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 "title": "Script Gmail, Drive and Sheets from the terminal",
 "page_title": "How to script Gmail, Drive and Sheets from the terminal with Google Workspace CLI",
 "summary": "Install gws, sign in once, and call any Workspace API with JSON in and JSON out.",
 "who": "A developer or admin who wants quick scripts against Workspace without an SDK.",
 "problem": "Google API clients need boilerplate for auth, paging and request bodies.",
 "outcome": "Commands that list files, create sheets and post messages, with JSON you can pipe into jq.",
 "steps": [
  "Install: `npm install -g @googleworkspace/cli` or `brew install googleworkspace-cli`",
  "Run `gws auth setup` once, then `gws auth login`",
  "List files: `gws drive files list --params '{\"pageSize\": 10}'`",
  "Create a sheet: `gws sheets spreadsheets create --json '{\"properties\": {\"title\": \"Q1 Budget\"}}'`",
  "Check any method's schema with `gws schema drive.files.list`"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "20 minutes",
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 "caveat": "Not an officially supported Google product, and breaking changes are expected before v1.0.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "A Google account and a Google Cloud project for OAuth (gws auth setup walks you through it)",
  "npm, Homebrew, Cargo or Nix"
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   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "OAuth tokens grant access to your mail and files; keep them on your machine and revoke them when done."
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