Send large files from Google Colab to Google Drive.

colab2drive.py

# Which file to send?
file_name = "REPO.tar"

from googleapiclient.http import MediaFileUpload
from googleapiclient.discovery import build

auth.authenticate_user()
drive_service = build('drive', 'v3')

def save_file_to_drive(name, path):
  file_metadata = {'name': name, 'mimeType': 'application/octet-stream'}
  media = MediaFileUpload(path, mimetype='application/octet-stream', resumable=True)
  created = drive_service.files().create(body=file_metadata, media_body=media, fields='id').execute()
  
  return created

save_file_to_drive(file_name, file_name)