Feature: support Google Shared Drives #167

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michael · 2026-01-19T18:29:15Z

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:15 +00:00

Originally created by @wc7086 on GitHub.

Google shared drives can have unlimited storage space. Using rclone requires more steps, so I hope transfer.sh can directly support it.

Google shared drives API Docs: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/enable-shareddrives

Create Google Shared Drives for free: https://td.msgsuite.workers.dev/

Originally created by @wc7086 on GitHub. Google shared drives can have unlimited storage space. Using rclone requires more steps, so I hope transfer.sh can directly support it. Google shared drives API Docs: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/enable-shareddrives Create Google Shared Drives for free: https://td.msgsuite.workers.dev/

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michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@hongkongkiwi commented on GitHub:

Any progress on this?

@hongkongkiwi commented on GitHub: Any progress on this?

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@stefanbenten commented on GitHub:

@wc7086 Could you elaborate the use case a little more?
Transfer.sh original itention is not to be come an archival sharing service. There might be forks running as such, but that defeats the purpose in my mind.
What are your thoughts on this @aspacca ?

@stefanbenten commented on GitHub: @wc7086 Could you elaborate the use case a little more? Transfer.sh original itention is not to be come an archival sharing service. There might be forks running as such, but that defeats the purpose in my mind. What are your thoughts on this @aspacca ?

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub:

@stefanbenten the reason to support gdrive shared drives is to have unlimited storage (like some of them have), as far as I understand.

I see value i this: I have to investigate what are the requirements, hopefuly just the proper oauth2 scope, that would be an easy fix but would required reauthenticating the client

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub: @stefanbenten the reason to support gdrive shared drives is to have unlimited storage (like some of them have), as far as I understand. I see value i this: I have to investigate what are the requirements, hopefuly just the proper oauth2 scope, that would be an easy fix but would required reauthenticating the client

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub:

actually it seems even simplier: we have to provide a param for the drive id to use, that could be a shared one.
I have to check how client app can join a share drive, @wc7086 any clue?

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub: actually it seems even simplier: we have to provide a param for the drive id to use, that could be a shared one. I have to check how client app can join a share drive, @wc7086 any clue?

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@wc7086 commented on GitHub:

@wc7086 Could you elaborate the use case a little more?

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/master/backend/drive/drive.go

Although it can be mounted directly with rclone, it is inconvenient to use docker in this way.

@wc7086 commented on GitHub: > @wc7086 Could you elaborate the use case a little more? https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/master/backend/drive/drive.go Although it can be mounted directly with rclone, it is inconvenient to use docker in this way.

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@jonasled commented on GitHub:

Nope, this doesn't work

@jonasled commented on GitHub: Nope, this doesn't work

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub:

@hongkongkiwi
I have no shared folder to test on

you can try to write the ID of the folder in the shared drive (ie: --basedir) in %gdrive-local-config-path%root_id.conf and see if it works

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub: @hongkongkiwi I have no shared folder to test on you can try to write the ID of the folder in the shared drive (ie: `--basedir`) in `%gdrive-local-config-path%root_id.conf` and see if it works

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub:

actually it seems even simplier: we have to provide a param for the drive id to use, that could be a shared one.

I totally forgot about the investigation I did and how I came to this conclusion: this solution joint with the most of the code already in #512 seems to be the proper one.

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub: > actually it seems even simplier: we have to provide a param for the drive id to use, that could be a shared one. I totally forgot about the investigation I did and how I came to this conclusion: this solution joint with the most of the code already in #512 seems to be the proper one.

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:29:16 +00:00

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub:

@jonasled thanks for testing

There's a PR to support shared drives on gdrive: https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh/pull/512

As it is, it introduces breaking change and I cannot merge to main without getting rid of them.

If the original author won't give feedback in a reasonable time I will follow up with the development

@paolafrancesca commented on GitHub: @jonasled thanks for testing There's a PR to support shared drives on gdrive: https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh/pull/512 As it is, it introduces breaking change and I cannot merge to main without getting rid of them. If the original author won't give feedback in a reasonable time I will follow up with the development

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Reference: dutchcoders/transfer.sh#167