Set “publish to web” in Google spreadsheet using Drive python API

Question

I\'m trying to simulate clicking \"publish to web\" -> \"start publishing now\" in Google docs using the Python version of the Google Drive API. Based on my vague understand

Answer 1

Turns out the response object that's returned by the code snippet above needs to call execute():

service.revisions().update(fileId = newfile['id'], revisionId='head',
    body={'published':True, 'publishAuto': True}).execute()

This returns a revision object and sets the publish properties on the document.