How do I upload to a shared drive using the Python version of Google Drive API v3?
You just need to add supportsAllDrives=True
to the Files: Create request.
# In case you need background on the credential/scoping code, it was copied from
# https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/python
# Basis for upload code from:
# https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/manage-uploads
import pickle
import os.path
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload
# If modifying these scopes, delete the file token.pickle.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
credentials_json = 'oauth-credentials.json'
credentials_pickle = 'token.pickle'
def get_creds():
creds = None
# Obtain OAuth token / user authorization.
if os.path.exists(credentials_pickle):
with open(credentials_pickle, 'rb') as token:
creds = pickle.load(token)
# If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
if not creds or not creds.valid:
if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
creds.refresh(Request())
else:
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
credentials_json, SCOPES)
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
# Save the credentials for the next run
with open(credentials_pickle, 'wb') as token:
pickle.dump(creds, token)
return creds
def main():
creds = get_creds()
# Build the drive service.
drive_service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
# Get the drive ID of the first shared drive. You can introspect the
# 'results' dict here to get the right shared drive if it's not the first
# one.
results = drive_service.drives().list(pageSize=10).execute()
shared_drive_id = results['drives'][0]['id']
# Create the request metatdata, letting drive API know what it's receiving.
# In this example, we place the image inside the shared drive root folder,
# which has the same ID as the shared drive itself, but we could instead
# choose the ID of a folder inside the shared drive.
file_metadata = {
'name': 'wakeupcat.jpg',
'mimeType': 'image/jpeg',
'parents': [shared_drive_id]}
# Now create the media file upload object and tell it what file to upload,
# in this case, "wakeupcat.jpg"
media = MediaFileUpload('/path/to/wakeupcat.jpg', mimetype='image/jpeg')
# Upload the file, making sure supportsAllDrives=True to enable uploading
# to shared drives.
f = drive_service.files().create(
body=file_metadata, media_body=media, supportsAllDrives=True).execute()
print("Created file '%s' id '%s'." % (f.get('name'), f.get('id')))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()