However, due to the nature of this update it seems that not all users (or all their files) will be immediately affected by this change: some Google Drive users will see the resourcekey parameter, others might not.ĭue to such unpredictable changes, it’s impractical for Overleaf to provide consistently up-to-date and fully documented URL-conversion processes for Google Drive or similar services-such guidance could quickly become out-of-date and thus misleading. For example, in 2021 Google announced a Google Drive security update which added the resourcekey parameter to their file-sharing URLs. Notes and caveats on changes to Google-based servicesįile-hosting services, such as Google Drive, can, at any time, make changes to their services in particular, modifying the structure of link-sharing URLs. Once uploaded from Google Drive, the corresponding Overleaf project file(s) can be refreshed at any time to resync them with the latest version stored in Google Drive- the video below demonstrates how to do that. In addition, you will need to create a suitable URL ( direct download link) which can be used to add each Google Drive file to your Overleaf projects: this article explains how to do that. Image files, or other file resources, located in your Google Drive account can be uploaded into your Overleaf projects using the From External URL feature-provided those Google Drive files have file-sharing enabled. 6.1 Video showing Google Drive file upload.6 Uploading the Google Drive file into an Overleaf project.
2 Notes and caveats on changes to Google-based services.
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