The Google Drive API has the following OAuth2.0 procedure from their quickstart to receive the drive_service at the end:
# Copy your credentials from the APIs Console CLIENT_ID = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID' CLIENT_SECRET = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET' # Check https://developers.google.com/drive/scopes for all available scopes OAUTH_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive' # Redirect URI for installed apps REDIRECT_URI = 'urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob' # Path to the file to upload FILENAME = 'document.txt' # Run through the OAuth flow and retrieve credentials flow = OAuth2WebServerFlow(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, OAUTH_SCOPE, REDIRECT_URI) authorize_url = flow.step1_get_authorize_url() print 'Go to the following link in your browser: ' + authorize_url code = raw_input('Enter verification code: ').strip() credentials = flow.step2_exchange(code) # Create an httplib2.Http object and authorize it with our credentials http = httplib2.Http() http = credentials.authorize(http) drive_service = build('drive', 'v2', http=http)
Notice that you will be given the variable authorize_url which is printed out. You are supposed to visit it using a browser and then confirm that you allow Google Drive to access your information, which then allows you get a "verification code." Is there any way that I can avoid the step of manual intervention and create a program that automates this step?