Library Import
Pull approved Drive files into Tolstoy as reusable media assets.
Google Drive × Tolstoy
Connect Google Drive to Tolstoy.
Tolstoy connects with Google Drive as a content source. After a user authorizes the correct Google account, the team can browse available Drive media and import approved assets into the Tolstoy library.
Supported work
What your team can do with Google Drive.
Folder Browsing
Navigate folders and shared drives from the media library.
Folder Sync
Use a selected folder as a source for ongoing media imports.
Try it with your data
Ask in Studio.
Connect Google Drive, then ask Tolstoy to investigate, explain, or prepare the next step.
Studio Google Drive connected
Tolstoy
What would you like to know?
Import product videos from our approved Google Drive folder.
Google Drive
Find brand assets in Google Drive that we can use for our next Tolstoy.↖Set up Drive as the source for reusable campaign media.↖
How it connects
What moves between Google Drive and Tolstoy.
See what Tolstoy can use from Google Drive, and which actions it can send back.
Google Drive
Tolstoy- Into Tolstoy
Media selected by an authorized user
Setup
Set up Google Drive.
Connect the account your team uses, confirm access, then test one real workflow.
- 1
Open Tolstoy connectors
Sign in to Tolstoy and open Settings, then Connectors.
- 2
Choose Google Drive
Start the Google account authorization flow for the correct workspace.
- 3
Approve access
Review the requested Google permissions and authorize the account that holds the approved media.
- 4
Browse and import
Open the Google Drive source in the library and import the media needed for the workflow.
Questions
Questions about Google Drive.
Can Tolstoy import video from Google Drive?
Yes. Google Drive is a connected content source in the Tolstoy library.
Which Google Drive files can Tolstoy access?
The connection can access files available to the Google account and permissions approved during setup.
Does Tolstoy edit the original Drive file?
The connection imports selected media into Tolstoy. Work done in Tolstoy does not make Drive the record for those edits.
Related connections
Build the next part of the workflow.
Connect your stack
Connect Google Drive to the right Tolstoy workflow.
Start in the app, or talk to our team about a complex, headless, or multi-account setup.