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Google Picker not using OAuth token

Google Picker does not seem to use the OAuth token we pass it to display. It always uses the first logged in account on the user's browser.

I am currently building the picker using something like this:

google_identity = { accessToken: 'oauth token', appId: '12345678',
                    email: 'example@example.com' };
picker = new google.picker.PickerBuilder().
             addView(google.picker.ViewId.DOCUMENTS).
             enableFeature(google.picker.Feature.MULTISELECT_ENABLED).
             enableFeature(google.picker.Feature.NAV_HIDDEN).
             setAppId(google_identity.appId).
             setOAuthToken(google_identity.accessToken).
             setCallback(pickerCallback).
             build();
picker.setVisible(true);

Am I missing something? The App ID I am using is a string of numbers (which seems to be what the documentation is implying) and I am pretty sure my OAuth token has access to Google Drive because I am using the token elsewhere in the application to manipulate files on Google Drive. I also refresh the OAuth token right before building the picker, so the token is definitely current.

A workaround I am currently using now is to have a .setAuthUser(google_identity.email) call, but it's not ideal.

Solution

  • This problem has apparently been fixed by Google. It works as expected now.