Cloud imports from Google Drive and Dropbox

Connect Google Drive or Dropbox, pick one folder, and Paperarchive imports new files from it on its own. You can connect both services at the same time and watch one folder in each.

Connect a service

  1. Go to Settings > Integrations.
  2. Click Connect Google Drive or Connect Dropbox.
  3. Approve the read-only access on the provider's consent screen.
  4. Search for the folder you want to watch and select it.

Nothing is imported until you pick a folder. Until then the integration is connected but idle.

What gets imported

  • Only files that sit directly in the folder you picked. Subfolders are ignored.
  • The same formats as a manual upload: PDF, images, and Office documents (see "Upload and documents").
  • Max 50 MB per file.
  • Large batches are imported in chunks of up to 25 files per sync run; the remainder follows automatically in the next runs.

How often it syncs

Paperarchive checks your watched folder about every 15 minutes, so a new file usually shows up within that window. If you do not want to wait, open Settings > Integrations and click Sync now. The same page shows the last sync time and the last error, if there was one.

Where imported documents land

Imported files go into your default space and run through exactly the same processing as a manual upload: text extraction (OCR), then suggestions for sender, category, tags, date, and filename. Anything with low confidence turns into an action hint, just like usual.

Duplicates

Paperarchive compares file content, not file names. If a file is already in your archive, it is skipped, even if it was renamed or copied. That also means switching the watched folder back and forth does not create duplicates.

Access and privacy

  • Paperarchive asks for read-only access. It never changes, moves, or deletes anything in your cloud storage.
  • Your files stay where they are. Paperarchive imports a copy.
  • Access tokens are stored server-side and never reach your browser.
  • Disconnecting revokes the access token at the provider.

Change the folder or disconnect

You can pick a different folder at any time. The next sync then looks at the new folder from scratch. When you disconnect a service, documents that were already imported stay in Paperarchive, but no new files are imported.

If nothing is imported

  • Check Last sync and the error line in Settings > Integrations.
  • The file type is not supported, or the file is larger than 50 MB.
  • The file sits in a subfolder of the watched folder.
  • The document is already in your archive.
  • More than 25 new files arrived at once. The remainder is imported automatically over the following runs (about every 15 minutes).
  • If the error mentions the connection or a token, disconnect and connect the service again.