Google Drive — List File Stream contents from Google Drive

[vitor]

1. Open Alfred.
2. Type gd and a search term. See some results.
3. Hold fn. You’ll see the subtitle of the result show the option to rebuild cache.
4. Press ↩, in addition to the fn.
   

Or, have you tried not using the workflow and instead searching from Alfred’s regular search? It’s the first paragraph in the second post.

[John H]

Any way you can change the modifier from fn to something else?  Makes it impossible to use (afaik) for external keyboards.

 

Also, should comma separation still work for multiple paths / Google accounts?  Seems I can only get it to work with one.  I get a "Does NOT Exist" error when comma separating multiple Gdrive paths.

 

Thanks

[vitor]

5 minutes ago, John H said:

Any way you can change the modifier from fn to something else?

 

Not at the moment, but I’ll consider a different shortcut.

 

5 minutes ago, John H said:

Makes it impossible to use (afaik) for external keyboards.

 

Not in general. I also use an external keyboard and it has an fn key.

 

6 minutes ago, John H said:

Also, should comma separation still work for multiple paths / Google accounts?

 

It does.

 

6 minutes ago, John H said:

I get a "Does NOT Exist" error when comma separating multiple Gdrive paths.

 

It’s just the diagnostic not handling that case, for search where it matters it works.

[John H]

Thank you!

 

My external keyboard does in fact have an "fn" key, but it's different than the "fn" (globe) key on my laptop.  I've not been able to get it to function as necessary for regenerating cache.

Edited April 28 by John H

[vitor]

Interesting. Could you share your keyboard model?

[vitor]

Updated to 2023.7.

• Change cache rebuild shortcut to ⌘⌥⌃↩.
• Check multiple paths in diagnostic.
  

[jgla]

Thanks, I have it rebuilding, I did not realize you had to search something and then hit Fn (I was simply typing gd).  Will see if the cache rebuild works.  To you other question, normal alfred search with the workflow does not find any files in drive.

[jgla]

Update, the cache ran very quickly and solved the problem.  Thank you.

[Tim Moore]

Hi there, I'm having trouble opening certain files. It'll find the file but won't open it. Am I doing something wrong? 

 

### Workflow version
2023.6

### Alfred version
5.1

### macOS version
13.2.1

### Architecture
arm64

### Preferences
Dict {
    google_drive_path = ~/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-tim@larcheatlanta.org
}

### Full Disk Access
Granted

### Google drive path
Exists: /Users/tmoore/Library/CloudStorage/GoogleDrive-tim@larcheatlanta.org
41270 paths

### Cache dir
cache.db

### Cache file
16777233 47767647 -rw-r--r-- 1 tmoore staff 0 9064448 "May  9 16:28:09 2023" "May  9 09:31:42 2023" "May  9 09:31:42 2023" "May  9 09:19:13 2023" 4096 18560 0 /Users/tmoore/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Data/com.alfredapp.vitor.googledrive/cache.db

### Temporary cache
Does NOT exist

### Build progress
NOT running

### Launchd job
Loaded: -    0    com.alfredapp.vitor.googledrive
Installed
 

[vitor]

Welcome @Tim Moore,

 

Do It with the debugger open and post the output.

[dood]

Hi @vitor, would it be possible to add File Actions to this workflow (or as a separate proof-of-concept) that emulate the actions that appear in Finder? For example:

 

 

If so, I think the most useful actions to start with would be "Open with Google Drive" and "Copy link to clipboard". Thanks!

[vitor]

Anything that requires messing with the API is deliberately avoided to not complicate setup and usage. Google is know to break and limit API interactions on a whim. The goal of this workflow is specifically to close the gap where files and folders couldn’t be listed.