Overwriting Google Drive API v3 Argparse in Python

Question

I\'m trying to use the Google Drive API (v3) with Python to obtain and upload files to my Google Drive account.

I used this guide to setup my authentication: https:

Answer 1

Nevermind, I figured it out. hpaulj had it right.

In the get_credentials() method, right before it called run_flow(), I simply had to add a line saying:

flags=tools.argparser.parse_args(args=[])
credentials=tools.run_flow(flow, store, flags)

And at the beginning when I read the command line with my inputs, I simply used parser_known_flags() as hpaulj suggested!

Thanks, shishy

Answer 2

I think there have been other questions about argparse and the google api, but I haven't used the latter.

Parsers are independent and can't be over written. But they all (as a default anyways) use sys.argv[1:]. So if your code runs before the other one, you can edit sys.argv to remove the extra strings. Using parse_known_args is a handy way of separating your arguments from ones the other parser(s) should use.

Often the parser is invoked from a if __name__ block. That way imported modules don't do parsing, only ones used as scripts. But I don't if the google api makes this distinction.