GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker in MVC For Google Drive Access

Question

I\'m stuck trying to access a specific Google drive account from a MVC app. All I need is for the MVC web app to access my google drive scan for a few files and alter the d

Answer 1

I suspect what you are looking for is a Service account. A service account will allow you to set up your application to access your google drive with out requiring you to Autenticate.

Google APIs also support Service accounts. Unlike the scenario in which a client application requests access to an end-user's data, service accounts provide access to the client application's own data.

You can find Google's documentation on how to implement a service account here. Google APIs Client Library for .NET : Service Account