Connecting to a Google Drive shared folder

It is possible to connect Astiga to a folder that has been shared with you, by a different user, in Google Drive.

First, make a note of the folder’s ID. To find this, in the Google Drive Web UI, click on the folder and copy the ID to the right of folders/ in the URL:

Finding the Google Drive folder ID

  1. Follow the usual steps to add a Google Drive account. After authenticating and authorising the request with Google, you will be returned to the Configure storage page.

  2. Enter a Name, as usual. Leave the Token as-is.

  3. For Initial folder enter simply: /.

  4. Click Advanced settings. In the Root folder enter the folder ID you noted above.

    The two affected fields should look like this:

    The changed settings

  5. Click Connect.

The shared folder should be browseable in the next step:

Browse the shared folder after adding to Astiga

You can now Save Google Drive connection to save the storage connection and use it later (and sync with it to build your library).