Python script to upload folder to Google Drive

gdrive_upload_folder.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
    Upload folder to Google Drive
"""

# Enable Python3 compatibility
from __future__ import (unicode_literals, absolute_import, print_function,
                        division)

# Import Google libraries
from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
from pydrive.files import GoogleDriveFileList
import googleapiclient.errors

# Import general libraries
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from os import chdir, listdir, stat
from sys import exit
import ast


def parse_args():
    """ 
		Parse arguments
	"""

    parser = ArgumentParser(
        description="Upload local folder to Google Drive")
    parser.add_argument('-s', '--source', type=str, 
						help='Folder to upload')
    parser.add_argument('-d', '--destination', type=str, 
						help='Destination Folder in Google Drive')
    parser.add_argument('-p', '--parent', type=str, 
						help='Parent Folder in Google Drive')

    return parser.parse_args()


def authenticate():
    """ 
		Authenticate to Google API
	"""

    gauth = GoogleAuth()

    return GoogleDrive(gauth)


def get_folder_id(drive, parent_folder_id, folder_name):
    """ 
		Check if destination folder exists and return it's ID
	"""

    # Auto-iterate through all files in the parent folder.
    file_list = GoogleDriveFileList()
    try:
        file_list = drive.ListFile(
			{'q': "'{0}' in parents and trashed=false".format(parent_folder_id)}
		).GetList()
	# Exit if the parent folder doesn't exist
    except googleapiclient.errors.HttpError as err:
		# Parse error message
        message = ast.literal_eval(err.content)['error']['message']
        if message == 'File not found: ':
            print(message + folder_name)
            exit(1)
		# Exit with stacktrace in case of other error
        else:
            raise

	# Find the the destination folder in the parent folder's files
    for file1 in file_list:
        if file1['title'] == folder_name:
            print('title: %s, id: %s' % (file1['title'], file1['id']))
            return file1['id']


def create_folder(drive, folder_name, parent_folder_id):
    """ 
		Create folder on Google Drive
	"""
    
	folder_metadata = {
        'title': folder_name,
        # Define the file type as folder
        'mimeType': 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder',
		# ID of the parent folder        
		'parents': [{"kind": "drive#fileLink", "id": parent_folder_id}]
    }

    folder = drive.CreateFile(folder_metadata)
    folder.Upload()

    # Return folder informations
    print('title: %s, id: %s' % (folder['title'], folder['id])
    return folder[(id']


def upload_files(drive, folder_id, src_folder_name):
    """ 
		Upload files in the local folder to Google Drive 
	"""

	# Enter the source folder
    try:
        chdir(src_folder_name)
	# Print error if source folder doesn't exist
    except OSError:
        print(src_folder_name + 'is missing')
	# Auto-iterate through all files in the folder.
    for file1 in listdir('.'):
		# Check the file's size
        statinfo = stat(file1)
        if statinfo.st_size > 0:
            print('uploading ' + file1)
            # Upload file to folder.
            f = drive.CreateFile(
                {"parents": [{"kind": "drive#fileLink", "id": folder_id}]})
            f.SetContentFile(file1)
            f.Upload()
		# Skip the file if it's empty
        else:
            print('file {0} is empty'.format(file1))


def main():
    """ 
		Main
	"""
    args = parse_args()

    src_folder_name = args.source
    dst_folder_name = args.destination
    parent_folder_name = args.parent

	# Authenticate to Google API
	drive = authenticate()
	# Get parent folder ID
    parent_folder_id = get_folder_id(drive, 'root', parent_folder_name)
	# Get destination folder ID
    folder_id = get_folder_id(drive, parent_folder_id, dst_folder_name)
	# Create the folder if it doesn't exists
    if not folder_id:
        print('creating folder ' + dst_folder_name)
        folder_id = create_folder(drive, dst_folder_name, parent_folder_id)
    else:
        print('folder {0} already exists'.format(dst_folder_name))

	# Upload the files    
	upload_files(drive, folder_id, src_folder_name)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

requirements.txt

google-api-python-client
PyDrive

settings.yaml

client_config_backend: file
client_config_file: client_secrets.json

save_credentials: True
save_credentials_backend: file
save_credentials_file: credentials.txt

get_refresh_token: True
oauth_scope:
  - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
  - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.install

Have you run this before uploading? There are a number of small errors that seem as though the code was not run before using. For example:
print('title: %s, id: %s' % (folder['title'], folder['id])
is missing the string ending, which also occurs in another spot. There is also an indentation error in create_folder().

I don't know if the people who have starred this fixed it on their own but I would recommend someone comment on the lack of operation in case someone is looking for a quick solution and stops here.

Hi @Ryandry1st,
This code was created more than 3 years ago for a one shot need and I didn't used since.
So I don't know if it's still working or if the working version was this one.

No problem, I just figured I would mention it, otherwise someone looking for a quick script would be confused why it didn't seem to work. This was the number one link on google for me when I looked into google drive folder uploading with python, so it is still getting views!

Hi there,

Thank you @jmlrt for this snippet, it saved me time. For those coming across this gist (as mentioned above, this is the first result on google) that would like to upload subfolders as well, I tweaked a bit the code so that it reproduces recursively the same folder hierarchy on the drive: https://gist.github.com/Amiel-Kurtis/7415bc29cd2258635f98e55bbf17d81b

Nicely done.
Don't forget to add param={'supportsTeamDrives': True} as argument when dealing with shared drives.

e.g.,
Upload(param={'supportsTeamDrives': True})