Google Drive In Web Browser

Google Drive is the cloud drive from Google, just like OneDrive from Microsoft. You can store files, folders, photos, videos, audio and other data in this storage. The Photos and Videos of 'high quality' do not come under this storage. If you want to store the 'original quality' photos and videos, it comes under Google Drive storage.

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Complete the steps described in the rest of this page to create a simple browserapplication that makes requests to the Drive API.

Prerequisites

Un site internet comporte 8 pages. To run this quickstart, you need the following prerequisites:

• Python 2.4 or greater (to provide a web server)
• A Google account with Google Drive enabled

Step 1: Turn on the Drive API

Click this button to create a new Cloud Platform project and automaticallyenable the Drive API:

Google Drive In Web Browser Default

Take note of the API Key shown in the resulting dialog.

Step 2: Set up the sample

Create a file named index.html and copy in the following code:

Replace the placeholder in the copied code with the client IDyou created in Step 1.Likewise, replace the placeholder with the API key you created.

Step 3: Run the sample

1. Start the web server using the following command from your working directory:

1. Load the URL http://localhost:8000 into your browser.

The first time you run the sample, it prompts you to authorize access:

Google Drive In Web Browser Internet Explorer

1. Click the Authorize button to open the authorization window.

   If you're not already logged in to your Google account, the window promptsyou to log in. If you are logged in to multiple Google accounts, you mustselect one account to use for the authorization.

2. Click the Accept button.

Use Google Drive In Web Browser

Notes

• After the initial user authorization, calls to gapi.auth.authorize that useimmediate:true mode obtain an auth token without user interaction.

Further reading

Troubleshooting

Google Sign In

This section describes some common issues that you may encounter whileattempting to run this quickstart and suggests possible solutions.

Error: origin_mismatch

This error occurs during the authorization flow if the host and port usedto serve the web page doesn't match an allowed JavaScript origin on yourGoogle Developers Console project. Make sure you set an authorizedJavaScript origin and that the URL in your browser matches the origin's URL.

idpiframe_initialization_failed: Failed to read the 'localStorage' property from 'Window'

The Google Sign-in library requires that3rd party cookies and data storageis enabled in the web browser. For users that run into this error, prompt themto enable the feature or add an exception for accounts.google.com.

idpiframe_initialization_failed: Not a valid origin for the client

The Google Sign-in library requires that the domain registered in the GoogleDevelopers Console matches the domain being used to host the web page. Ensurethat the origin you registered matches the URL in the browser.

This app isn't verified.

The OAuth consent screen that is presented to the user may show the warning'This app isn't verified' if it is requesting scopes that provide access tosensitive user data. These applications must eventually go through theverification process toremove that warning and other limitations. During the development phase you cancontinue past this warning by clickingAdvanced > Go to {Project Name} (unsafe).