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cgates
Obsidian | Level 7

I'm using SAS EG, 7.15 HF9 (7.100.5.6226) (64-bit) powered by SAS 9.4. If I paste this link into my browser, a .csv file is automatically downloaded to my PC: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xFgCLi7cr-_Z_hbhksYIv5jABk6EaBcPNWRlVzH5kxY/export?format=cs.... This is a test document but the real data I need to download through SAS has sensitive data so I can't share that here. 

 

The code below works with the test document because there are no restrictions, but when I run the same code with the document that requires me to be signed in, I get HTML output instead of the csv data (copied below).

 

Is there a way I can authenticate my Google credentials through SAS?

filename in url "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xFgCLi7cr-_Z_hbhksYIv5jABk6EaBcPNWRlVzH5kxY/export?format=csv";
filename out "%sysfunc(pathname(work))\data.csv"; 
 
data _null_;                                                                                                                                                      
  infile in;                                                                                                                                                      
  input;                                                                                                                                                          
  if _n_> 1;                                                                                                                                                     
  file out;                                                                                                                                                       
  put _infile_;                                                                                                                                                   
run;                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                  
PROC IMPORT OUT= WORK.data                                                                                                                                        
     DATAFILE= "%sysfunc(pathname(work))\data.csv"                                                                                                 
     DBMS=CSV REPLACE;                                                                                                                                            
RUN;

.csv snippet from SAS in HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta content="width=300
  <meta name="description" content="Create a new spreadsheet and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer
  <meta name="google-site-verification" content="LrdTUW9psUAMbh4Ia074-BPEVmcpBxF6Gwf0MSgQXZs">
  <title>Google Sheets - create and edit spreadsheets online
  <style>
  @font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 300;
  src: url(//fonts.gstatic.com/s/opensans/v15/mem5YaGs126MiZpBA-UN_r8OUuhs.ttf) format('truetype');
}

 

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japelin
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

I don't think this is a SAS problem.

To test, try accessing the spreadsheet link in another browser without cache or in private mode.
If it doesn't download as a CSV, you will first need to change the sharing range to "Everyone who knows the link" in Google Spreadsheets.
Then you should be able to download it as a csv.

cgates
Obsidian | Level 7

You're right. The link I provided was just an example but it does work if I remove restrictions. The issue is the production link I need this for does need to be protected. Do you know of a way I can authenticate my Google credentials through SAS? I thought it would work because I was running the SAS program while logged into my Gmail but that doesn't seem to work. 

japelin
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

I thought I could access it with proc http and basic authentication if I had the app password, but it seems that OAuth is required to access it.

 

The following links may be helpful.

https://www.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/sas-global-forum-proceedings/2019/3232-2019.pdf

https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/SAS0224-2017.pdf

 

PhilC
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

The content sharing access permissions for Google Docs can be set to not require authentication.  My memory, you can set (paraphrasing) "Share to whom ever has the link".  I don't use it often, and I have to stumble through their security access menus re-re-learning it every time.  Something to consider, HTH.

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