Google Drive Service Account - view files from ano

Question

I have successfully created a Google Drive Service Account and can create files via PHP to this account. However I need to be able to view these created files from the Google web UI from other user accounts. How do I allow other users access to these auto created files?

Thanks

Answer 1

You just need to share the file with the desired users with:

https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/permissions/insert

Answer 2

One option is to Perform Google Apps Domain-Wide Delegation of Authority: https://developers.google.com/drive/web/delegation

Answer 3

Jay is spot on. Check out API v3 permission guide and reference. My other advice would be to first create a folder and set its permissions which are then inherited by any child files, e.g. in Python (sorry, don't know PHP!):

# Folder setup
folder_metadata = {
    'name': 'Searchable folder name',
    'mimeType': 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder'
}
folder = drive_service.files().create(
    body=folder_metadata,
).execute()

domain_permission = {
    'type': 'domain',
    'role': 'reader',
    'domain': 'example.com',
    'allowFileDiscovery': True,  # so they show up in user searches
}
drive_service.permissions().create(
    fileId=folder['id'],
    body=domain_permission,
).execute()

# New files
body = {
    'name': 'Searchable filename',
    'parents': [folder['id']],
}
drive_service.files().create(
    media_body=...,
    body=body,
).execute()