PyDrive is a wrapper library of google-api-python-client that simplifies many common Google Drive API tasks.
PyDrive is a wrapper library of google-api-python-client that simplifies many common Google Drive API tasks.
Questions tagged [pydrive]
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Moving Folder from Google Colab to Google Drive
I am using Google Colab for Machine Learning. Many times I need to download solution CSV using Google Drive using Pydrive. As shown below
from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
from google.colab import auth
from…
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pydrive get only folders from list
I use library pydrive for google drive. Now I need get all folders (root, parent, child) name in google drive.
I have found this:
self.drive.ListFile().GetList()
but it returns all the files. Can I get only all folders in google drive?
r1299597
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Upload a Pandas DataFrame as Excel file directly to Google Drive using PyDrive
I'm trying to write a pandas.DataFrame directly to Google Drive, without first writing the file out locally. I can't find a solution and not sure if it is even possible. I've tried the code below, but I get an AttributeError.
import pandas as…
cyril
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Cannot move a file across folders in google drive using PyDrive
I have been trying to move file from one folder to another in my google drive using PyDrive
file2 = drive.CreateFile({'id': })
file2['parents']=
file2.Upload()
Is it possible to change folders like this? If not…
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PyDrive guath.Refresh() and Refresh Token Issues
Like others, I'm trying to get the Google refresh token to work in order to run scheduled tasks that copy and rename files.
When I first manually authenticate within a terminal, my url ends in &access_type=offline. However, when I go in and try to…
user1644030
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How to connect pydrive with an Service Account
Does anyone have any example or documentation how to connect a Service Account from Google Drive API with pydrive. I managed to do it with auth2 client.
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PyDrive download file from a SHARED drive
I know how to use PyDrive to download a file from my drive, the problem is that I need to download (or at the very least OPEN) an xlsx file on a shared drive. Here is my code so far to download the file:
from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from…
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Upload and convert XLSX to Google Sheets with PyDrive
I am trying to upload a .xlsx file to google drive. I am able to upload it.
But when we try to open the same file in Drive, it has to be opened with Google Sheets. Thus, it creates a new file with same name and consumes Drive space.
I suppose I need…
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Upload File to Google-drive Teamdrive folder with PyDrive
I have been successfully uploading files to a google-drive-folder with PyDrive. But, when it comes to uploading files to a folder in a google-drive-teamdrive-folder which is shared with me, the following code is not working.
from pydrive.auth import…
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Pydrive error: No downloadLink/exportLinks for mimetype found in metadata
I am trying to download a simple text file from google drive automatically with the pydrive module for python. I keep getting the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\GIS\AVGOPS\Scripts\GoogleDrive_Test.py", line 20, in…
AVG Woodlands
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PyDrive: Create a Google Doc file
I am using PyDrive to create files in Google Drive, but I'm having trouble with the actual Google Doc type items.
My code is:
file = drive.CreateFile({'title': pagename,
"parents": [{"id": folder_id}],
"mimeType":…
awestover89
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User rate limit exceeded after a few requests
I am using Google Drive API through pydrive to move files between two google drive accounts. I have been testing with a folder with 16 files. My code always raises an error in the sixth file
"User rate limit exceeded">
I know that there is a…
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PyDrive client_secrets from other directory
I'm using PyDrive to upload files to GoogleDrive from a desktop Python app that I'm packaging with Pyinstaller. I'd like to hide the client_secrets.json as much as possible so I've embedded it within the Pyinstaller .exe file, using this solution:…
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Service Account and PyDrive
I would like to use the Google Drive API to store some backups on it using a cronjob. I just don't understand how I can use PyDrive using a Service Account. When I generate the service account file, and I put it in the directory as my script as…
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pydrive not accepting client_secret.json from my Google Cloud account
I have successfully used this client_secret.json to authenticate with Google API and read gSheet data, but now I am trying to upload a file to Drive using pydrive.
from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
gauth =…
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