I want to use a scripted approach (probably via) curl, to access some simple info from the drive api, like creation date. Essentially I want to script what I can do in their web interface: https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/reference/files/list.
I having been using a curl command that they expose in a query at the above link:
curl \
'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?corpora=user&q=createdTime%20%3E%20%272021-11-23T12%3A00%3A00%27&key=[YOUR_API_KEY]' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN]' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--compressed
I have created an API key for this purpose (unrestricted for now). And used this app to generate an access token: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?scope=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdrive&redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob&response_type=code&client_id=735795831119-kcpkamhiaojavqrt67mti7thcaa6ce87.apps.googleusercontent.com
But I have spent hours chasing my tail over the 401 Invalid Credentials error. Any help on getting a more specific error message, or better way to do this seemingly simple query would be appreciated. Thanks!
The result of the link below is an Authorization code.
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?scope=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdrive&redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob&response_type=code&client_id=735795831119-kcpkamhiaojavqrt67mti7thcaa6ce87.apps.googleusercontent.com
You need to exchange it to https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
to generate an Access Token:
curl \
--request POST \
--data "code=[Authentcation code from authorization link]&client_id=[Application Client Id]&client_secret=[Application Client Secret]&redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob&grant_type=authorization_code" \
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
The result of the curl above is something like this:
{
"access_token": "access token here",
"expires_in": 3599,
"refresh_token": "refresh token here",
"scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive",
"token_type": "Bearer"
}
Now you have the access token, you can paste it in the code below alongside with your API key.
curl \
'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?corpora=user&q=createdTime%20%3E%20%272021-11-23T12%3A00%3A00%27&key=[YOUR_API_KEY]' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN]' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--compressed
Note: