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Configure google drive services to share spreadsheets via their api

Nicholas Babu edited this page Sep 16, 2019 · 3 revisions

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Configure google api . Head to https://console.developers.google.com

. Create an app and enable google drive api and make sure to get the credentials

. On Add credentials to your project, the CONTINUE button downloads a file to your computer

. copy file to our project root ./nodejsModule dir and rename it to client_secret.json

. In our client_secret.json file there's client_email key, copy its value and share your spreadsheets in your google drive with this email. Each spreadsheet you share can be retrieved by another application given the right permissions(authenticate/authorize)