phpgoogle-drive-apigoogle-cloud-platformserver-to-server

PHP script to access server to server to Google drive to display my own file


I need an help to make the right decision about how to make use of google api.

I want to develop a script to connect server to server (without any Oauth2 connection) to my google drive folder in order to display google drive file and folder in a web page. I'll also set a cron job to do an action if some files are updated.

Is this possibile? In google cloud platform I found the drive api with the Server-to-server interaction. Is this the right solution?

Thanks you!


Solution

  • https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/quickstart/php

    Over here you'll find the way to enable the API. From that point you can use the library.

    The site will give a sample:

    <?php
    require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
    
    define('APPLICATION_NAME', 'Drive API PHP Quickstart');
    define('CREDENTIALS_PATH', '~/.credentials/drive-php-quickstart.json');
    define('CLIENT_SECRET_PATH', __DIR__ . '/client_secret.json');
    // If modifying these scopes, delete your previously saved credentials
    // at ~/.credentials/drive-php-quickstart.json
    define('SCOPES', implode(' ', array(
      Google_Service_Drive::DRIVE_METADATA_READONLY)
    ));
    
    if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli') {
      throw new Exception('This application must be run on the command line.');
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns an authorized API client.
     * @return Google_Client the authorized client object
     */
    function getClient() {
      $client = new Google_Client();
      $client->setApplicationName(APPLICATION_NAME);
      $client->setScopes(SCOPES);
      $client->setAuthConfigFile(CLIENT_SECRET_PATH);
      $client->setAccessType('offline');
    
      // Load previously authorized credentials from a file.
      $credentialsPath = expandHomeDirectory(CREDENTIALS_PATH);
      if (file_exists($credentialsPath)) {
        $accessToken = file_get_contents($credentialsPath);
      } else {
        // Request authorization from the user.
        $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
        printf("Open the following link in your browser:\n%s\n", $authUrl);
        print 'Enter verification code: ';
        $authCode = trim(fgets(STDIN));
    
        // Exchange authorization code for an access token.
        $accessToken = $client->authenticate($authCode);
    
        // Store the credentials to disk.
        if(!file_exists(dirname($credentialsPath))) {
          mkdir(dirname($credentialsPath), 0700, true);
        }
        file_put_contents($credentialsPath, $accessToken);
        printf("Credentials saved to %s\n", $credentialsPath);
      }
      $client->setAccessToken($accessToken);
    
      // Refresh the token if it's expired.
      if ($client->isAccessTokenExpired()) {
        $client->refreshToken($client->getRefreshToken());
        file_put_contents($credentialsPath, $client->getAccessToken());
      }
      return $client;
    }
    
    /**
     * Expands the home directory alias '~' to the full path.
     * @param string $path the path to expand.
     * @return string the expanded path.
     */
    function expandHomeDirectory($path) {
      $homeDirectory = getenv('HOME');
      if (empty($homeDirectory)) {
        $homeDirectory = getenv("HOMEDRIVE") . getenv("HOMEPATH");
      }
      return str_replace('~', realpath($homeDirectory), $path);
    }
    
    // Get the API client and construct the service object.
    $client = getClient();
    $service = new Google_Service_Drive($client);
    
    // Print the names and IDs for up to 10 files.
    $optParams = array(
      'pageSize' => 10,
      'fields' => "nextPageToken, files(id, name)"
    );
    $results = $service->files->listFiles($optParams);
    
    if (count($results->getFiles()) == 0) {
      print "No files found.\n";
    } else {
      print "Files:\n";
      foreach ($results->getFiles() as $file) {
        printf("%s (%s)\n", $file->getName(), $file->getId());
      }
    }

    This will show 10 files just as they say.

    This is (in my opinion) the best way.