iterative/PyDrive2
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What you can do
- Simplifies OAuth2.0 into just few lines with flexible settings.
- Wraps Google Drive API V2 <https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/web/about-sdk>_ into classes of each resource to make your program more object-oriented.
- Helps common operations else than API calls, such as content fetching and pagination control.
- Provides fsspec_ filesystem implementation.
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About
Google Drive API Python wrapper library. Maintained fork of PyDrive.
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PyDrive2
PyDrive2 is a wrapper library of
google-api-python-client <https://github.com/google/google-api-python-client>_
that simplifies many common Google Drive API V2 tasks. It is an actively
maintained fork of https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyDrive <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyDrive>.
By the authors and maintainers of the Git for Data <https://dvc.org> - DVC
project.
Project Info
- Package:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyDrive2 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyDrive2>_ - Documentation:
https://docs.iterative.ai/PyDrive2 <https://docs.iterative.ai/PyDrive2>_ - Source:
https://github.com/iterative/PyDrive2 <https://github.com/iterative/PyDrive2>_ - Changelog:
https://github.com/iterative/PyDrive2/releases <https://github.com/iterative/PyDrive2/releases>_ Running tests </pydrive2/test/README.rst>_
Features of PyDrive2
- Simplifies OAuth2.0 into just few lines with flexible settings.
- Wraps
Google Drive API V2 <https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/web/about-sdk>_ into classes of each resource to make your program more object-oriented. - Helps common operations else than API calls, such as content fetching and pagination control.
- Provides
fsspec_ filesystem implementation.
How to install
You can install PyDrive2 with regular pip command.
::
$ pip install PyDrive2
To install the current development version from GitHub, use:
::
$ pip install git+https://github.com/iterative/PyDrive2.git#egg=PyDrive2
OAuth made easy
Download client_secrets.json from Google API Console and OAuth2.0 is done in two lines. You can customize behavior of OAuth2 in one settings file settings.yaml.
.. code:: python
from pydrive2.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive2.drive import GoogleDrive
gauth = GoogleAuth()
gauth.LocalWebserverAuth()
drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)
File management made easy
Upload/update the file with one method. PyDrive2 will do it in the most efficient way.
.. code:: python
file1 = drive.CreateFile({'title': 'Hello.txt'})
file1.SetContentString('Hello')
file1.Upload() # Files.insert()
file1['title'] = 'HelloWorld.txt' # Change title of the file
file1.Upload() # Files.patch()
content = file1.GetContentString() # 'Hello'
file1.SetContentString(content+' World!') # 'Hello World!'
file1.Upload() # Files.update()
file2 = drive.CreateFile()
file2.SetContentFile('hello.png')
file2.Upload()
print('Created file %s with mimeType %s' % (file2['title'],
file2['mimeType']))
# Created file hello.png with mimeType image/png
file3 = drive.CreateFile({'id': file2['id']})
print('Downloading file %s from Google Drive' % file3['title']) # 'hello.png'
file3.GetContentFile('world.png') # Save Drive file as a local file
# or download Google Docs files in an export format provided.
# downloading a docs document as an html file:
docsfile.GetContentFile('test.html', mimetype='text/html')
File listing pagination made easy
PyDrive2 handles file listing pagination for you.
.. code:: python
# Auto-iterate through all files that matches this query
file_list = drive.ListFile({'q': "'root' in parents"}).GetList()
for file1 in file_list:
print('title: {}, id: {}'.format(file1['title'], file1['id']))
# Paginate file lists by specifying number of max results
for file_list in drive.ListFile({'maxResults': 10}):
print('Received {} files from Files.list()'.format(len(file_list))) # <= 10
for file1 in file_list:
print('title: {}, id: {}'.format(file1['title'], file1['id']))
Fsspec filesystem
PyDrive2 provides easy way to work with your files through fsspec_
compatible GDriveFileSystem_.
Install PyDrive2 with the required dependencies
::
$ pip install PyDrive2[fsspec]
.. code:: python
from pydrive2.fs import GDriveFileSystem
# replace `root` with ID of a drive or directory and give service account access to it
fs = GDriveFileSystem("root", client_id=my_id, client_secret=my_secret)
for root, dnames, fnames in fs.walk("root"):
...
.. _GDriveFileSystem: https://docs.iterative.ai/PyDrive2/fsspec/
Concurrent access made easy
All API functions made to be thread-safe.
Contributors
Thanks to all our contributors!
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.. _fsspec: https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/