Google Drive API Configuration

Request

POST https://api.fivetran.com/v1/connections

{
  "group_id": "group_id",
  "service": "google_drive",
  "trust_certificates": true,
  "trust_fingerprints": true,
  "run_setup_tests": true,
  "paused": false,
  "pause_after_trial": false,
  "sync_frequency": 1440,
  "data_delay_sensitivity": "NORMAL",
  "data_delay_threshold": 0,
  "daily_sync_time": "14:00",
  "schedule_type": "auto",
  "connect_card_config": {
    "redirect_uri": "https://your.site/path",
    "hide_setup_guide": true
  },
  "proxy_agent_id": "proxy_agent_id",
  "private_link_id": "private_link_id",
  "networking_method": "Directly",
  "hybrid_deployment_agent_id": "hybrid_deployment_agent_id",
  "config": {
    "quote_character_enabled": true,
    "append_file_option": "upsert_file_with_primary_keys | upsert_file | append_file",
    "prefix": "folder_path",
    "pattern": "file_pattern",
    "escape_char": "escape_char",
    "json_delivery_mode": "Packed | Unpacked",
    "skip_after": 0,
    "quote_char": "string",
    "line_separator": ";",
    "skip_before": 0,
    "empty_header": true,
    "null_sequence": "string",
    "is_single_table_mode": true,
    "delimiter": "|",
    "file_type": "log | tsv | xml | csv | spreadsheet | json | jsonl | avro | parquet",
    "on_error": "fail | skip",
    "files": [
      {
        "file_pattern": "string",
        "table_name": "string"
      }
    ],
    "folder_id": "folder_id",
    "compression": "zip | gz | tar_gz | tar | infer | gzip | uncompressed | bz2 | tar_bz2",
    "archive_pattern": "regex_pattern",
    "schema": "schema_name",
    "table_group_name": "string"
  }
}

Config parameters

Name	Description
`quote_character_enabled`	If you don’t want to use an enclosing character while processing the files, set the value to false. By default, the value is set to true and is considered " as quote character.
`append_file_option`	If you know that the source completely over-writes the same file with new data, you can append the changes instead of upserting based on filename and line number.
`prefix`	All files and folders under this folder path will be searched for files to sync, this can be the entire drive link or a folder URL
`pattern`	All files in your search path matching this regular expression will be synced. We have discontinued this field, and will delete it by August 31, 2025.
`escape_char`	If your CSV generator follows non-standard rules for escaping quotation marks, you can set the escape character here.
`json_delivery_mode`	Control how your JSON data is delivered into your destination
`skip_after`	We will skip over the number of lines specified at the end so as to not introduce aberrant data into your destination.
`quote_char`	You can specify the enclosing character used in your CSVs here. Fivetran will consider " as the quote character if this field is empty and quote_character_enabled is set to true.
`line_separator`	You can specify the custom line separator for your CSV files. The line separator is used in files to separate one row from the next.
`skip_before`	We will skip over the number of lines specified before syncing data.
`empty_header`	Optional. If your CSV generating software doesn't provide header line for the documents, Fivetran can generate the generic column names and sync data rows with them.
`null_sequence`	If your CSVs use a special value indicating null, you can specify it here.
`is_single_table_mode`	Allows the creation of connector using Merge Mode strategy.
`delimiter`	You can specify the delimiter that your CSVs use here. Fivetran generally tries to infer the delimiter, but in some cases this is impossible.
`file_type`	If your files are saved with improper extensions, you can force them to be synced as the selected filetype.
`on_error`	If you know that your files contain some errors, you can choose to have poorly formatted lines skipped. We recommend leaving the value as fail unless you are certain that you have undesirable, malformed data.
`files`	Mapped file name patterns to a destination table.
`files[0].file_pattern`	All files in your search path matching this regular expression will be synced per table.
`files[0].table_name`	All files matching the above pattern will be synced to this table.
`folder_id`	Folder URL
`compression`	The compression format is used to let Fivetran know that even files without a compression extension should be decompressed using the selected compression format.
`archive_pattern`	Files inside of compressed archives with filenames matching this regular expression will be synced.
`schema`	Destination schema name. Schema name is permanent and cannot be changed after connection creation
`table_group_name`	Table group name

Authorization

This type of connector can only be authorized through the Connect Card or through the Fivetran dashboard.