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NAME

Net::Google::Drive::Simple - Simple modification of Google Drive data

SYNOPSIS

use feature 'say';
use Net::Google::Drive::Simple;

# requires a ~/.google-drive.yml file with an access token,
# see description below.
my $gd = Net::Google::Drive::Simple->new();

my $children = $gd->children( "/" ); # or any other folder /path/location

foreach my $item ( @$children ) {

    # item is a Net::Google::Drive::Simple::Item object

    if ( $item->is_folder ) {
        say "** ", $item->title, " is a folder";
    } else {
        say $item->title, " is a file ", $item->mimeType;
        eval { # originalFilename not necessary available for all files
          say $item->originalFilename(), " can be downloaded at ", $item->downloadUrl();
        };
    }
}

DESCRIPTION

Net::Google::Drive::Simple authenticates with a user's Google Drive and offers several convenience methods to list, retrieve, and modify the data stored in the 'cloud'. See eg/google-drive-upsync as an example on how to keep a local directory in sync with a remote directory on Google Drive.

GETTING STARTED

To get the access token required to access your Google Drive data via this module, you need to run the script eg/google-drive-init in this distribution.

Before you run it, you need to register your 'app' with Google Drive and obtain a client_id and a client_secret from Google:

https://developers.google.com/drive/web/enable-sdk

Click on "Enable the Drive API and SDK", and find "Create an API project in the Google APIs Console". On the API console, create a new project, click "Services", and enable "Drive API" (leave "drive SDK" off). Then, under "API Access" in the navigation bar, create a client ID, and make sure to register a an "installed application" (not a "web application"). "Redirect URIs" should contain "http://localhost". This will get you a "Client ID" and a "Client Secret".

Then, replace the following lines in eg/google-drive-init with the values received:

  # You need to obtain a client_id and a client_secret from
  # https://developers.google.com/drive to use this.
my $client_id     = "XXX";
my $client_secret = "YYY";

Then run the script. It'll start a web server on port 8082 on your local machine. When you point your browser at http://localhost:8082, you'll see a link that will lead you to Google Drive's login page, where you authenticate and then allow the app (specified by client_id and client_secret above) access to your Google Drive data. The script will then receive an access token from Google Drive and store it in ~/.google-drive.yml from where other scripts can pick it up and work on the data stored on the user's Google Drive account. Make sure to limit access to ~/.google-drive.yml, because it contains the access token that allows everyone to manipulate your Google Drive data. It also contains a refresh token that this library uses to get a new access token transparently when the old one is about to expire.

METHODS

  • new()

    Constructor, creates a helper object to retrieve Google Drive data later.

  • my $children = $gd->children( "/path/to" )

    Return the entries under a given path on the Google Drive as a reference to an array. Each entry is an object composed of the JSON data returned by the Google Drive API. Each object offers methods named like the fields in the JSON data, e.g. originalFilename(), downloadUrl, etc.

    Will return all entries found unless maxResults is set:

      my $children = $gd->children( "/path/to", { maxResults => 3 } )
    

    Due to the somewhat capricious ways Google Drive handles its directory structures, the method needs to traverse the path component by component and determine the ID of each directory to get to the next level. To speed up subsequent lookups, it also returns the ID of the last component to the caller:

      my( $children, $parent ) = $gd->children( "/path/to" );
    

    If the caller now wants to e.g. insert a file into the directory, its ID is available in $parent.

    Each child comes back as a files#resource type and gets mapped into an object that offers access to the various fields via methods:

      for my $child ( @$children ) {
          print $child->kind(), " ", $child->title(), "\n";
      }
    

    Please refer to

      https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/files#resource
    

    for details on which fields are available.

  • my $files = $gd->files( )

    Return all files on the drive as a reference to an array. Will return all entries found unless maxResults is set:

      my $files = $gd->files( { maxResults => 3 } )
    

    Note that Google limits the number of entries returned by default to 100, and seems to restrict the maximum number of files returned by a single query to 3,500, even if you specify higher values for maxResults.

    Each file comes back as an object that offers access to the Google Drive item's fields, according to the API (see children()).

  • my $id = $gd->folder_create( "folder-name", $parent_id )

    Create a new folder as a child of the folder with the id $parent_id. Returns the ID of the new folder or undef in case of an error.

  • my $id = $gd->file_create( "folder-name", "mime-type", $parent_id )

    Create a new file with the given mime type as a child of the folder with the id $parent_id. Returns the ID of the new file or undef in case of an error.

    Example to create an empty google spreadsheet:

      my $id = $gd->file_create( "Quarter Results", "application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet", "root" );
    
  • $gd->file_upload( $file, $dir_id )

    Uploads the content of the file $file into the directory with the ID $dir_id on Google Drive. Uses $file as the file name.

    To overwrite an existing file on Google Drive, specify the file's ID as an optional parameter:

      $gd->file_upload( $file, $dir_id, $file_id );
    
  • $gd->rename( $file_id, $name )

    Renames the file or folder with $file_id to the specified $name.

  • $gd->download( $item, [$local_filename] )

    Downloads an item found via files() or children(). Also accepts the downloadUrl of an item. If $local_filename is not specified, download() will return the data downloaded (this might be undesirable for large files). If $local_filename is specified, download() will store the downloaded data under the given file name.

      my $gd = Net::Google::Drive::Simple->new();
      my $files = $gd->files( { maxResults => 20 }, { page => 0 } );
      for my $file ( @$files ) {
          my $name = $file->originalFilename();
          print "Downloading $name\n";
          $gd->download( $file, $name ) or die "failed: $!";
      }
    

    Be aware that only documents like PDF or png can be downloaded directly. Google Drive Documents like spreadsheets or (text) documents need to be exported into one of the available formats. Check for "exportLinks" on a file given. In case of a document that can be exported you will receive a hash in the form:

      {
          'format_1' => 'download_link_1',
          'format_2' => 'download_link_2',
          ...
      }
    

    Choose your download link and use it as an argument to the download() function which can also take urls directly.

      my $gd = Net::Google::Drive::Simple->new();
      my $children = $gd->children( '/path/to/folder/on/google/drive' );
      for my $child ( @$children ) {
          if ($child->can( 'exportLinks' )){
              my $type_chosen;
              foreach my $type (keys %{$child->exportLinks()}){
                  # Take any type you can get..
                  $type_chosen = $type;
                  # ..but choose your preferred format, opendocument here:
                  last if $type =~/oasis\.opendocument/;
              }
              my $url = $child->exportLinks()->{$type_chosen};
    
              $gd->download($url, 'my/local/file');
    
          }
      }
    
  • my $files = $gd->search( )

      my $children= $gd->search({ maxResults => 20 },{ page => 0 },
                                "title contains 'Futurama'");
    

    Search files for attributes. See https://developers.google.com/drive/web/search-parameters for a definition of the attributes.

    To list all available files, those on the drive, those directly shared with the user, and those generally available to the user, use an empty search:

      my $children= $gd->search({},{ page => 0 },"");
    
  • $gd->file_delete( file_id )

    Delete the file with the specified ID from Google Drive.

  • $gd->drive_mvdir( "/gdrive/path/to/file", "/path/to/new/folder" )

    Move an existing file to a new folder. Removes the file's "parent" setting (pointing to the old folder) and then adds the new folder as a new parent.

  • my $metadata_hash_ref = $gd->file_metadata( file_id )

    Return metadata about the file with the specified ID from Google Drive.

Error handling

In case of an error while retrieving information from the Google Drive API, the methods above will return undef and a more detailed error message can be obtained by calling the error() method:

print "An error occurred: ", $gd->error();

LOGGING/DEBUGGING

Net::Google::Drive::Simple is Log4perl-enabled. To find out what's going on under the hood, turn on Log4perl:

use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
Log::Log4perl->easy_init($DEBUG);

LEGALESE

Copyright 2012-2019 by Mike Schilli, all rights reserved. This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

2019, Nicolas R. [email protected] 2012-2019, Mike Schilli [email protected]

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