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Michael Evans
Michael Evans

Reputation: 1011

Access Google Drive API v3 with Ruby on Rails

I would like to access my Google Drive account via their API inside of a Rails application. The idea is that I will store files, but I don't believe I need to implement any authorisation for it (like with Oauth2, for example), since I only want to access my account.

I have been researching for 2 days, but the Google documentation seems very confused and not very clear.

I started in vain with this guide https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/ruby and tried to co-opt it for use inside of Rails, but since it relies on storing a token file returned upon authentication, I figured this wasn't really the right approach.

I don't have any code to share, just looking for some clarity on how I can achieve what I'm trying to do, or indeed if it's even possible.

Additional Info:

I'm using Devise for my own authentication, so implementing omniauth through that would be an option if it's necessary. I looked through some documentation around that which Devise has on their side, but I didn't want to go through that (it seemed like a lot) before knowing it was the correct course of action.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2481

Answers (1)

Jacques-Guzel Heron
Jacques-Guzel Heron

Reputation: 2598

You need OAuth 2.0 to authorize requests on the Drive API as described on the documentation. In that link, you can find: «All requests to the Drive API must be authorized by an authenticated user».

To complete that authorization process, you should follow the instructions on the Drive API Ruby Quickstart linked on your question. Generating and saving a credentials.json for later use is the normal approach in this situation. Here you can read about using OAuth 2.0 over different scenarios.

I hope to have cleared your doubts on this topic, but feel free to ask further questions.

Upvotes: 2

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