Synchronize Google drive with remote web server - google-drive-api

Question

as per the subject I would need to synchronize the contents of some Google drive folders with the same ones located in a shared remote server(web site) . Normally on the server itself, for internal things, I use a cron. But in this case I don't know what the correct solution is. I took a look online but, despite having an idea, I am not sure whether to build specific bees or if there is a more functional way. Thanks to those who have the patience to answer.

Answer 1

What about creating a Google Apps Script Web app deployment, and using it as a REST API?
These are the steps to follow:
Create a new Google Apps Script project.
Create a Web App that serves the content as a JSON. In my example I will list the folders of Google Drive, but you can use it as you wish. In this example I am implementing a simple API key system for preventing unwanted access.
Code.gs
const getDriveFolders = () => {
const listFolders = []
const folderIterator = DriveApp.getFolders()
while (folderIterator.hasNext()) {
listFolders.push(folderIterator.next().getName())
}
return listFolders
}
const errMsgRes = ContentService
.createTextOutput()
.append(JSON.stringify({ "msg": "INVALID API KEY" }))
.setMimeType(MimeType.JSON)
const succMsgRes = ContentService
.createTextOutput()
.setContent(JSON.stringify(getDriveFolders(), null, 2))
.setMimeType(MimeType.JSON)
const doGet = (e) => {
return e.parameter.api_key != "123123"
? errMsgRes
: succMsgRes
}
Click Deploy > Select type > Wep app. In the Who has acces field I put it Anyone. Grab the URL for later.
In your web site, you only need to fetch the data.
index.html
<div id="drive-content" ></div>
<script>
const GASURL = "<DEPLOYMENT_URL>";
const container = document.getElementById("drive-content");
fetch(GASURL + "?api_key=123123")
.then((d) => d.json())
.then((d) => {
console.log(d);
container.innerHTML += d.join("<br />");
});
</script>
This way, every time you enter your web site, the content will be updated.
Documentation
ContentService
DriveApp
doGet Request parameters