How to allow users to upload files with Google Form without login?

Question

Where can I find code and instruction on how to allow users to upload files with Google Form without login?

I searched all over here and couldn't find any information. https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference

Thanks in advance.

Solution 1

This add-on converts the Google file upload into a HTML file upload. https://formfacade.com/faq/google-forms-upload-file-without-google-account.html You can enable file upload without Google signin. So your users will be able to upload a file using the upload file button from their local drives and submit the form without having to sign in with a Google account. In the Google form, the file upload question will be converted in to a short answer question, where the url location of file uploaded by the user will be displayed.

Solution 2

The user will be uploading the files to your drive. So, google needs to verify the user. If there is no verification, someone can fill your drive in no time.

It is for your safety to know who has uploaded, so, login is must.

Comments

[victoryenglish]

Thank you for your reply. I understand. I only send out the form for uploading files to a group of people I know. However not all of them use gmail. So logging in is a bit of a hassle.

[phoenixstudio]

Can you please edit your answer and include the code ?

[LastBlow]

This Google add-on is not free. They should consider offering a free version for nonprofits or allowing a limited number of files uploads to get themselves known, as other Google add-ons do.

[626]

Do you have the code for this apps script? This is the best solution I've came across so far.

[Kai Qing]

And it also has a preposterous limit of 10M with no option to increase that.

[Queen's Gambit]

@LastBlow Formfacade developer here. There is a discounted version for nonprofits. You can write to support for the discount.

[Queen's Gambit]

@KaiQing That is incorrect. The paid versions allow you to increase the file size upto 1GB - formfacade.com/file-upload/pricing.html

[Kai Qing]

@Queen'sGambit - Then formfacade should have done more to make that evident. Neither me, nor most developers have the time to waste trying to sift through the 50k identical services that all do this. How about putting a link next to the field in admin? "Need more, click here" - nope. The client moved on quickly. The second they saw 10M limit they said implement google sheets then. Try to take a 10M video on an iphone. Can you get it to 1 minute? Should that be a user issue? Just saying. I reported what I saw. It's your job to control what I see. Thanks, SO, for deleting my original comment

[Queen's Gambit]

@KaiQing We do have upgrade link next to "max file size" to increase file size. But if it isn't self evident, it is our problem. Thanks for the feedback. We will fix this.

[Kai Qing]

@Queen'sGambit - I should clarify that I am reiterating a report. The first thing I asked was if there was a way to upgrade or increase the limit and they said - no, let's just go this other way. I dont have access to the account they were using to generate this so I'm taking their word for it. If you have one already, I'm inclined to believe you before the client. But for whatever reason, they must not have seen it, or were perhaps expecting this notice to be somewhere else. If it helps to know, they agreed to a service that costs 3x more than yours. Sanity is often not in the mix.