Google Driver Reader Qs

[jclegg]

Is there not a way to be able to analyze / read google slides files that are in a Drive folder? Even somehow converting them to a pdf for easy analysis would be great?

Also, should the Drive File Reader be able to read different files? Does it not work for reading docs, sheets, etc? I figured this node would handle that routing. It seems right now I have to download everything so it saves as a .pdf, .docx, or .xlsx, and then use the generic File Reader node with the Drive Folder Reader.

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[Wasay-Gumloop]

Hey @jclegg - Please check the answers below:

1. Currently you can’t analyze Google Slide files directly, you’d need to convert them into PDF (outside of Gumloop) and then you can read/analyze the PDF file. That said, we do plan on adding a Google Slide integration.

2. We recently removed file reading capabilities from the Drive Folder & File reader nodes, this was done to make the nodes faster and handle any type of file object. Right now these node output the file object which you can connect to an appropriate file operation node.

Let me know if this makes sense and works for you.

[jclegg]

Makes sense, I guess the complexity comes from my desire to read different file types (Slides, Docs, and Sheets), so the above wouldn’t work unless I separated files.

When do you plan on adding a slides integration? Is that on a soon roadmap or a backlog?

[Donna]

Had a similar problem. Talk to Claude and write a script in Google docs to translate it to pdf. After that Gumloop is your hero

[Wasay-Gumloop]

@jclegg

When do you plan on adding a slides integration? Is that on a soon roadmap or a backlog?

Not soon so you can say backlog. We can bump it up if more people request it.