Google drive api uploaded file but return 500 error

Question

I\'m uploading file to google drive by using service account. And It worked w/o any problem for a while. And it started giving 500 error from 2 days ago.

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Answer 1

Based on Official Google Documentation '500: Backend Error' is an unexpected error occurred while processing the request. The suggested action is to use exponential backoff.

Exponential backoff is a standard error handling strategy for network applications in which the client periodically retries a failed request over an increasing amount of time. Exponential backoff may be a good strategy for handling those errors.

You may also check this stack overflow related ticket which discuss some other work around: Google Drive uploading file size limit

Answer 2

Well, It's fixed by removing 'thumbnailLink' field. I used to work but started to giving error about a week ago.

From

Drive.Files.Create insert = drive.files().create(fileMetadata, mediaContent)
            .setFields("id,mimeType,thumbnailLink,webContentLink,webViewLink");

To

Drive.Files.Create insert = drive.files().create(fileMetadata, mediaContent)
            .setFields("id,mimeType,webContentLink,webViewLink");