Using the Google Picker API for pieces related to Google Drive

When configuring pieces related to Google Workspace you currently get one huge drop-down with all files in your account. This creates a fairly claustrophobic interface, especially with longer filenames:
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Without the folder structure it can be really tedious to find the right file, even with the search, bonus points if there’s multiple files with the same name. As far as I can tell they’re ordered by “recent-ness”, but there seems to be a delay.

I suggest using the Google Picker API for this functionality. It delegates the “finding of files” to Google Drive itself, which results in a more streamlined and better integrated experience.

It’s mandatory now to move to Google Picker API anyway so we’ll have to do it:

Huh interesting, that makes sense.
Looking forward to it!

I just noticed this hasn’t been implemented yet, what happened with the verification process?

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