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Drive Mirror

The Drive mirror mirrors a Google Drive folder read-only into your app. Users see the file and folder structure and open files via a link – always up to date, without you having to upload files manually.

Setup

Section titled “Setup”
  1. Set the desired Google Drive folder to “Anyone with the link”
  2. Copy the folder link and paste it into the editor
  3. Tap Test connection to verify the sharing
  4. Save – the mirror is set up

A Cloud Function mirrors the file and folder structure hourly (metadata and an open link only – no file download) into the app. This keeps the content always up to date.

Read tracking

Section titled “Read tracking”

Read tracking records which logged-in user has viewed which mirrored file. As an admin you see the list of viewers per file.

  • Controllable in the editor via the toggle Enable read tracking
  • Default: on

Read tracking only works for logged-in users.

Push on new file

Section titled “Push on new file”

You can – per user role (RBAC) – enable a push notification to be sent when new files appear in the Drive folder. The notification is aggregated (“N new files”).

  • Opt-in: without selected roles, no push is sent
  • On the initial sync, no push is triggered (only for files added later)
  1. Enable Push on new file in the editor
  2. Select the user roles that should be notified
  3. Save – from the next sync on, a new file triggers an aggregated push to the selected roles