Upload to Google Drive without any UI?

Question

I am looking to write a server application to upload files to Google Drive. I was previously using the Documents List API, but I see that is deprecated. I\'d like to move to the

Answer 1

Since the gdrive tool is no longer maintained. I found an official and better way.

Using curl.

1. Install Curl

sudo apt install curl

2. Create your project credentials on google console. Make an account first if you don't have any.

Create credentials > Configure OAth consent screen (if needed) > Application type > TV and limited input devices > Save your client id and a client secret.

3. Verify the device

curl -d "client_id=&scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file" https://oauth2.googleapis.com/device/code

Expected response:

{"device_code": "",
"user_code": "xxx-xxx-xxx",
"expires_in": 1800,
"interval": 5,
"verification_url": "https://www.google.com/device"}

Then go to the https://www.google.com/device --> Enter "user_code" --> Give relevant permissions.

4. Save the "device_code" and "user_code" values.
5. Get Bearer code

curl -d client_id= -d client_secret= -d device_code= -d grant_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Agrant-type%3Adevice_code https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token

Expected Output:

{
"access_token": ".....",
"expires_in": 3599,
"refresh_token": "....",
"scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file",
"token_type": "Bearer"
}

6. Save the "access_token" value.

7. Start uploading

curl -X POST -L -H "Authorization: Bearer " -F "metadata={name :'filename.zip'};type=application/json;charset=UTF-8" -F "file=@filename.zip;type=application/zip" "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart"

CAUTION

Make zip archives of your files before uploading. The above code works for archived files. I uploaded 10gb archive with the above method successfully.

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