We have a client that wants to have a link to google docs folders from within their own internal intranet app. Essentially they want to create a folder tree within their app and have a link in each folder that opens the matching google docs folder.
Linking to a folder is simple enough if you know the folder's id.
I can use the docs api to pull folder lists and walk them. From there I can get the folder's url. But frankly I'd rather not go to the bother - we'd need to cut api code and do authentication and all the other stuff that requires thinking (even with the various libraries google provides this task isn't trivial).
My preferred solution is to simply have a link that pops the user out to google docs with the folder name in the link. Docs would then dereference the folder from the name and send them to the right place. Any authentication would be handled when they landed at google. Nice, easy and flexible.
Can this be done or will I have to use the api to pull a folder list and wash it all out myself?