Integrated Google Drive with Supabase for RAG

📅 2025-01-29 — Session: Integrated Google Drive with Supabase for RAG

🕒 17:00–17:40
🏷️ Labels: Google Drive, Supabase, Automation, Metadata Management, N8N
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary goal of this session was to integrate Google Drive with Supabase to facilitate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows, focusing on automation and metadata management.

Key Activities

• Integration Setup: Established a structured approach to integrate Google Drive with Supabase, detailing key considerations and best practices for syncing documents and managing metadata.
• Directory Management: Created a directory structure in Google Drive using the Google Drive API with Python and the gdrive command-line tool, including step-by-step instructions and sample scripts.
• Tool Installation: Installed gdrive and rclone for managing Google Drive files, providing alternative solutions for cloud storage management on Linux.
• Error Resolution: Resolved the redirect_uri_mismatch error encountered with Google API credentials by ensuring the correct redirect URI was authorized in the Google Cloud Console.
• Synchronization: Set up bidirectional synchronization between Google Drive and Supabase using n8n and rclone for automation.

Achievements

• Successfully created and managed a comprehensive directory structure on Google Drive for academic organization and metadata management.
• Resolved API credential issues to ensure seamless integration and synchronization between Google Drive and Supabase.

Pending Tasks

• Further testing is needed to ensure the robustness of the synchronization process and handle any edge cases that may arise during operation.