nestjs-google-drive

Upload files on google drive for nestjs applications

Installation

$ npm install nestjs-google-drive

or

$ yarn add nestjs-google-drive

Requirements

• Create a google cloud project
• Create a google account with Google Drive enabled.
• Get the credentials of the google cloud project client id, client secret, redirect url and refresh token

To archive this, I invite you to watch this video or read the developper google drive documentation

usage

First, import and configure the GoogleDriveModule in the appModule or elsewhere.

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { GoogleDriveModule } from 'nestjs-google-drive';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { AppService } from './app.service';

@Module({
  imports: [
    GoogleDriveModule.register({
      clientId: 'your_google_client_id',
      clientSecret: 'your_google_client_secret',
      redirectUrl: 'redirection_url',
      refreshToken: 'your_refresh_token',
    }),
  ],
  controllers: [AppController],
  providers: [AppService],
})
export class AppModule {}

Once the GoogleDriveModule imported, you can inject the GoogleDriveService and use it to upload files on google drive.

import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { GoogleDriveService } from 'nestjs-google-drive';

@Injectable()
export class UsersService {
  constructor(private readonly googleDriveService: GoogleDriveService) {}

  async updateAvatar(userId: number, file: Express.Multer.File) {
    const GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID = '1nrvE1mTi-35NsrswB2dfKjrPpj4SZiDg';

    const avatarUrl = await this.googleDriveService.uploadFile(
      file,
      GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID,
    );

    return { avatarUrl };
  }
}

The file is upload in a folder, make sure you have created a google drive folder, browse inside and get it id.

After browsing in the created google drive folder, the folder id is the last string of the browser search bar.

The ID of the folder nestjs-upload

Now you can go to the google drive folder to see your file that has been uploaded ✨✨.