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This is a simple command line example of calling the Google Cloud Storage API in Ruby.

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Google Cloud Storage Ruby Sample Application

Description

This is a simple command line example of calling the Google Cloud Storage APIs in Ruby.

Prerequisites

Please make sure that all of the following is installed before trying to run the sample application.

• Ruby 1.9.3+
• The following gems (run 'sudo gem install ' to install)
  • gcloud
  • highline
• If you haven't installed the above gems, try this:
  • 'sudo gem install gcloud highline'

Setup Authentication

1. Visit https://console.developers.google.com/project to register your application.

• From the "Project Home" screen, activate access to "Google Cloud Storage API".
• Click on "Credentials" under "APIs & Auth" in the left column
• Click the button labeled "Create new Client ID"
• Choose "Service account" under "Application type" and "JSON key" under "Key type" and click "Create Client ID"
• Copy the downloaded file to this directory and rename it to "client_secrets.json"

2. Update sample.rb with all default settings. Search and replace all strings that begin with 'YOUR_' with their associated values.

Running the Sample Application

1. Run the application

• $ ruby sample.rb

2. The Google Cloud Storage sample application will display its output on the command line.