Add Connector - Google Drive

Navigate to the Credentials section of Airbyte by clicking the Credentials link in the main navigation. This is where all data source authentication tokens and connector configurations are stored.

Click the Add Credential button to initiate the process of creating a new connector credential.

Select Google Drive from the list of available connectors. This tells Airbyte you want to authenticate and configure a Google Drive data source.

Click the Authenticate your Google Drive account button to begin the OAuth flow. This will redirect you to Google's authentication service.

Switch to the Google login tab that opens in a new browser tab. This tab contains Google's login and permission consent screens.

You are now on the Google Accounts login page. This page allows you to select or log in to your Google account.

Click on your Google account (rahul@trybrowzer.com in this example) from the list of available accounts. If you only see one account or yours is not listed, you may need to enter your email or log in manually.

Google will verify your account and may redirect you to a consent screen. Wait for the page to load completely.

Click the Continue button to proceed past any account verification or initial confirmation screen.

You will now see Google's permission consent screen. Wait for the page to fully load to see all permissions being requested.

Click the Select all checkbox to grant Airbyte all requested permissions to access your Google Drive, including read and write access to files, folders, and metadata. This is required for the connector to function.

Click the Continue button to finalize your permission grant and complete the OAuth flow.

Google will redirect you back to the Airbyte application. You should now see the connector configuration form with options to customize your sync settings.

Click the generic element (a collapsible section or toggle area) to expand or reveal the first data sync option.

Check the Include Drives checkbox to enable syncing data about all shared drives in your Google account. This option includes drive metadata and structure.

Click the next generic element to expand or reveal the second data sync option.

Check the Include Files checkbox to enable syncing file metadata and file contents from Google Drive. This is typically the main data you want to access.

Click the next generic element to expand or reveal the third data sync option.

Check the Include Changes checkbox to enable syncing change history and revision data from Google Drive. This tracks when files were modified and by whom.

Click the final generic element to expand or reveal the fourth data sync option.

Check the Include About checkbox to enable syncing account metadata, including information about storage quota, user info, and Drive settings.

Click on the Folder Url text field to focus it for input. You will use this field to optionally specify a particular Google Drive folder to restrict data sync scope.

Type the Google Drive folder URL into the Folder Url field. The URL should be in the format https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/{FOLDER_ID}. This restricts the connector to only sync files and metadata from this folder.

Click the Save button to finalize the Google Drive connector configuration and create the credential. Airbyte will now validate the configuration and store your authenticated Google credentials.