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I wonder how Slack would do so. The app could open the Google Doc in the user's browser, take a screen capture (it already can capture the screen for screen sha
by netsharc 4y ago
I wonder how Slack would do so. The app could open the Google Doc in the user's browser, take a screen capture (it already can capture the screen for screen sharing purposes) and make a PNG for the preview? Can the whole thing be done off-screen?
And I wonder if the browser-based Slack could do the same...
- mattzito 4y agoThe drive API already provides a thumbnail image for supported file types, so I’m reasonably sure they’re just consuming and rendering that thumbnail.
- EdJiang 4y agoIt asks you to sign in and auth your Google account after sharing a docs link. So you give them permissions. If you don’t want this behavior you can revoke Slack’s access.