Next.js Google Drive Index

Google Drive index built with Next.js for easier sharing files to public
Created at 3/16/2024 • Updated at 3/17/2024• 4 min read
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next-gdrive-index is an indexer for Google Drive, it's a simple project that I made to share my files in Google Drive.
It's aim to simplify the process of sharing files using Google Drive, and also implements some features that I think is useful for sharing files.
This project are Heavily Inspired by onedrive-vercel-index by SpencerWooo

#Why I Made This?

I know there's already couple project to create Google Drive index, such as goindex. It was built on Cloudflare Workers and Vue, which I don't have much experience. And it was pretty slow when the files are nested deep into folder. (At first I thought it was Cloudflare fault, after implementing my own I found out it was Google Drive problem)
So I decided to create my own Google Drive index using technology I'm more familiar with. Next.js and deployed on Vercel.
"Why don't use Onedrive instead?"
When I compare the price between these two services, Google Drive is cheaper than Onedrive.
For 100GB plan, Google Drive price at IDR 269.000 / ~$18 USD annually, meanwhile Onedrive at IDR 319.000 / ~$21 USD annually.
Even if I don't want to spend any money, Google Drive offering 15GB of storage, and Onedrive only offering 5GB.
I know there are a lot of people selling cheap .edu account for Google Drive and Onedrive, but most of the time those account doesn't last long, especially Google Drive account.
So I want to do it without buying cheap .edu account or anything similar.

#Features

  • Private Index, Lock the whole site with a password
  • Folder and file protection, You can add password to a folder
  • Readme file, Add a note / readme to a folder
  • File preview, Preview files directly on the site. Supported files:
    • Image (only format supported by the browser)
    • Video (only format supported by the browser)
    • Audio (only format supported by the browser)
    • Markdown
    • PDF
    • Document (docx, pptx, xlsx)
    • Code
    • Text
    • Manga (cbz)
  • File search, Find your folders / files easily
  • Raw file link, Use the index to host assets for your website or embed it on forums

#Security

All files that will be shown, Need to be Shared with Anyone with the link can view permission.
This is because Google Drive API can only access files that are shared with this permission.
But, every files id and webContentLink are encrypted with AES-256-CBC using your own key, so no one can view the id / webContentLink of your files without the correct key.
Except, if the files are larger than the fileSizeLimit (default is 4MB for Vercel), then the webContentLink will be used as download link.

#Known Issues

##File Size Limit

File size limit causing some files can't be previewed, and the download will be redirected to the raw file link.
The file size limit can be changed on config file.

##Long Response Time

The flow of the data fetching is like this:
App flow
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App flow

The app will checking for each path to validate if the path is valid.
Example, if user trying to access /folder A/folder B/folder C/some-files.png
It will check if:
  1. some-files.png is actually inside folder C
  2. folder C is actually inside folder B
  3. folder B is actually inside folder A
    So the deeper the nested folder, the longer the check process.
At the moment, it roughly take around 600 - 2 seconds to access nested files on my Google Drive.
To improve the response time, I've added cache to the response so the next time you trying to access the same path it hopefully will be faster.
You can change how long the cache on config file.

##Shared Drive is not now Supported

I don't have Shared Google Drive, so I can't test it and or implement it.
Implemented by @loadingthedev

##No Support for Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides

For now, I don't have any plan to implement this.
All Google Drive files like Docs, Sheets, and Slides are hidden from the list.
PR are welcome though~ ;)
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