---
title: "IRemoteSourceConfig Module"
canonical: https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iremotesourceconfig.htm
archived: true
applies_to:
  - product: "Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
  - product: "Design Editor"
    versions: ["4.4.25", "4.x (may differ)"]
---

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# IRemoteSourceConfig Module

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 4.4.25, 4.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
A structure defining properties of such remote sources as **Google Drive**.
  
 - example
     - clientConfig.json
 
```
{
  "assetSources": {
    "[source]Google Drive": {
      "type": "RemoteSource",
      "url": "https://example.com:3124/",
      "subfolder": "/animals/cats/",
      "fileSortTypes": [
        {
          "asc": "createdTime",
          "desc": "createdTime desc",
          "title": {
            "en": "Creation time",
            "de": "Erstellungszeit"
          }
        },
        {
          "asc": "starred",
          "desc": "starred desc",
          "title": {
            "en": "Starred",
            "de": "Markiert"
          }
        }
      ],
      "requestParams": {
        "token": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
        "corpora": "domain",
        "allowedItemOwnership": "all"
      }
    }
  }
}
```
 
## Interfaces
  
|  Name |  Description |
| --- | --- |
 |  [SortType](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iremotesourceconfig.sorttype.htm.md) |  A structure defining options to sort assets. |
 
## Properties
 
### Optional actionMode
 
actionMode: [IActionModeParsed](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iactionmodeparsed.htm.md)

Inherited from [IAssetSourceConfig](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iassetsourceconfig.htm.md).[actionMode](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iassetsourceconfig.htm.md)
 
### Optional fileSortTypes
 
fileSortTypes: [SortType](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iremotesourceconfig.sorttype.htm.md) []

The sort order of folders in the navigation tree of the Asset Manager.
 
### Optional folderSortType
 
folderSortType: string

The sort order, according to which a list of images appears in the Asset Manager's gallery.
 
### Optional requestParams
 
requestParams: object

Additional parameters of HTTP requests. For example, you need to pass the **token** and **corpora** properties for the Google Drive source in the case if you have a service account. The Google Drive source can also take **allowedItemOwnership** specifying what asset types should appear in the Asset Manager: **personal**, **shared**, or **all**.
  
#### requestParams declaration
 
- #####  [name: string ]:  string
 
### Optional rootId
 
rootId: string

Restricts access to images by specifying a rootId. Alternatively, you can specify [IRemoteSourceConfig.subfolder](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iremotesourceconfig.htm.md) if the subfolder has a name.
 
### Optional subfolder
 
subfolder: string

Restricts access to images by specifying a subfolder name. Alternatively, you can specify [IRemoteSourceConfig.rootId](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iremotesourceconfig.htm.md) if the subfolder has an ID.
 
### type
 
type: "RemoteSource"

Inherited from [IAssetSourceConfig](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iassetsourceconfig.htm.md).[type](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/customerscanvas.baseeditor.configuration.ui.iassetsources.iassetsourceconfig.htm.md)
 
### url
 
url: string

The location of a service communicating with the remote source. In the case of Google Drive, this is an address where you set up the [Google Drive web service](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc4/gdrive-api-service.htm.md).