---
id: "react-wrapper-google-drive-picker"
title: "React Wrapper for Google Drive Picker"
description: "Announcing the new React component for the Google Drive Picker,
  wrapping usage of the web component for easier integration."
pubDate: "2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z"
tags:
  - "google workspace"
  - "drive"
  - "picker"
  - "react"
  - "web component"
  - "code"
syndicate: true
canonicalURL: "https://justin.poehnelt.com/posts/react-wrapper-google-drive-picker/"
relativeURL: "/posts/react-wrapper-google-drive-picker/"
markdownURL: "/posts/react-wrapper-google-drive-picker.md"
---
I’ve published a new package, [`@googleworkspace/drive-picker-react`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@googleworkspace/drive-picker-react), to make it easier to use the Google Drive Picker in React applications.

As the creator of the underlying [`@googleworkspace/drive-picker-element`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@googleworkspace/drive-picker-element) web component, I wanted to provide a seamless experience for React developers who might find integrating web components a bit verbose due to the need for manual event listeners and ref handling.

This package wraps the web component, providing a standard React interface with props and event handlers.

## Features[](#features)

* **Typed Props**: Full TypeScript support for all Picker options.
* **Event Handling**: Standard `onPicked` and `onCanceled` props instead of adding event listeners.
* **SSR Compatible**: Designed to work with Next.js and other SSR frameworks (using client-side directives or dynamic imports).

## Usage[](#usage)

### Installation[](#installation)

```sh
npm install @googleworkspace/drive-picker-react
```

### Example[](#example)

```text
import {
  DrivePicker,
  DrivePickerDocsView,
} from "@googleworkspace/drive-picker-react";

function App() {
  return (
    <DrivePicker
      clientId="YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
      appId="YOUR_APP_ID"
      onPicked={(e) => console.log("Picked:", e.detail)}
      onCanceled={() => console.log("Picker was canceled")}
    >
      <DrivePickerDocsView starred={true} />
    </DrivePicker>
  );
}
```

## Links[](#links)

* [NPM Package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@googleworkspace/drive-picker-react)
* [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/googleworkspace/drive-picker-element)


[React Wrapper for Google Drive Picker](https://justin.poehnelt.com/posts/react-wrapper-google-drive-picker/) © 2025 by [Justin Poehnelt](https://justin.poehnelt.com/) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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