renowncoder / gdrive_uploader

Google Drive file uploader

Google Drive Uploader

Simple script to upload files on Google Drive.

Description

Script uses predefined Drive APIs Client ID and Client Secret

It takes upload file as command line argument, uploads it and sets permissions that anyone who has download link can download the file.
After file has been uploaded script prints download url.

Requirements

• Python >= 2.6
• google-api-python-client
• python-httplib2

Configuration

• use the wizard to generate client ID and client secret strings (don't download client_secret.json). Choose other for application type.
• edit the script and modify the variables with the generated keys :

CLIENT_ID = 'xxx'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'yyy'

Example

insider@laptop:~/Documents/scripts$ echo 'this is test' > test.txt
insider@laptop:~/Documents/scripts$ ./gdrive_upload.py test.txt 
https://docs.google.com/a/pawned.ru/uc?id=0B3TLzHm0uDyjV3Rvc2o0eklYRG8&export=download
insider@laptop:~/Documents/scripts$ wget -q -O - "https://docs.google.com/a/pawned.ru/uc?id=0B3TLzHm0uDyjV3Rvc2o0eklYRG8&export=download"
this is test