The Codex of Business Writing Software for Real-World Solutions 2.pptx
Introduction to Google Drive API
1. Introduction to
Google Drive
API
Jomar Tigcal
GDG Philippines
Google Apps Developer Challenge Workshop/Hackaton
July 6-7, 2012
2. Jomar Tigcal
● Community Manager of GDG Philippines
● Mobile Apps Developer (Software Engineer)
at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc.
http://jomar.tigcal.com
+Jomar Tigcal
@jomartigcal
3. What is Google Drive?
● Create and collaborate.
○ Google Docs (Documents, spreadsheets and
presentations.)
○ Share content, comments and receive notifications
● Store everything safely and access it anywhere
○ http://drive.google.com
○ Drive Android App
○ Mac and PC apps
● Search
○ Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
4. Google Drive API
* Chrome Web Store
The app must be installed from the Chrome
Web Store to be able to access the APIs.
5. How Google Drive Apps Work
● Install the app via Chrome Web Store
7. How Google Drive Apps Work
● Acessing files
○ Files created by your app
○ Files opened using your app
● Create/open files from Google Drive
● Open a file from your app
12. Register the app
● Go to Google APIs console (http://code.
google.com/apis/console)
● Create an API Project
● Select Services
● Turn on Drive API and Drive SDK
● Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID
● Provide developer info, icon and other
details
13. Create a Chrome Web Store Listing
● Go to the Chrome Web Store Developer
Dashboard (https://chrome.google.
com/webstore/developer/dashboard)
● Create a new listing
● Modify the listing for Google Drive
● Publish to TEST ACCOUNTS