I need to create .NET console app to upload/download files to a user's Google drive.
I tried it using service account authorization. But I am not able to view the uploaded files using web UI. I am able view the list of files uploaded using my console APP. But I would like to know whether User Google Drive and files uploaded using my APP are located in different location.
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Hi i'm trying to make my own cloud web service that uses python google drive API.
what i'm trying to make is basically cloud service but can also interact with Google Drive.
To do that, my web service users have to have their own 'storage.json' file in their server's virtual directory (which really stores in server).
when I somehow get my own 'storage.json' file, (I followd: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/manage-uploads)
and upload 'storage.json' file to my directory like User1, upload and download with Google drive works just fine.
but my final goal is when my user doesn't have 'storage.json' file in their directory like User2, I want browser to pops up in User2's computer and User2 can follow the google's authentication flow and finally download 'storage.json' file into server's ~/User2/ directory.
Do you think this is possible? or if there are better ways, can you notice me? thank you
is there a way to automatically download a file "example.com/example.zip" directly to my Google Drive instead of downloading it to my server and uploading it again?
In Drive API there is no method to upload a file directly from a URL, with files.create you still have to upload the media. But if you don't want to use your server, you can go for Apps Script, which gives you access to the Drive API via the Advanced Drive Services, as well as the Built-in Drive service, plus some other services like Url Fetch Service with which you could make a request to download from the URL of the file and capture the blob; then use DriveApp.createFile(blob) to upload to Drive.
The beauty of it, it all happens in the cloud in Apps Script servers. Of course you are subject to Apps Script's and Drive API's quotas and limits.
Quotas for Google Services
I have a project on Google App Scripts connected to my drive.
I was able to save and organize my files (from mail) and directories in the drive using the script.
now, I want to save the files to an FTP server and cannot find the References to do so.
how do I access an ftp server, create folders and upload files to them ?
thanks
It seems this is not possible. If you check this Class UrlFetchApp, app script only supports HTTP and HTTPS communication over the internet. A supporthing SO thread seems to confirm this.
The workaround to go from GAS -> FTP is as follows. I've been using this method for a number of years in production.
From apps script, save the file to google drive
Using Zapier, trigger to copy new filesfrom the google drive folder to a DropBox folder
Using Microsoft Flow, trigger to copy new files from the Dropbox folder to an FTP or SFTP location.
You can probably do step 3 in Zapier as well. I use Microsoft Flow because I already had a significant number of automated tasks setup there. For Step, 2, I use Zapier because MS flow does not yet have a built-in trigger available based on a new file being saved to google drive. You would have to make your own custom trigger using the google drive API's.
I have a web application which will create users. And I have a single Google Drive. Once a user is create a folder will be assigned to that user in that Google Drive. That user can access only the folder allocated. Every time the user logs in from the web application the files within the allocated folder are able to view and the user can also upload and download files to that folder only. How this is achieved using Google API.
To start with you are going to need a create a service account for your application. The application will own the google drive account.
https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2#serviceaccount
Then your application is going to have to create the directory for the new user and associate the user with the directory's fileid (remember directorys are just files in google drive) the directory name could change so save the file id not the directory name to be sure.
Then it should simple be a matter of your appilcation uploading / viewing the files to the correct directory depending upon who is loged in. Since you will have the id for the directory it will be easy enough to list them the files already in that directory. as well as uploading directly to that directory.
Is there a way to make a Chrome packaged app integrate with Google Drive? Specifically, I'm looking to make an app that will sync user's files to Google Drive, be packaged (not hosted), and not have to rely on a secondary add-on app.
However, when a user opens a file from the Google Drive interface, I can't make Google Drive redirect to my packaged app, can I?
No, this is not possible currently. You need a hosted app to receive the redirect from the Google Drive user interface.
If you don't need to handle a redirect from the Drive user interface, you can create a Google Documents List API application that manages a user's files in their Drive. This can e a non-hosted, packaged app.