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This script is used to allow two sockets to communicate while relaying data through Google Drive.

Check out this blog post for more details.

Setup Process

Needed Python Modules

pip2 install google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2 python-dateutil google-api-python-client

Help

Usage: google_socks.py [options]

Options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --setup     Setup script with Drive App
  -c CREDS    Index of creds in credentials array to use (default: 0)
  -d          Delete files with names provided to -s and -r
  -l          Enable Socket Mode: Listener
  -i IP       Enable Socket Mode: Connect
  -p PORT     Port number for socket mode (default: 8000)
  -s SEND     Sending channel (default: 0)
  -r RECV     Receiving channel (default: 1)
  -P POLL     Poll every x seconds (default: 0)
  -j JITTER   Amount of randomness in polling (default: 1.0)
  -v          Enable verbose output
  --debug     Enable debug output

Performance Tip

If you need to send data as fast as possible, set no polling (-P 0) or jitter (-j 0). If you get an error from going over the API rate limit, try raising your polling time little by little until you find a sweetspot. I found .2 seconds worked well.