Introduction to Google Drive

API

Google Apps Developer Challenge Workshop/HackatonJuly 6-7, 2012

Jomar TigcalGDG Philippines

Jomar Tigcal

● Community Manager of GDG Philippines● Mobile Apps Developer (Software Engineer)

at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc.

http://jomar.tigcal.com+Jomar Tigcal@jomartigcal

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)

Google Drive API

* Chrome Web Store

The app must be installed from the Chrome Web Store to be able to access the APIs.

How Google Drive Apps Work

● Install the app via Chrome Web Store

● Authorize access

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

How Google Drive Apps Work

● Opening a file in Google Drive

How Google Drive Apps Work

● Creating a file from Google Drive

How Google Drive Apps Work

● Opening a file from your app

How Google Drive Apps Work

Developing Google Drive Apps

● 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

Register the app

● 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

Create a Chrome Web Store Listing

Example

URL: http://drive.jomartigcal.appspot.com

Java Code:https://github.com/jomartigcal/google-drive-api-java-sample

Resources

Documentation:https://developers.google.com/drive

API Reference: https://developers.google.com/drive/v1/reference/

SDK Downloads: https://developers.google.com/drive/downloads

Resources

Stack Overflow:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/google-drive-sdk

Support Page (Consumer/Developer)https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en&p=web_home

Google Apps Developer Blog:http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/

Questions?

Thank you very much!

Introduction to Google Drive

API

Google Apps Developer Challenge Workshop/HackatonJuly 6-7, 2012

Jomar TigcalGDG Philippines