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Google Drive API with Python from server(Backend) without browser autentication

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How do I get Google Drive API Credentials?

Go to the Google API Console. Select a project. In the sidebar on the left, expand APIs & auth and select APIs. In the displayed list of available APIs, click the Drive API link and click Enable API.

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When you create your application, you register it using the Google API Console. Google then provides information you'll need later, such as a client ID and a client secret. Activate the Google Drive Activity API in the Google API Console. (If the API isn't listed in the API Console, then skip this step.)

How do I download Credentials JSON for Google Drive API?

Go to https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/go, click "Enable the Drive API", select the account with the stash and click "Download Client Configuration".


I'd like to save the files of my Saas Appication to my Google Drive Account, all the examples I've seen was with oauth2 autentication and needs the end user autenticate openning the browser, I need to upload files from my server without any user interation, sending files direct to my account!

I have try many tutorials I found on internet with no success, mainly the oficial

Google Drive API with Python

How can I autenticate programatically from my server and upload files and use API features such as share folders and others?

I'm using Python, the lib PyDrive uses the same aproach to autenticate