Google Drive SDK authorization

Question

I have been trying to follow the Quickstart: Run a Drive app in JavaScript sample in order to use Google Drive API and SDK. I went through the authentication and set up the Client ID and API key etc. I had assumed that the token can be created without the user being logged in to a Google Account, since the client has the Client ID that is connected to a Project on Google Developer Console. Am I missing something here?

Can a user use the JavaScript based Google Drive app without logging in to a Google Account?

Answer 1

no. From your question, it sounds like you've interpreted client ID as referring to the user. Client ID refers to the app. So separately, Google needs to confirm the user has given his permission, and that requires authentication, ie login