# Using google drive for uploads

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**Created:** [September 12, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-google-drive-for-uploads/163806 "2020-09-12T03:29:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-google-drive-for-uploads/163806/3 "2020-09-12T05:31:26Z")

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> [@Stephen](#):
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> Does Google let you serve files directly yet?

Not sure. I’ve always used google drive from a desktop.  
I’ve been told folders from a google drive can be shared between two clients.  
[It’s probable the google drive could be mounted into a unix tree](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=google+drive+on+linux+server&t=brave&ia=web) … that would get around needing private access to read write - as far as discourse would be concerned it would local storage.

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