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.
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I would like to write json files to the local computer( D://MyJsons ) by apps script.
(I've already wrote the code to get json string. I just need a way to write to the local folder)
I've found DriveApp.createFile to write to google drive, but not found a way to save in the local computer.
Is that possible?
Apps Script only work in the cloud, it has no access to your local storage. The best way to do it would probably to setup a synced folder between your computer / server and your drive.
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
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.
I have written a vb.net application that shares a file on google drive. I need to be able to determine when google drive is in the process of syncing the file.
Suppose I want to write a tool which allows the user to copy a file from Dropbox to Google Drive but I don't want to download the file first to my server and then upload it to the drive. Is there a way where I can insert a file to drive by just providing a URL? I couldn't find anything in the documentation.
No.
Having said that, it isn't necessary to create a file on your server. You can buffer the content in memory.
I suppose you could send the access token to the client via a POST request. You'd have to encrypt it, of course, preferably SSL. Then the client could use the Drive SDK to upload the file directly from itself, completely bypassing your server.