Google Docs API without Authentication

Question

Is it possible to query publicly shared user documents in Google Docs without authentication?

The specific end goal I am looking for is to be able to supply a user id, and then list all publicly shared docs with a particular tagged in a collection.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I don't think this answer is 100% correct. If the document is shared globally (publicly accessible), then it should be possible according to these Stack Overflow posts:

Accessing Google Spreadsheet with Zend without Authentication

or

Read content of public shared file in Google Drive

Answer 2

This is not possible with the Google Docs API, you will need to be authorized to be able to list these publicly shared files.