Drive

FAQs

How do I limit Relay.app's access to specific files in Drive?

It's not currently possible to give Relay.app access to only specific files or folders via Google Drive permissions.

To work around this, we recommend:

  1. Create a separate service account in your Google Workspace (for example, "integrations@yourcompany.com")

  2. Grant this service account access to only the desired folders in Google Drive

  3. Connect this service account to Relay.app

Using a limited access account in this way will allow you to intentionally select which files Relay.app has access to.

Known limitations of Google Drive

The Google Drive API has some limitations, which affects what automations we are able to offer in Relay.app. Some common requests include:

Copying folders

Copying folders isn't offered by the Google Drive API. As a workaround, you can use an iterator to copy files in a specified folder one at a time. Note that only files will be copied, not subfolders.

Suggested workaround:

  1. Create a new folder in Google Drive

  2. Find all files in a folder using your selected criteria

  3. Iterator: For each file found in step 2, copy that file into the previously created folder

Unzipping files

Unzipping files is not currently supported by the Google Drive API.

Last updated 2 months ago

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