Ruby Quickstart

Complete the steps described in the rest of this page to create a simple Ruby command-line application that makes requests to the Google Tasks API.

Prerequisites

To run this quickstart, you need the following prerequisites:

  • Ruby 2.0 or greater
  • A Google account with Google Tasks enabled

Step 1: Turn on the Google Tasks API

Click this button to create a new Cloud Platform project and automatically enable the Google Tasks API:

Enable the Google Tasks API

In resulting dialog click DOWNLOAD CLIENT CONFIGURATION and save the file credentials.json to your working directory.

Step 2: Install the Google Client Library

Run the following command to install the library:

gem install google-api-client

See the library's installation page for the alternative installation options.

Step 3: Set up the sample

Create a file named quickstart.rb in your working directory and copy in the following code:

tasks/quickstart/quickstart.rb
require "google/apis/tasks_v1"
require "googleauth"
require "googleauth/stores/file_token_store"
require "fileutils"

OOB_URI = "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob".freeze
APPLICATION_NAME = "Google Tasks API Ruby Quickstart".freeze
CREDENTIALS_PATH = "credentials.json".freeze
# The file token.yaml stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
# created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
# time.
TOKEN_PATH = "token.yaml".freeze
SCOPE = Google::Apis::TasksV1::AUTH_TASKS_READONLY

##
# Ensure valid credentials, either by restoring from the saved credentials
# files or intitiating an OAuth2 authorization. If authorization is required,
# the user's default browser will be launched to approve the request.
#
# @return [Google::Auth::UserRefreshCredentials] OAuth2 credentials
def authorize
  client_id = Google::Auth::ClientId.from_file CREDENTIALS_PATH
  token_store = Google::Auth::Stores::FileTokenStore.new file: TOKEN_PATH
  authorizer = Google::Auth::UserAuthorizer.new client_id, SCOPE, token_store
  user_id = "default"
  credentials = authorizer.get_credentials user_id
  if credentials.nil?
    url = authorizer.get_authorization_url base_url: OOB_URI
    puts "Open the following URL in the browser and enter the " \
         "resulting code after authorization:\n" + url
    code = gets
    credentials = authorizer.get_and_store_credentials_from_code(
      user_id: user_id, code: code, base_url: OOB_URI
    )
  end
  credentials
end

# Initialize the API
service = Google::Apis::TasksV1::TasksService.new
service.client_options.application_name = APPLICATION_NAME
service.authorization = authorize

# Print the first 10 task lists.
response = service.list_tasklists max_results: 10
puts "Task lists:"
puts "No task lists found" if response.items.empty?
response.items.each do |task_list|
  puts "#{task_list.title} (#{task_list.id})"
end

Step 4: Run the sample

Run the sample using the following command:

ruby quickstart.rb

The first time you run the sample, it will prompt you to authorize access:

  1. The sample will attempt to open a new window or tab in your default browser. If this fails, copy the URL from the console and manually open it in your browser.

    If you are not already logged into your Google account, you will be prompted to log in. If you are logged into multiple Google accounts, you will be asked to select one account to use for the authorization.

  2. Click the Accept button.
  3. The sample will proceed automatically, and you may close the window/tab.

Notes

  • Authorization information is stored on the file system, so subsequent executions will not prompt for authorization.
  • The authorization flow in this example is designed for a command-line application. For information on how to perform authorization in a web application, see Using OAuth 2.0 for Web Server Applications.

Further reading

Troubleshooting

This section describes some common issues that you may encounter while attempting to run this quickstart and suggests possible solutions.

This app isn't verified.

The OAuth consent screen that is presented to the user may show the warning "This app isn't verified" if it is requesting scopes that provide access to sensitive user data. These applications must eventually go through the verification process to remove that warning and other limitations. During the development phase you can continue past this warning by clicking Advanced > Go to {Project Name} (unsafe).