Package: google-api-v3-helper
google_api_v3_helper- Automate your google drive process easilyDetailed usage documentation is still in progress
The objective of this package is to help python developper to use some of the Google Drive API v3 easily.
As of now, 5 functions are available. This package is embedding very nicely with Google API libraries.This is how you can install it on your machine:pip install google_api_v3_helperAll of the functionnalities of google_api_helper require you to build the the service class using google ServiceAccountCredentials.
For instance, you can use the ServiceAccountCredentials from json keyfile name as such:from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials

def get_service():
    scopes = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'
              , 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file']
    
    key_file_location = 'pathtokeyfile.json'

    creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(key_file_location, scopes=scopes)

    service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
    print('connection OK')
    return service

service = get_service()Once set, you can use our library and get, for instance, the folder tree of a specific file as such:from google_api_v3_helper import find_google_fileid_tree
fileId = 'XXXXXXXXXXX' #id of the file you wish to get the folder tree for.
tree = find_google_fileid_tree(service, fileId)List of the functions available [last update: 5/14/2020]:get_google_folder_id(service, folder_name)Get folder id of a folder in Google DriveArguments:
service: in order to use any of this library, the user needs to first build the service class using google ServiceAccountCredentials.
folder_name: name of the folder you wish to get the ID of.get_google_folders_in_folder(service, folder_id)Get a list of folders in a folder in Google DriveArguments:
service: in order to use any of this library, the user needs to first build the service class using google ServiceAccountCredentials.
folder_id: id of the folder you wish to get the folders list of.get_google_files_in_folder(service, folder_id)Get a list of files and folders in a folder in Google DriveArguments:
service: in order to use any of this library, the user needs to first build the service class using google ServiceAccountCredentials.
folder_id: id of the folder you wish to get the folders list of.uplaod_google_file(service, MediaFileUpload, parent_id, file_name)Upload a file in a folder in Google DriveArguments:
service: in order to use any of this library, the user needs to first build the service class using google ServiceAccountCredentials.
MediaFileUpload: function of oauth2client.service_account. seewww.pypi.comfor a full example.
parent_id: id of the folder you wish to get the folders list of.
file_name: local path to the file. If the file is in the same folder as your script, then you should only enter here the name of your file.find_google_fileid_tree(service, fileId)Find the folder tree of a fileArguments:
service: in order to use any of this library, the user needs to first build the service class using google ServiceAccountCredentials.
fileId: id of the file you wish to get the tree for.