Google Drive Permission Script

This script will add/remove edit permissions from a google drive file/folder given a list of emails. This script is run through the command line.

Setup for development

1. Go to https://console.developers.google.com/

2. Create/select a project.

3. Enable the Google Drive API.

4. Go to https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials and create a service account for the project.

5. Click Create Credentials -> Service Account -> Type a name for the account -> Create.

6. Click on the newly created account, then the add key button.

7. Select create new and generate the file in JSON.

8. Rename the file credentials.json and add it to the project directory.

9. Give editing permission to the client_email on the folder that you want to control using this script. This client_email is the one referred to in the JSON file that was generated.

Setup for running

• Follow steps 6-9 to give the service account authorization to manage the google drive.

Running the Script

To add write permissions to a list of email addresses

node index.js -a gdriveFileName ./pathToTextFileWithEmails.txt

To remove write permissions to a list of email addresses:

node index.js -r gdriveFileName ./pathToTextFileWithEmails.txt

To get an example of the arguments to use:

node index.js -h