Uploading large files (gigabytes) directly to Google Drive

  • Archphoto
    Asked on April 8, 2020 at 7:51 PM

    Hi,

    I'm creating a form that lets filmmakers upload their films. However, these films can be fairly large.

    Jotform seems to have a low upload limit (1gb), so I would like to have the form upload directly to my google drive. I tried your integration, but it seems as if it uploads to jotform first. 

    How can I set up my form to allow me to have large uploads go directly to my Google Drive?

    Thanks!

  • John Support Team Lead
    Replied on April 8, 2020 at 11:46 PM

    Hello @Archphoto - You were right. Even when you integrated Google Drive with your forms, Jotform keeps a copy of the uploaded files into the server aside from sending it to integrated drive. And this goes against the account's Upload Space limit.

    There is no option to only use the integrated drive as the main server\repository of the uploaded files, but you can always delete the submission (with the upload file) from your Jotform account in case no longer necessary.

    And yes, 1GB is the max upload size for JotForm. This applies to the Single File Upload field.

    Now, if you enable Multiple File Upload, the max file size is capped at 100MB for each file.

    GUIDEChanging-the-File-Upload-Size-Limit