# Storing CSV files in the google drive

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129
**Category:** General
**Created:** [12 June 2023 04:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129 "2023-06-12T04:10:08Z")
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### Author: ![mahmudul101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@mahmudul101](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mahmudul101)
#### Post date: [12 June 2023 04:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129/1 "2023-06-12T04:10:08Z")

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Hello, I have been collecting and storing power meter data on my PC as CSV files. How can I directly store the files in my google drive as data backup?

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### Author: ![Jean-Luc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jean-luc/32/89996_2.png) [@Jean-Luc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jean-Luc)
#### Post date: [12 June 2023 16:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129/2 "2023-06-12T16:14:49Z")

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It's just a suggestion. Why not mount the Google drive at the OS level. Be it Linux or Windows?  
Then simply use NR's file nodes to write, read, delete your files.  
For example, under Linux there's [rclone](https://ostechnix.com/mount-google-drive-using-rclone-in-linux/). There's certainly the same idea under Windows.

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### Author: ![PdeJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@PdeJ](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PdeJ)
#### Post date: [13 June 2023 20:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129/3 "2023-06-13T20:14:29Z")

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I use Google Forms and Sheets to store data in the cloud from my node Red applications.

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### Author: ![umtksa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/umtksa/32/38322_2.png) [@umtksa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/umtksa)
#### Post date: [12 July 2023 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129/4 "2023-07-12T18:56:27Z")

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generate a new form with google forms  
you can get a url querry gor your form you can trigger the url and get your data to google sheets  
so sheets is basically a csv file ✌

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 September 2023 18:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/storing-csv-files-in-the-google-drive/79129/5 "2023-09-10T18:57:23Z")

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