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Importing from Google Drive

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Connect Google Drive and automatically process new files added to a selected folder

Connect Google Drive to a parser so new files added to a selected folder become PARSER documents automatically. You can monitor a folder in My Drive or an accessible Shared Drive.

Before you start

You need a Google account and a parser with the fields you want to extract. Your Google Workspace permissions determine which Shared Drives and folders PARSER can show.

PARSER starts checking from the moment you save the configuration. Files already in the selected folder are not imported.

Add Google Drive

1. Open your parser and go to Settings -> Integrations.

2. Under Import sources, find Import from Google Drive.

3. Click Add.

4. Expand Import from Google Drive under Added integrations.

Connect your account

1. Click Connect Google Drive.

2. Select the Google account that contains the folder.

3. Review the requested access and approve the connection.

4. Return to PARSER and select the connected account if it is not already selected.

Click Connect another account if you need to use a different Google account. One selected account, drive, and folder are monitored by this parser at a time.

Select a drive and folder

1. Under Select a drive, choose My Drive or an accessible Shared Drive.

2. Open folders in the PARSER folder browser until you reach the folder you want to monitor.

3. Click Select this folder.

4. Confirm that the selected location appears below the browser.

Turn on Include subfolders to also import new files added inside nested folders. Leave it off to monitor only files added directly to the selected folder.

Test and save

1. Click Test folder access.

2. Confirm that PARSER says the folder is accessible.

3. Click Save configuration.

4. Confirm that Monitoring active appears beside Import from Google Drive.

Add a new file

Upload, create, or move a new supported file into the selected Google Drive folder. PARSER checks Google Drive every minute, so the file normally appears in the parser's Document Inbox within one or two minutes.

Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings are imported as PDF files. Google Sheets are imported as XLSX files. Google Forms, Google Maps, and Drive shortcuts are skipped.

The source file remains in Google Drive. PARSER imports each Drive file once, so renaming, editing, or moving an imported file does not create another PARSER document.

Supported files and limits

The integration imports supported downloadable files up to 100 MB. Empty files and unsupported formats are skipped. See Supported Files and Processing Limits for the complete list.

If files do not arrive

  • Confirm that Monitoring active is shown. Monitoring delayed means PARSER will check Google Drive again automatically.
  • Confirm that the file was added after you saved the configuration.
  • Confirm that the correct My Drive or Shared Drive is selected.
  • Check whether Include subfolders matches where the file was added.
  • Click Test folder access to confirm the connected account can still open the folder.
  • If you see Needs reconnection, click Reconnect and approve access again.
  • If you see Folder unavailable or Monitoring failed, correct the folder access and click Restart.

Changing the account, drive, folder, or Include subfolders setting starts monitoring from Google Drive's current state. Files already present in the new scope are not imported.

Next steps

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