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Upload a file using oAuth 2.0 google-api in python, credential.json should be saved in the same folder, any update to the scope needed delete the token .pickle from the root folder
from __future__ import print_function
import pickle
import os.path
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
from googleapiclient.http import MediaFileUpload, MediaIoBaseUpload
# If modifying these scopes, delete the file token.pickle.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
def main():
"""Shows basic usage of the Drive v3 API.
upload a file to the google drive using oAuth 2.0
"""
creds = None
# The file token.pickle stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
# created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
# time.
# if os.path.getsize('token.pickle') > 0:
if os.path.exists('token.pickle'):
with open('token.pickle', 'rb') as token:
creds = pickle.load(token)
# If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
if not creds or not creds.valid:
if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
creds.refresh(Request())
else:
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
'credentials.json', SCOPES)
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
# Save the credentials for the next run
with open('token.pickle', 'wb') as token:
pickle.dump(creds, token)
service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
# Call the Drive v3 API
results = service.files().list(
pageSize=20, fields="nextPageToken, files(id, name)").execute()
items = results.get('files', [])
# if not items:
# print('No files found.')
# else:
# print('Files:')
# for item in items:
# print(u'{0} ({1})'.format(item['name'], item['id']))
file_metadata = {'name': 'photo.jpg'}
media = MediaFileUpload('photo.jpg',
mimetype='image/jpeg')
file = service.files().create(body=file_metadata,
media_body=media,
fields='id').execute()
# print 'File ID: %s' % file.get('id')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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