FeatureRequest: Google Drive support

[seaspeak]

Recently Kobo new firmware officially supports Google Drive (software version 4.37 or higher). Hope to add the feature as for Dropbox.

https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/15335985512983-Add-books-to-your-eReader-using-Google-Drive

[aceflor]

Same here

[Dirk71]

Yes, I also would appreciate Google Drive support, same as it is now for Dropbox.

[heylookltsme]

+1

Thanks for nickelmenu! It rules!

[xdepoorter]

Yes, I also would appreciate Google Drive support, same as it is now for Dropbox.

[Becks-S]

+1 Hugely appreciate NickelMenu and Google Drive support would be the cherry on top! Thank you! :)

[avichou]

i'd love that

[pgaskin]

I really gotta get the release pipeline migrated to GH Actions so I can get this stuff implemented and do another release...

[kingo132]

How to launch Google Drive using nickle menu, it's already there in the system

[imax9000]

There's a symbol _ZN14MoreController11googleDriveEv which may have the same functionality as _ZN14MoreController7dropboxEv, but for Google Drive.

[imax9000]

Can confirm that Google Drive integration works perfectly well on Libra 2, but I had to patch hardcoded device model checks in libnickel.so for the menu item to show up.

[kingo132]

There's a symbol _ZN14MoreController11googleDriveEv which may have the same functionality as _ZN14MoreController7dropboxEv, but for Google Drive.

I added this symbol to the code, and the Google setup page appeared. However, we need the URL of googledrive_link_account_start to link the Google Drive account. Since Dropbox used the URL like https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/LinkDropbox. So I tried a lot of combos like LinkGoogleDrive, LinkGoogle, LinkDrive, etc. None of them works. We need help with what this link URL is.

[kingo132]

One example of the Dropbox URL is https://authorize.kobo.com/us/en/LinkDropbox. When you try this on the computer, it will show an error, but the URL remains the same and won't be redirected.

However, if you enter a URL like this: https://authorize.kobo.com/us/en/LinkGoogleDrive. It will not just show this error but redirect it to an error URL: https://authorize.kobo.com/Error/. This could indicate the wrong URL component: "LinkGoogleDrive", which means the guess of this URL path is wrong.
According to Kobo's help page, some devices originally supported Google Drive.

Therefore, if someone who owns these devices can share the URL of googledrive_link_account_start inside the "Kobo eReader.conf" file, that would be great.

[ryanplusplus]

Therefore, if someone who owns these devices can share the URL of googledrive_link_account_start inside the "Kobo eReader.conf" file, that would be great.

googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive

[kingo132]

Therefore, if someone who owns these devices can share the URL of googledrive_link_account_start inside the "Kobo eReader.conf" file, that would be great.

googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive

Thank you so much! I succeeded in adding the Google Drive functionality to my Kobo Clara Colour!

Here is my modified version of NickelMenu; you can use it before the author releases the newest version.
KoboRoot.zip
Unzip it and put it into .kobo folder, and as you know, modify the .kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf

googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive
kobo_googledrive_link_account_enabled=True

Then add this to your NickelMenu

menu_item :main    :godrive            :nickel_open        :library   :godrive

All the code I modified is in the action_cc.cc file

Thank you so much for providing this information!

[imax9000]

Also see this pgaskin/kobopatch-patches#139 if you're using kobopatch

[ryanplusplus]

Thank you so much for providing this information!

No problem, I'm glad I could help! Thanks for making that build!

[heylookltsme]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing!

@kingo132 Could you open a pull request for your updates? 🙏🏻

[Krabbis07]

Therefore, if someone who owns these devices can share the URL of googledrive_link_account_start inside the "Kobo eReader.conf" file, that would be great.

googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive

Thank you so much! I succeeded in adding the Google Drive functionality to my Kobo Clara Colour! Here is my modified version of NickelMenu; you can use it before the author releases the newest version. KoboRoot.zip Unzip it and put it into .kobo folder, and as you know, modify the .kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf

googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive
kobo_googledrive_link_account_enabled=True

Then add this to your NickelMenu

menu_item :main    :godrive            :nickel_open        :library   :godrive

All the code I modified is in the action_cc.cc file

Thank you so much for providing this information!

Hi, new to github and dealing with code, so was wondering if you could provide some clarification about how you enabled google drive?

I managed successfully with Dropbox and did the same steps with the information you provided for Google Drive i.e. edited the Kobo eReader.conf and added menu item to the nickelmenu. However, when I try to open it on my Kobo I get the following popup "unknown view 'godrive' (in 'library:godrive') (check failed: sym_f)

The only missing piece I can think of is what was mentioned earlier as "a symbol" _ZN14MoreController11googleDriveEv
which I think is related to your modified code in the action_cc.cc file screenshot. Is this something I need to edit too/something that was included in your modified KoboRoot file and not in the original?

Will I need to uninstall my nickelmenu and install your modified version instead, or can I edit it on my end? (I however can't find a file in my kobo's folders called action_cc.cc to edit!)

Any guidance is appreciated! 🙏🏼

[brianpipa]

@Krabbis07 sounds like you didn't install the modified Nickelmenu - look at the last comment by kingo132 - he has a link to a KoboRoot.zip - install that Nickelmenu update then it will work. I did it the other day on my Kobo mini running Kobo Glo firmware (4.38) and it worked beautifully

[Dirk71]

The above mentioned KoboRoot.zip for the updated NickleMenu doesn't work. I have installed it and still the "godrive" isn't known by NickleMenu - I get a failure message.....unknown view 'godrive' (in libary:godrive')

My firmware: 4.38.23038 on Kobo Libra 2

[niceguysean]

I have tried and failed miserably to install this on my partners Kobo Clara Color. Followed the instructions above, Unzip and installed KoboRoot.zip and put it into .kobo folder, and modified the .kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf, but Nickelmenu does not show up when I reboot the device.
Kobo Clara Color 4.40.23081
Any help gratefully recieved.