I have a backend server that has to download a file on Google Drive that has been shared to public by the owner. Our clients are emailing us the link and we get the link from the email — no UI is involved. The program needs to get or download the file and process it offline .
The google samples seem to be runnig using the UI where as this is a automated backend process.Also, this application is to running on my server and not on Google App Engine . Do I still need to register my app if all I am doing is acessing files shared to public by the owner.
For reference , please note that it is trivial to download /wget a file shared on Dropbox .
You don’t need any Google SDK if you know the link and the file is public. Just use a standard HTTP GET method to download the file.