sashee / drive-api-from-js

An example app on how to upload files to Google Drive

Drive API from JS

This is a sample project that shows how one can use the Google authentication, and also how to store files in the user's Drive.

For a more detailed description, check out these 2 blog posts:

• Using Google auth in Javascript
• Accessing Google Drive in Javascript

Live demo

For a live demo, see this link

To run this sample project on your computer

Just clone the repo, host the files on a web server of your choice and open index.html in a browser.

Note: The app must listen on port 8080, because that is the only whitelisted origin

To change the API project

• Register a new project at the Google Developers Console
• Create a new Client ID for a Web Application
  • Add a valid origin
  • Take note of the Client ID
• Enable Drive API
• At the gapi-auth-service there is a client id, change it to your project's