How to get Google OAuth 2.0 access token in console using the Python API

get_oauth2_token.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

'''
This script will attempt to open your webbrowser,
perform OAuth 2.0 authentication and print your access token.

To install dependencies from PyPI:
  $ pip install oauth2client

Then run this script:
  $ python get_oauth2_token.py

This is a combination of snippets from:
  https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_oauth
  https://gist.github.com/burnash/6771295

'''

import os, sys
from oauth2client.client import OAuth2WebServerFlow
from oauth2client.tools import run_flow
from oauth2client.file import Storage


def return_token(): 
  return get_oauth2_token();


def disable_stout():
  o_stdout = sys.stdout 
  o_file = open(os.devnull, 'w')
  sys.stdout = o_file
  return (o_stdout, o_file)


def enable_stout(o_stdout, o_file):
  o_file.close()
  sys.stdout = o_stdout


def get_oauth2_token():
  CLIENT_ID = '<Client ID from Google API Console>'
  CLIENT_SECRET = '<Client secret from Google API Console>'
  SCOPE = '<OAuth 2.0 scope>'
  REDIRECT_URI = '<Redirect URI from Google API Console>'
  
  o_stdout, o_file = disable_stout()

  flow = OAuth2WebServerFlow(
   client_id=CLIENT_ID,
   client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET,
   scope=SCOPE,
   redirect_uri=REDIRECT_URI)

  storage = Storage('creds.data')
  credentials = run_flow(flow, storage)
  enable_stout(o_stdout, o_file)

  print "access_token: %s" % credentials.access_token


if __name__ == '__main__':
  return_token()