Exciting news @Michael_Huang - looking forward to testing out the new integration.
In the past, we've experienced two things that have hold us back from integrating deeper between Google Workspace and Retool.
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File Selector UX
Would this new integration allow us to bring up a UX for file selection from Google Drive? Either a Retool version or the native Google Drive UX (aka Google Picker API)? We need functionality, so that users can select the file / doc / sheet to work on via search or from their list of recent / starred files. This seems like such a standard requirement, so that it doesn't seem to make sense that every Retool customer re-implements such a UX on their own. -
Lack of control regarding when the OAuth flow happens.
We'd like to use the user's identity to control access to files. But our Retool App users react very strongly against an OAuth flow being triggered when the app opens. To users who just want to discover / check out a Retool App to understand whether it's for them, it's the most sure-fire way to discourage users from using such an app at all. Instead we would like the OAuth flow to only start once when the user wants to interact with Google Drive / Docs / Sheets for the first time (i.e., only once, when they click an import or export button for the first time).
Is this something where the new integration can help us out?