Connect Google Drive and approve specific files or folders.
Waaru uses drive.file access for the files and folders you select. Workflows use saved references to those items; they cannot search your account or use other Drive IDs.
Use selected Google Drive files and folders in WhatsApp workflows. Upload customer media, look up file details, and import selected files without giving Waaru access to your whole Drive.
In one line
Waaru works only with Google Drive items the operator selects. It can read safe metadata, move private media in either direction, and create a subfolder below an approved folder.
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The operator chooses the location first. Later workflow actions resolve that workspace-owned binding again before moving private media.
Customer documents
One operator-approved Drive location.
Operating boundary
The operator selects approved files and folders through Google Picker. Waaru uses file-scoped access and opaque bindings.
Read safe metadata for one selected file or folder, or import one selected binary file into private Waaru media.
Upload private workspace media to a selected folder or create one subfolder below an approved folder.
Drive change events are not part of this connector.
Connect Google Drive, select each approved item, and test the exact upload or import used by the workflow.
No account-wide search, sharing, public links, delete, move, rename, overwrite, Google-native export, or raw API calls.
Uploads and folder creates use pre-generated IDs and an execution marker so an uncertain result can be reconciled without duplicates.
Selection
Choose a file or folder through Google Picker. Waaru checks that the connected account can access it and saves a reference within your workspace. Workflows use that reference rather than a raw Google file ID.
Available actions
Recovery
Uploads and folder creates use Google pre-generated IDs and an execution marker. Writes make one provider attempt, allowing an ambiguous result to be reconciled without creating duplicate files or folders.
Current boundary
Account-wide search, broad Drive scopes, sharing, permissions, public links, delete, move, rename, overwrite, Google-native document export, raw API calls, and Drive change events are outside the release.
Yes. It can upload private workspace media to a folder the operator selected through Google Picker.
A selected binary Drive file can be imported into private Waaru media, subject to Drive response and WhatsApp media limits.
No. It uses drive.file access and works with files or folders the operator explicitly selected for the app.
Yes. It can create a subfolder below a selected folder using a bounded, recoverable write.
No. Sharing, permissions, public links, rename, move, overwrite, and delete operations are outside the current release.
Research notes
Primary Google references for Picker, file-scoped authorization, and uploads.
Google Picker lets a user select Drive files for an application.
Google for Developers · Accessed 13 August 2026
Google describes drive.file as access to files a user opens or shares with an app.
Google for Developers · Accessed 13 August 2026
Google Drive documents simple, multipart, and resumable file uploads.
Google for Developers · Accessed 13 August 2026
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