Google Drive - service account storage limitation

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I'm planning to use Google Drive service account because my application will be using it to store Realtime API documents. These will be shortcut files. On help page it says:

Because it is not possible to access the Google Drive web user interface of a service account, it is not possible to purchase additional Google Drive storage for this type of accounts. For that reason you may prefer using a regular account instead of a service account.

I seen 5GB figure floating around. Should I be worried about it if I'm only creating shortcut files? Is this limitation imposed purposefully? If so, why?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '13 at 22:24

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Shortcut files take zero quota, so you should be fine.

answered Jul 11 '13 at 22:24

Ali Afshar

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Kind of what I figured. Still wondering why they impose this limitation of not allowing to increase quota for service account... – dev.e.loper Jul 11 '13 at 22:25
That is something that will be fixed. – Ali Afshar Jul 11 '13 at 22:37

Google Drive - service account storage limitation

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