How to import documents from Google Drive?
One of the integrations that is widely used in AlgoDocs is a Google Drive integration that allows you to import documents from your Google Drive folders that you can specify during integration setup. AlgoDocs allows you to create several integrations for different Google Drive folders. In this article you will learn how to setup a Google Drive integration in AlgoDocs.
Connecting Google Drive to AlgoDocs
After logging in to AlgoDocs, navigate to Integrations section. Under Integrations section click on Google Drive. In order to add a Google Drive integration you first need to add a Google Drive Account. So, select Add Account and follow the steps when you are redirected to Google page. After you complete the steps you will be returned back to AlgoDocs and your Google Drive Account will be available in the dropdown list. Then, select a Google Drive Folder from the dropdown list, which will contain folders that exist in your Google Drive Account. Third field is AlgoDocs folder where imported documents will be saved, so select a folder you created under the file manager in AlgoDocs. Finally, you select an extractor which will be applied to imported documents for extracting data from them. Then, click on Create button to create an integration. Your created integration will be listed in the Existing Google Drive Integrations table.
Documents are imported from specified account’s folders every 3-5 minutes, then saved in a specified AlgoDocs folder and processed based on the selected extractor. Note that files are deleted from Google Drive folder after they are imported to AlgoDocs!
Watch 41 sec. video that demonstrates Google Drive integration setup!