Create Google Drive webViewLink folders via JavaScript (You must change CLIENT_ID before this will work.)
These folders are suitable for publishing websites. Once the folder is created, simply upload index.html and other resources to the folder.
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December 2, 2012 19:18
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Create Google Drive webViewLink folders via JavaScript.
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| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"> | |
| <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| var CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR OATH API KEY'; | |
| var SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'; | |
| function appendResults(url) { | |
| var results = document.getElementById('results'); | |
| var a = document.createElement('a'); | |
| a.href = url; | |
| results.appendChild(a); | |
| a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(url)); | |
| } | |
| function createPublicFolder(folderName) { | |
| var body = { | |
| 'title': folderName, | |
| 'mimeType': "application/vnd.google-apps.folder" | |
| }; | |
| var request = gapi.client.drive.files.insert({ | |
| 'resource': body | |
| }); | |
| request.execute(function(resp) { | |
| appendResults('http://googledrive.com/host/'+resp.id); | |
| var permissionBody = { | |
| 'value': '', | |
| 'type': 'anyone', | |
| 'role': 'reader' | |
| }; | |
| var permissionRequest = gapi.client.drive.permissions.insert({ | |
| 'fileId': resp.id, | |
| 'resource': permissionBody | |
| }); | |
| permissionRequest.execute(function(resp) { }); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * Called when the client library is loaded to start the auth flow. | |
| */ | |
| function handleClientLoad() { | |
| window.setTimeout(checkAuth, 1); | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * Check if the current user has authorized the application. | |
| */ | |
| function checkAuth() { | |
| gapi.auth.authorize({ | |
| 'client_id': CLIENT_ID, | |
| 'scope': SCOPES, | |
| 'immediate': true}, handleAuthResult); | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * Called when authorization server replies. | |
| * | |
| * @param {Object} authResult Authorization result. | |
| */ | |
| function handleAuthResult(authResult) { | |
| var authButton = document.getElementById('authorizeButton'); | |
| var filePicker = document.getElementById('publish'); | |
| authButton.style.display = 'none'; | |
| filePicker.style.display = 'none'; | |
| if (authResult && !authResult.error) { | |
| // Access token has been successfully retrieved, requests can be sent to the API. | |
| filePicker.style.display = 'block'; | |
| filePicker.onclick = uploadFile; | |
| } else { | |
| // No access token could be retrieved, show the button to start the authorization flow. | |
| authButton.style.display = 'block'; | |
| authButton.onclick = function() { | |
| gapi.auth.authorize({ | |
| 'client_id': CLIENT_ID, | |
| 'scope': SCOPES, | |
| 'immediate': false}, handleAuthResult); | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| /** | |
| * Start the file upload. | |
| * | |
| * @param {Object} evt Arguments from the file selector. | |
| */ | |
| function uploadFile(evt) { | |
| gapi.client.load('drive', 'v2', function() { | |
| var d = new Date(); | |
| var t = (d.getTime() - d.getMilliseconds())/1000; | |
| createPublicFolder("Site"+t); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| </script> | |
| <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/client.js?onload=handleClientLoad"></script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <!--Add a file picker for the user to start the upload process --> | |
| <input type="button" id="publish" style="display: none" value="Publish" /> | |
| <input type="button" id="authorizeButton" style="display: none" value="Authorize" /> | |
| <div id="results"></div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
nice! do we place this file inside a gdrive folder?
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Awesome! Thank you