Anonymous access to Google Docs (publicly shared)

[Alister Scott]

Hi,

I am using the latest roo gem.

When I try to access a publicly shared Google Doc (
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtL3mPY2rEqmdEY3XzRqUlZKSmM5Z3EtM21UdFdqb1E&hl=en
) using

@ss = Google.new("0AtL3mPY2rEqmdEY3XzRqUlZKSmM5Z3EtM21UdFdqb1E")

it gives this error:

Net::HTTPServerException: 403 "Forbidden"
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2097:in `error!'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/GData-0.0.4/lib/gdata/base.rb:40:in
`authenticate'
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/roo-1.3.9/lib/roo/google.rb:107:in
`initialize'
tc_main.rb:25:in `new'
tc_main.rb:25:in `setup'

Can you suggest a workaround besides providing username and password
to the new method?

I tried setting the ENV variables but this didn't help.

Cheers,
Alister Scott

[Hugh McGowan]

Hi Alister,

I've reproduced what you're seeing and it looks like the code is always trying to authenticate. I'm looking into it and will try to get a fix out in the next few days.

Thanks!
Hugh

[Hugh McGowan]

Fixed in 1.3.11 - let me know if you have any issues. You'll need to
mark the doc as Publish as web page using the Share menu.
Unfortunately sharing the doc with Everyone still requires
authentication (still has to be a user to read/write). Publishing it
should work, though note it's read-only.

Thanks!
Hugh

[Alister Scott]

Thanks! Installed and tested and all working fine now.
Cheers,
Alister