Drive service account - view files from another account

Question

I have successfully created a Google Drive service account and can create files via PHP for this account. However, I need to be able to view these created files from the Google web interface from other user accounts. How to allow other users access to these automatically created files?

thanks

Answer 1

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

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

Answer 2

One option is to fulfill domain credentials for a Google domain: https://developers.google.com/drive/web/delegation

Answer 3

Jay is in place. Check out the API v3 guide and reference permission. My other advice would be to first create a folder and set its permissions, which are then inherited by any child files, for example. in Python (sorry, I 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()