Shared authentication, CLI syntax, and output formatting patterns for gws Google Workspace commands.
Supports browser-based OAuth login and service account authentication via GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS Global flags enable output format selection (JSON, table, YAML, CSV), dry-run validation, and PII screening via Model Armor Method flags cover parameterized queries, request bodies, file uploads, multipart operations, and automatic pagination with configurable delays Built-in security guardrails prevent secret leakage and require user confirmation before write/delete operations Shell-specific guidance for zsh history expansion and JSON quoting to avoid common command-line parsing errors
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Always confirm with user before executing write/delete commands
Prefer --dry-run for destructive operations
Use --sanitize for PII/content safety screening
Shell Tips
zsh ! expansion: Sheet ranges like Sheet1!A1 contain ! which zsh interprets as history expansion. Use double quotes with escaped inner quotes instead of single quotes:
```bash # WRONG (zsh will mangle the !) gws sheets +read --spreadsheet ID --range 'Sheet1!A1:D10'
# CORRECT gws sheets +read --spreadsheet ID --range "Sheet1!A1:D10" ```
JSON with double quotes: Wrap --params and --json values in single quotes so the shell does not interpret the inner double quotes:
``bash gws drive files list --params '{"pageSize": 5}' ``
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