Gmail API and Oath 2 - How to access using LiveCode ?

[David Bovill]

I've some experience of oAuth 1 and 2 in LiveCode - and Andre Garcia has
some provisional libraries. I also need to use oAuth 2 with Google services
so would be happy to contribute.

On 29 November 2015 at 16:34, Roland Huettmann <roland.huettmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for the hint to Monte.
>
> I am aware of Monte ). But I am working on Windows. And as far as I know,
> it won't work on Windows?
>
> If there is anything coming for Windows, I will be glad to have a look.
>
> Roland
>
>
>
> On 29 November 2015 at 16:13, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Check with Monte.  He wrote the mergGoogle external for accessing google
> > spreadsheets.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Roland Huettmann <
> > roland.huettmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Good day to all )
> > >
> > > I am trying to develop a LiveCode application using an SQL database
> with
> > > the ability to have access to my Gmail account (mail and contacts) and
> > NOT
> > > using the standard IMAP protocol, but using OAuth 2.0. There are other
> > APIs
> > > I would like to access as well.
> > >
> > > The idea behind is to UNIFY all messages (email, messages, letters into
> > > contacts and message repository) from all kinds of different sources
> > under
> > > one single umbrella to be able to add notes, tags, sort and filter,
> > extract
> > > time information, etc. And basically I want everything in one place so
> > that
> > > also everything can be related to each-other.
> > >
> > > I had a developer developing access for Gmail OAuth 2.0 using Python.
> It
> > > works half way. It downloads mail messages and creates them as files on
> > my
> > > system in a specified directory. It could be used importing into the
> > > database using LiveCode. But it requires installation of Python and I
> > would
> > > be happier using just LiveCode.
> > >
> > > And the problem is still that Google sends a token which must be
> manually
> > > copied and pasted which is less than user-friendly. And also there is
> not
> > > full functionality yet. This problem my developer could not solve.
> > >
> > > And if all this could be done using LiveCode (script or builder) that
> > would
> > > be fantastic.
> > >
> > > ( I would not feel fit using LCB - LiveCode Builder language - yet. I
> > would
> > > probably give such task to someone who knows and possibly is a C++
> > > programmer. There is knowledge needed which I currently do not have. If
> > LCS
> > > - LiveCode script - could be used, even better for my own abilities.)
> > >
> > > And I was thinking whether or not there is anybody who has used OAuth
> 2.0
> > > (orOAuth other versions) to get the credential accessing something like
> > > Gmail using LiveCode.
> > >
> > > https://developers.google.com/gmail/oauth_overview?hl=en
> > >
> > > Is there any experience doing this? Any code fragments? Anyone who has
> > been
> > > accessing using OAuth 2.0?
> > >
> > > Also I am interested in IMAP and how to access IMAP through LiveCode.
> > >
> > > Regards, Roland
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