google_drive_sync_update_checker.py

google_drive_sync_update_checker.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import requests
import uuid

params = {'cup2hreq': 'foo', 'cup2key': 'bar'}

platform = 'mac'
os_version = '10.12'

xml = """
<request protocol="3.0" requestid="{%s}"> 
        <os platform="%s" version="%s" />
        <app appid="com.google.GoogleDrive" lang="en-us">
                <updatecheck />
        </app>
</request>
""" % (str(uuid.uuid1()), platform, os_version)

r = requests.post('https://tools.google.com/service/update2', params=params, data=xml)

root = ET.fromstring(r.text)

dmg_url_list = []
version_list = []

for tag in root.iter('url'):
    dmg_url_list.append(tag.attrib['codebase'])
    break

for tag in root.iter('manifest'):
    version_list.append(tag.attrib['version'])

for tag in root.iter('package'):
    dmg_url_list.append(tag.attrib['name'])

dmg_url = ''.join(dmg_url_list)
version = ''.join(version_list)
print dmg_url
print version

Original good bits taken from: https://gist.github.com/bruienne/1c8f7dd37cdf4f2ff544ee3a7b163fbf