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A Laravel package that provides seamless integration between Spatie Laravel Backup and Google Drive using masbug/flysystem-google-drive-ext.

Features

• ✅ Easy Google Drive filesystem integration
• ✅ Backup uploaded files to Google Drive
• ✅ Debug tools for Google Drive connection
• ✅ Automatic cleanup of old backup files
• ✅ Works with Spatie Laravel Backup package
• ✅ Support for folder IDs and folder names

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require prodhan/laravel-backup-google-drive

The package will automatically register its service provider and commands.

Alternative: Install from GitHub

If you prefer to install directly from GitHub:

composer require prodhan/laravel-backup-google-drive:dev-main

Or add to your composer.json:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "https://github.com/prodhan/laravel-backup-google-drive.git"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "prodhan/laravel-backup-google-drive": "dev-main"
    }
}

Configuration

1. Publish Configuration (Optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=backup-google-drive-config

2. Configure Google Drive in config/filesystems.php

Add the Google Drive disk configuration:

'disks' => [
    // ... other disks
    
    'google' => [
        'driver' => 'google',
        'clientId' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_ID'),
        'clientSecret' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET'),
        'refreshToken' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_REFRESH_TOKEN'),
        'folderId' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID'), // Recommended
        'folder' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER'), // Alternative to folderId
    ],
],

3. Configure Spatie Backup in config/backup.php

Update the backup destination:

'destination' => [
    'disks' => [
        'google', // Add 'google' to your backup disks
    ],
],

'backup' => [
    'name' => env('BACKUP_NAME', ''), // Empty string to save directly in folder
    // ... other config
],

4. Set Environment Variables

Add to your .env file:

GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret
GOOGLE_DRIVE_REFRESH_TOKEN=your-refresh-token
GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID=your-folder-id

Getting Google Drive Credentials

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project or select existing one
3. Enable Google Drive API
4. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop app)
5. Use OAuth 2.0 Playground to get refresh token:
   • Go to OAuth 2.0 Playground
   • Select "Drive API v3"
   • Authorize and get refresh token

Getting Folder ID

1. Open Google Drive in your browser
2. Navigate to the folder you want to use
3. The folder ID is in the URL: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/FOLDER_ID_HERE
4. Or use the debug command: php artisan google-drive:debug --list-folders

Usage

Backup Database (Spatie Backup)

php artisan backup:run --only-db

Backup Uploaded Files

# Backup public disk to Google Drive
php artisan backup:uploads

# Backup specific disk
php artisan backup:uploads --disk=local

# Backup specific folder
php artisan backup:uploads --path=products

# Custom filename
php artisan backup:uploads --filename=my-backup

# Different destination
php artisan backup:uploads --destination=s3

Debug Google Drive Connection

# Check credentials and connection
php artisan google-drive:debug

# List all folders
php artisan google-drive:debug --list-folders

# Find folder by name
php artisan google-drive:debug --folder-name=MyFolder

# Test write operation
php artisan google-drive:debug --test-write

Cleanup Old Backups

# Delete backups older than 7 days (default)
php artisan backup:clean-uploads

# Delete backups older than 14 days
php artisan backup:clean-uploads --days=14

# Clean specific disk
php artisan backup:clean-uploads --disk=google

# Custom prefix
php artisan backup:clean-uploads --prefix=my-backup-

Schedule Automatic Backups

Add to app/Console/Kernel.php:

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule): void
{
    // Database backup daily at 1 AM
    $schedule->command('backup:run --only-db')->daily()->at('01:00');
    
    // Uploads backup daily at 2 AM
    $schedule->command('backup:uploads')->daily()->at('02:00');
    
    // Cleanup old backups daily at 3 AM
    $schedule->command('backup:clean')->daily()->at('03:00');
    $schedule->command('backup:clean-uploads --days=7')->daily()->at('03:00');
}

Available Commands

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.1
• Laravel >= 11.0
• Spatie Laravel Backup >= 9.3
• masbug/flysystem-google-drive-ext >= 2.4

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Support

For issues and questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

Credits

• Ariful Islam
• All Contributors

Links

• Packagist
• GitHub Repository