Google Drive

The Google Drive integration provides access to the files you manage on Google Drive. In standard versions of Brightspot, this integration provides the following features:

• Google Doc—Can be imported into Brightspot as an article, blog post, document, or a general attachment.
• Google Sheet—Can be imported into Brightspot as sections, tags, users, spreadsheets, or as a general attachment.
• Google Presentation—Can be imported into Brightspot as a presentation.

Other versions of Brightspot may accommodate other types of Google Drive files and conversions.

Once imported, Brightspot checks the source file to detect any changes made after the import. If changes are made, Brightspot indicates this in the Sync widget of an asset created as a result of the import. (For details, see Re-syncing a Google Drive file.) If no changes are detected, Brightspot reports that the source file and the Brightspot asset are in sync.

Including Google Drive in a Brightspot build

The following table lists the dependencies to include in your build configuration.

Runtime prerequisites

• Developer configuration—
  
  • Extend UpdatableExternalItemConverter for each content type that you want to convert from GoogleDriveFile.
  • The content type must also implement GoogleDriveSyncable for the synchronization to work.
  • For an example that converts a Google Drive file to an Article, see the package brightspot.google.drive.article. For a more complicated example that converts a Google Sheet to multiple instances of Section or Tag, see the package brightspot.google.drive.sheets.
• Ops configuration—Configure a redirect URI and a redirect URI pattern. For details, see Creating API credentials in Google Cloud.
• CMS configuration—Configure the site interfacing with Google Drive. For details, see Configuring the Google Drive integration.

See also:

• Searching for and using a Google Drive file