smadia/laravel-google-drive-connector

Connector for Laravel with Google Drive API

Laravel Google Drive Connector

0.0.2, _(*1)

Installation

Make sure you have already installed laravel >= 5.2.*, _(*2)

Then, install package via composer, _(*3)

composer require "smadia/laravel-google-drive-connector:0.0.*" , _(*4)

Register Facade in config/app.php, _(*5)

'aliases' => [
    .....
    'LGD' => Smadia\LaravelGoogleDrive\Facades\LaravelGoogleDrive::class
    .....
]

Register ServiceProvider in config/app.php, _(*6)

'providers' => [
    .....
    Smadia\LaravelGoogleDrive\Providers\LaravelGoogleDriveServiceProvider::class
    .....
]

You can create your own Facade and ServiceProvider manually, and then register it., _(*7)

Configuration

Before using package, make sure you have added new disk in config/filesystem.php, _(*8)

'disks' => [

    // ...

    'googledrive' => [
        'driver' => 'googledrive',
        'clientId' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_ID'),
        'clientSecret' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET'),
        'refreshToken' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_REFRESH_TOKEN'),
        'folderId' => env('GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID'),
    ],

    // ...

],

Then, you should add new field in .env files, _(*9)

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=googledrive
GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_ID=xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com
GOOGLE_DRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET=xxx
GOOGLE_DRIVE_REFRESH_TOKEN=xxx
GOOGLE_DRIVE_FOLDER_ID=null

How do I get the Google Drive API ? Follow these links :, _(*10)

• Getting your Client ID and Secret
• Getting your Refresh Token
• Getting your Root Folder ID

Usage

Usage in non-object file

You can use LGD Facade in non-object file, such as routes/web.php, blade file. Below is the example usage in non-object file, _(*11)

LGD::dir('mydir')->ls()->toObject();

If you are using the Facade in object context, you should use the Facade in Smadia\LaravelGoogleDrive\Facades\LaravelGoogleDrive after the namespace declaration like below, _(*12)

<?php

namespace App\User;

// other use declaration
use Smadia\LaravelGoogleDrive\Facades\LaravelGoogleDrive;
// other use declaration

After that, you can use LaravelGoogleDrive facade instead than LGD like below, _(*13)

LaravelGoogleDrive::ls()->toArray()

To use it only with LGD keyword, you can use as in use declaration like code below, _(*14)

<?php

namespace App\User;

// other use declaration
use Smadia\LaravelGoogleDrive\Facades\LaravelGoogleDrive as LGD;
// other use declaration

Get list contents from your root directory

LGD::ls()->toArray()

Get the spesific directory

LGD::dir('mydir')->ls()->toArray()

Get the spesific index if you have two or more with the same name

Index is started from 0 (zero), _(*15)

LGD::dir('mydir, 2)->ls()->toArray()

Get the spesific file in certain directory

LGD::dir('mydir')->file('youfile', 'txt')->name

You can add index to get the file (if you have two or more files with the same name)

LGD::dir('mydir')->file('yourfile', 'txt', 2)->name

Get other file's properties

Below is the list of file's property which you can get by adding ->(property) after file() method, _(*16)

• name
• extension
• path
• dirname
• basename
• size
• timestamp
• mimetype (only for file type)
• type

Filter

To filter the list contents of directory, you can use filter() method, _(*17)

    LGD::ls(function($ls) {
        return $ls->where('type', '=', 'dir'); // another option of 'type' is 'file'
    })->toArray();

File Storing

These are some example to store file in Google Drive, _(*18)

LGD::put('hello.txt', 'Hello World !');

If you want store the uploaded file in your controller, you can use this one, _(*19)

LGD::put('hello.txt', file_get_contents($request->file('file')->getRealPath()));

If you want the name is same with the orginal uploaded file, you can assign the $request->file() as parameter, _(*20)

LGD::put($request->file('file'));

Directory methods

Below is optional method to your directory, _(*21)

File Methods

List Content Methods