Form Connector – Google Drive

After adding and authenticating a Google connection, your forms can push output files like PDF, TXT, Word, JSON, XML, CSV, or XLSX to your Google Drive account.

In this article:


Adding the Connector

Follow these steps to add the connector to your specific form:

  1. Navigate to Forms > Create/Edit Forms.
  2. Hover over your desired form and click the Connect icon.
  3. Click the Add Connector button (top-right).
  4. Select Google Drive from the options.

Note: The page will refresh with the connector added. Changes are not live until you click Save.

Quick Access Tip

If you are already inside the Form Builder or Settings view, you don’t need to go back to the main menu. Simply click the Connectors tab located directly under the form title at the top of the screen.

Configuring the Connector

After adding the form connector, configure the connector. Configure the connector as shown below:

1. Send Form Answers

You can choose what format you want your Form entry data to be sent as: 

File FormatDescription
CSVSend form data in a .csv attachment.   
Customizable using a Text file template.
JSONSend form data in a .json attachment   
Customizable using a Text file template.
ExcelSend form data in an .xlsx attachment.   
Customizable using an Excel template.
WordSend form data as a .docx attachment.   
Customizable using a Word (.docx) template.
PDFSend form data as a .pdf attachment.   
Customizable using a Word or Excel template or a built-in template.
Plain TextSend form data as plain text.   
By default, each field answered is placed on a new line. Customizable using HTML or the Data Template Syntax.
XMLSend form data as an .xml attachment.   
Customizable using a Text file template.

 2. Send Media Files

Allows you to attach the individual media files to be included in the email.

With this option enabled, the Connector will send/attach all media captured in the Form entry (photos, videos, etc.) as separate files. This is in addition to any generated answer/template output of the connector.

Anonymize Data   
If the Anonymize Personal Data option is enabled, media files marked as Personal Data will be excluded.

 3. File Name

Allows you to specify the names of the media files to be uploaded.

4. Folder Path

Enter the folder path under your Bucket that you wish to organize your file within: ‘Bucketname/FolderName/FileGoesInThisOne’

5. Replace Existing

By default, any existing files with the same name as those generated by this Connector will be overwritten. If this box is unchecked, new files will always be created, regardless of whether existing files of the same name exist. 

6. Disable Random Code

Disable the default system behaviour of appending a 6-character random code to the generated file name.   
e.g., instead of ‘FileName-abc123.pdf’, the file would be generated as ‘FileName.pdf’ 

7. Anonymize Personal Data

If enabled, data from fields marked as Personal Data will be converted to a non-human-readable format to aid privacy.  
 

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