Google-drive-ocamlfuse: Suggestion: get credentials on a server without gui

Created on 13 Apr 2019 · 7Comments · Source: astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse

Instead of opening a browser on the server were is running the software,
it would be nice just to print the url for verification.
So I can open it on another computer and get the credentials and then put them in the app.

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Zibri

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simple workaround:
create /usr/local/bin/google-chrome script which prints its first argument to stderr:

#!/bin/bash
>&2 echo $1

and chmod +x /usr/local/bin/google-chrome

ewnjtgouierg on 9 Jul 2019

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gdrive works perfectly... can you do as gdrive does?

Zibri on 13 Apr 2019

https://github.com/gdrive-org/gdrive

Zibri on 13 Apr 2019

You already can do it:

https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse/wiki/Headless-Usage-&-Authorization

Use the -headless option

JonAnder83 on 13 Apr 2019

Yes, but is badly implemented.
gdrive is straight forward, just pits out the url and then waits for the token.
That's how it should be.
(IMHO)

Zibri on 13 Apr 2019

simple workaround:
create /usr/local/bin/google-chrome script which prints its first argument to stderr:

#!/bin/bash
>&2 echo $1

and chmod +x /usr/local/bin/google-chrome

ewnjtgouierg on 9 Jul 2019

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on older versions, when it failed to open the url, it would wait for a token, id open a browser elsewhere, authenticate, and it was a toss as to whether or not gd-ocaml would take it. but @ewnjtgouierg's solution is awesome