Google Drive

Overview

On this page we attempt to cover the basics of using the Google Drive API.

Steps:

• Enable Google Drive API in Google Cloud Console
• Download client_secrets.json which contains credentials to make requests as your application
• Run your application and present the user with a unique login link
• They log in, you end up with credentials.json which contain credentials to do things on behalf of that user
• Use credentials.json when making API calls

Enable Google Drive API in Google Cloud Console

Start at the Getting Started Page for the Google Python API Client.