How to access Google Drive using an access token (deprecated)
To use an access token to access Google Drive, you need to first generate the access
token by completing the following steps using Google Developers OAuth
Playground.
Before you begin
- A Google account has already been signed up for using Google Drive.
- The client ID and client secret have been created in Google API Console. For more information, see How to access Google Drive using client ID and secret.
Procedure
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Click OAuth 2.0 Configuration and select Use
your own OAuth credentials check box, enter the OAuth client ID
and client secret you have already created in the OAuth Client
ID and OAuth Client secret fields
respectively.
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In OAuth 2.0 Playground Step 1, select the scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive under
Drive API v3 for the Google Drive API and click
Authorize APIs, then click
Allow to generate the authorization code.
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In OAuth 2.0 Playground Step 2, click
Exchange authorization code for tokens to generate
the OAuth access token.
The OAuth access token is displayed on the right panel as shown in below figure. It can be used by Google Drive components and metadata wizard to access Google Drive via the OAuth method Access Token.
Note that the access token expires in every 3600 seconds. You can click Refresh access token in OAuth 2.0 Playground Step 2 to refresh it.
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