Headless use no longer seems to be possible

[filmil]

The page at https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse/wiki/Headless-Usage-&-Authorization advisees using the "out of band" oauth flow which relies on the special redirect URI urn:ietf:wg:oauth:A2.0:oob.

However, based on this page: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/resources/oob-migration#desktop-client, this is no longer possible.

The recommendation is that the auth flows rely on the loopback IP address redirect URI, which in turn requires a web browser that supports advanced features, seemingly ruling out text browsers. What to do?

[astrada]

Now, the only way is to authorize the application on a machine with a full featured browser, then copy the file ~/.gdfuse/default/state (or ~/.gdfuse/[label]/state) to the headless box.

[filmil]

Noted, thank you. I'll try to backfill the wiki page if I get a few minutes.

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