Unstructured-IO · Paul-Cornell · Dec 17, 2024 · Dec 12, 2024
diff --git a/mint.json b/mint.json
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@
                 "platform/sources/confluence",
                 "platform/sources/databricks-volumes",
                 "platform/sources/google-cloud",
+                "platform/sources/google-drive",
                 "platform/sources/mongodb",
                 "platform/sources/onedrive",
                 "platform/sources/outlook",

diff --git a/platform/connectors.mdx b/platform/connectors.mdx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The Unstructured Platform supports connecting to the following source and destin
 - [Confluence](/platform/sources/confluence)
 - [Databricks Volumes](/platform/sources/databricks-volumes)
 - [Google Cloud Storage](/platform/sources/google-cloud)
+- [Google Drive](/platform/sources/google-drive)
 - [MongoDB](/platform/sources/mongodb)
 - [OneDrive](/platform/sources/onedrive)
 - [Outlook](/platform/sources/outlook)

diff --git a/platform/sources/overview.mdx b/platform/sources/overview.mdx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ To create a source connector:
    - [Confluence](/platform/sources/confluence)
    - [Databricks Volumes](/platform/sources/databricks-volumes)
    - [Google Cloud Storage](/platform/sources/google-cloud)
+   - [Google Drive](/platform/sources/google-drive)
    - [MongoDB](/platform/sources/mongodb)
    - [OneDrive](/platform/sources/onedrive)
    - [Outlook](/platform/sources/outlook)

diff --git a/snippets/general-shared-text/google-drive-cli-api.mdx b/snippets/general-shared-text/google-drive-cli-api.mdx
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ import AdditionalIngestDependencies from '/snippets/general-shared-text/ingest-d
 The following environment variables:
 
 - `GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID` - The folder ID, represented by `--drive-id` (CLI) or `drive_id` (Python).
-- `GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_FILEPATH` - The path to the `credentials.json` key file, represented by `--service-account-key-path` (CLI) or `service_account_key_path` (Python), or
-- `GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_STRING` - The contents of the `credentials.json` key file as a string, represented by `--service-account-key` (CLI) or `service_account_key` (Python).
+- One of the following:
+
+  - `GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_FILEPATH` - The path to the `credentials.json` key file, represented by `--service-account-key-path` (CLI) or `service_account_key_path` (Python).
+  - `GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_STRING` - The contents of the `credentials.json` key file as a string, represented by `--service-account-key` (CLI) or `service_account_key` (Python).
diff --git a/snippets/general-shared-text/google-drive-platform.mdx b/snippets/general-shared-text/google-drive-platform.mdx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Fill in the following fields:
 
 - **Name** (_required_): A unique name for this connector.
-- **Drive ID** (_required_): The folder ID.
-- **Service Account Key** (_required_): The `credentials.json` key file's contents in JSON format.
-- **Extension**: Any file extensions to be included in the ingestion process (such as `.jpg`, `.docx`, and so on), if filtering is needed.
-- **Recursive**: Check this box to recursively access files from subfolders within the drive.
+- **Drive ID** (_required_): The target folder's ID.
+- **Extensions**: A comma-separated list of any file extensions to be included in the ingestion process (such as `.jpg,.pdf`), if filtering is needed. 
+  The default is to include all files, if not otherwise specified.
+- **Recursive**: Check this box to also access files from all subfolders within the folder.
+- **Account Key** (_required_): The contents of the `credentials.json` key file for the target service account. These contents must be expressed as a single-line string without line breaks.
diff --git a/snippets/general-shared-text/google-drive.mdx b/snippets/general-shared-text/google-drive.mdx
@@ -10,9 +10,22 @@
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-2. Note the local path to the `credentials.json` key file. Or, copy the key file's contents into a compatible string&mdash;including properly escaped quotes&mdash;as required. 
-   To make converting a JSON object into a compatible string easier, you can search the Internet by using a search phrase such as "tools for converting a JSON object into a string." 
-   Before using any tool, check to make sure that the tool does not share the key file's contents with anyone you do not trust.
+2. To ensure maximum compatibility across Unstructured service offerings, you should give the service account key information to Unstructured as 
+   a single-line string that contains the contents of the downloaded service account key file (and not the service account key file itself). 
+   To print this single-line string without line breaks, suitable for copying, you can run one of the following commands from your Terminal or Command Prompt. 
+   In this command, replace `<path-to-downloaded-key-file>` with the path to the `credentials.json` key file that you downloaded by following the preceding instructions.
+
+   - For macOS or Linux: 
+
+     ```text
+     tr -d '\n' < <path-to-downloaded-key-file>
+     ```
+
+   - For Windows:
+
+     ```text
+     (Get-Content -Path "<path-to-downloaded-key-file>" -Raw).Replace("`r`n", "").Replace("`n", "")
+     ```
 
 3. Give the service account's email address access to the Google Drive folder. [Learn more](https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Workspace-Q-A/Can-i-give-access-to-document-of-google-drive-to-service-account/m-p/530106).