Browse google drive api's service account

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20330039

Question

I am uploading files to a service account (created using Google Cloud Console) using the Google Drive's API.

It is uploading successfully. I can enumerate them using the API.

How can I browse those files from the Internet browser just like we view files in any other regular Google account (Drive)?

Thanks

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Solution

It's not possible to view the files from a browser with a Service Account. This account is primarily for administrate the accounts of the users in the same domain.

Service accounts are accounts associated with a service or a project. They do not belong to a user and can only be accessed programmatically by the associated application.

Read more here: https://developers.google.com/drive/web/service-accounts#use_service_accounts_as_application-owned_accounts

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