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#http://www.marinamele.com/use-google-analytics-api-with-python | |
import httplib2 | |
from googleapiclient.discovery import build | |
from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets | |
from oauth2client.file import Storage | |
from oauth2client import tools | |
import argparse | |
CLIENT_SECRETS = 'client_secrets.json' | |
# The Flow object to be used if we need to authenticate. | |
FLOW = flow_from_clientsecrets( | |
CLIENT_SECRETS, | |
scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly', | |
message='%s is missing' % CLIENT_SECRETS | |
) | |
# A file to store the access token | |
TOKEN_FILE_NAME = 'credentials.dat' | |
def prepare_credentials(): | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(parents=[tools.argparser]) | |
flags = parser.parse_args() | |
# Retrieve existing credendials | |
storage = Storage(TOKEN_FILE_NAME) | |
credentials = storage.get() | |
# If no credentials exist, we create new ones | |
if credentials is None or credentials.invalid: | |
credentials = tools.run_flow(FLOW, storage, flags) | |
return credentials | |
def initialize_service(): | |
# Creates an http object and authorize it using | |
# the function prepare_creadentials() | |
http = httplib2.Http() | |
credentials = prepare_credentials() | |
http = credentials.authorize(http) | |
# Build the Analytics Service Object with the authorized http object | |
return build('analytics', 'v3', http=http) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
service = initialize_service() | |
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