Access Google Services From the Command Line

Want to show your geeky side and edit your Google Docs or write a Blogger post from command prompt?

Head over to the download link below, and grab the correct version for your OS.

If you want to run it on Windows, opt for zip file.

Ubuntu users can download and load the .deb file.

Youll likely have many copies of this file throughout your setup, but GoogleCL cannot find them.

So, do a computer-wide search for msvcr71.dll, and copy one of these files it finds.

Now paste that dll file in the GoogleCL folder, and run google.exe as before.

Everything should work perfectly this time.

Using GoogleCLGoogleCLs syntax is very easy to use and understand.

To get started, you might want to checkout the readme.txt file included.

Or, just jot down help at the prompt to get some quick instructions.

For now, though, these services are still useful.

Enter help followed by a service name to see more info about it and some usage examples.

Here we see the help for Calendar.

Activating a ServiceWhen you first use a service, youll have to activate your setup with it online.

For instance, if we wanted to see all the appointments in our Calendar, wed enter Calendar list.

Youll be asked to specify a user; key in your Gmail email address.

Click Grant access in the webpage that opens, and then press Enter in the GoogleCL window.

Youll have to do this for each of the Google services you use.

Even closely related services like Contacts and Calendar have to be activated individually.

One interesting aspect of this is that you could have different Google account associated with different services.

Well look at a few of the functions we found interesting.DocsFirst, we tried uploading a document to Docs.

YouTubeGoogleCL worked great for uploading videos to YouTube.

Note that you may see an error if you enter a category that is not available on YouTube.

If so, take another crack, this time entering a correct category.

BloggerGoogleCL makes Blogger into a geekier blogging service.

Who said Google doesnt have a cloud OS?

Let us know what geeky projects you do with GoogleCL!LinkDownload GoogleCLCheck out Example GoogleCL Scripts