Utilities

How to get a refresh token from Google?

• Get a OAuth2 Client here: https://code.google.com/apis/console/
• Follow instructions here: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2WebServer#offline
• Once you have an auth code, you must exchange it for a refresh token
• The refresh token is another curl away, using the same URL, but setting the code (newly acquired), client_id, client_secret, redirect_uri and grant_type=authorization_code, using the url https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
• Once you have the refresh token, setup a crontab at every 15 or 30 minutes to keep a fresh token for use on server at all times
• Follow instructions here: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2WebServer#refresh
• It's another curl, but with client_id, client_secret, refresh_token (the one you just got) and grant_type=refresh_token
• Output to home directory or some local repository for future use