generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/picker,
  https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-buttons
description: >-
  Google's client-side / embeddable UI surfaces for Drive, distinct from the
  server-side client libraries in packages/. These let a web app render Drive
  file selection and sharing UX in the browser without building it from the REST
  API.
libraries:
  - {name: Google API JavaScript client (gapi), loader: "https://apis.google.com/js/api.js", purpose: Loads the Picker and Drive UI modules in the browser.}
families:
  picker:
    description: The Google Picker API — a browser dialog for users to select or upload files from their Drive; returns file ids to the host app.
    docs: https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/picker
    components:
      - {name: Picker, module: "gapi.load('picker')", description: File-selection dialog with configurable views (Docs, images, folders, uploads).}
  buttons_widgets:
    description: Prebuilt Drive UI buttons/widgets embeddable via the Drive UI integration and Share client.
    docs: https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-buttons
    components:
      - {name: Google Drive Share button, description: Client-side share dialog widget for managing a file's permissions.}
      - {name: Save to Drive button, description: Embeddable button that saves a URL/resource to the user's Drive.}
      - {name: Open with (Drive UI integration), description: Registers an app in Drive's "Open with"/"New" menus (see drive.install scope).}