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Michael Manzano
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Using Google Drive Connector to Load Files into Databse
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Hello!

Is it possible to use the Google Drive connector to load files from Google Drive to your Environment's Database? How do I get a binary data type from the URLs being returned by the connector?

Thank you!

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2019-05-22 11-30-09
Marcelo Ferreira
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Hi Michael,

I would guess that the URL to the file is on this atribute "DownloadUrl". Than you need to use GetRequest_submit from HTTPRequestHandler to download the file from that URL.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Marcelo



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Michael Manzano

Hi!

Thanks for the response. I'm not sure how to do that but I did solve my problem by creating an extension in C# and doing:

byte[] Output = new byte[] { };

using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
            {
                Output = client.DownloadData(URL);
            }

return Output;

I'm not sure though if this is the best practice. I would love some comment on this.

Thanks!

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Marcelo Ferreira

Hi,

That is also a possible solution. But with my solution you don't need to create a new extension. You can use one that already exists.

Regards,

Marcelo

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Michael Manzano

I just found out how to do your suggestion. I didn't realize immediately that it was in the dependencies.

Yep, it's much easier. Thanks again!

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