Upload to Google Drive

Upload a file to Google Drive using Python.

Dependencies

• Python 3
• Requests project

python3 -m pip install requests

Installation

Download Python source files or clone this repository.

Navigate to https://console.cloud.google.com/ and create a new project.

Find and enable Google Drive API.

Click on Create Credentials. Select Google Drive API. You will be accessing User data.

Add scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file. Select Desktop app as an Application type.

Save your credentials with name client_secret.json in the directory of the source files.

Authentication

Run auth.py:

python3 auth.py

Open the printed URL in a browser and follow the instructions.

Usage

Run upload.py:

python3 upload.py [-v] FILE FOLDER_ID

where FILE is the file to be uploaded and FOLDER_ID is the target folder id in Google Drive.