I can't see the files and folders created via code in my Google Drive

Question

I\'m a web developer and i\'d like to access to the Google APIs from my business software, I\'ve created a Drive account and I\'d to create a folders and files via code (VB.

Answer 1

Was not aware of the given solution. I did differently by adding a file permission, after having added the file (NodeJS code. insertFile is called after a classic fileUpload by the user) :

insertPermission = function(fileId, value, type, role,authClient,cb) {
  var body = {
    'value': value,
    'type': type,
    'role': role
  };
  var request = drive.permissions.insert({
    'fileId': fileId,
    'resource': body,
    'auth': authClient
  }, function (err,response) {
    cb(err,response);
  });
}

exports.insertFile = function(file,customer,callback) {
    exports.authorize(function (err,authClient) {
        drive.files.insert({
          resource: {
            title: file.name,
            mimeType: file.mimeType,
            parents: [{id:customer.googleDriveFolder}]
          },
          media: {
            mimeType: file.mimeType,
            body: file.buffer
          },
          auth: authClient
        }, function(err, response) {
          debug('error:', err, 'inserted:', response.id);
          if (!err) {
            insertPermission(response.id,customer.email,"user","writer",authClient,function (err,resp){
              callback(null, resp);            
            });
          }
        });
    });
};

Note that i'm using JWT with private key kind of authentication, with a service account :

exports.authorize = function(callback) {
    if (_tokens && ((_tokens.expiry_date - (new Date()).getTime())>100 )) callback(null, _authClient);
    else {

    var scope = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.apps.readonly',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file','https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.scripts'];

    var authClient = new google.auth.JWT(
            '',
            '.pem',
            ''); //seems we could use an user to impersonate requests, i need to test that..
    authClient.authorize(function(err, tokens) {
        if (err) {
            callback(err);
            return;
        }
        callback(null,authClient);    
    });
    }
};