Google Drive API, uploading file [Python]

Question

I'm use API for upload my backup from server to my google drive. Authorization passed without problems and file is uploaded, but the file does not appear in the list. Code:

import httplib2
import pprint
from apiclient.discovery import build
from oauth2client.client import SignedJwtAssertionCredentials
from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload

f = file('privatekey.p12', 'rb')
key = f.read()
f.close()

credentials = SignedJwtAssertionCredentials('[email protected]', key, scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive')
http = httplib2.Http()
http = credentials.authorize(http)

drive_service = build('drive', 'v2', http=http)

media_body = MediaFileUpload('/path/to/file/document.txt', mimetype='text/plain', resumable=True)
body = {
    'title': 'My document',
    'description': 'A test document',
    'mimeType': 'text/plain'
}


file = drive_service.files().insert(body=body, media_body=media_body).execute()
pprint.pprint(file)

Response from api:

{u'alternateLink': u'https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc/edit?usp=drivesdk',
 u'appDataContents': False,
 u'copyable': True,
 u'createdDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.108Z',
 u'description': u'A test document',
 u'downloadUrl': u'https://doc-0c-6s-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/376up7hhina7i2kr3lb8jjr3i1qgs9i8/hbgdu1q3abhdnhdr75jrpjohg4aphvci/1388844000000/08619299632362135867/08619299632362135867/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc?h=16653014193614665626&e=download&gd=true',
 u'editable': True,
 u'etag': u'"G9loKy74Mg0FQ-YRqtCj_yTTrpg/MTM4ODg0NjQ3OTAwMw"',
 u'fileExtension': u'',
 u'fileSize': u'5',
 u'iconLink': u'https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_text_list.png',
 u'id': u'0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc',
 u'kind': u'drive#file',
 u'labels': {u'hidden': False,
             u'restricted': False,
             u'starred': False,
             u'trashed': False,
             u'viewed': True},
 u'lastModifyingUser': {u'displayName': u'[email protected]',
                        u'isAuthenticatedUser': True,
                        u'kind': u'drive#user',
                        u'permissionId': u'08619299632362135867'},
 u'lastModifyingUserName': u'[email protected]',
 u'lastViewedByMeDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.003Z',
 u'md5Checksum': u'ad0234829205b9033196ba818f7a872b',
 u'mimeType': u'text/plain',
 u'modifiedByMeDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.003Z',
 u'modifiedDate': u'2014-01-04T14:41:19.003Z',
 u'originalFilename': u'My document',
 u'ownerNames': [u'[email protected]'],
 u'owners': [{u'displayName': u'[email protected]',
              u'isAuthenticatedUser': True,
              u'kind': u'drive#user',
              u'permissionId': u'08619299632362135867'}],
 u'parents': [{u'id': u'0AOFWSwzP0SeyUk9PVA',
               u'isRoot': True,
               u'kind': u'drive#parentReference',
               u'parentLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0AOFWSwzP0SeyUk9PVA',
               u'selfLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc/parents/0AOFWSwzP0SeyUk9PVA'}],
 u'quotaBytesUsed': u'5',
 u'selfLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc',
 u'shared': False,
 u'title': u'My document',
 u'userPermission': {u'etag': u'"G9loKy74Mg0FQ-YRqtCj_yTTrpg/ebrUqOkKZ6bmVEtr5zEJa5EOB38"',
                     u'id': u'me',
                     u'kind': u'drive#permission',
                     u'role': u'owner',
                     u'selfLink': u'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc/permissions/me',
                     u'type': u'user'},
 u'webContentLink': u'https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-FWSwzP0SeyamY1MXFIMmFDZWc&export=download',
 u'writersCanShare': True}

You say the file is uploaded, you mean that you see it in Drive using a browser? I ask, because I don't know what you mean by "does not appear in the list". Which list? Moreover, as I answered to another person, why don't you use PyDrive? — Nil
– Nil, Commented Jan 12, 2014 at 21:29
No, i'm doesn't see file in google drive using a browser. But API returns 'ok response' with link to file, and this file not available. — vladpalchikov
– vladpalchikov, Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 10:02
Ok, I can't help you with this specific problem, but I still suggest you use, or at least try, PyDrive. I'm pretty sure it will solve your problem. — Nil
– Nil, Commented Jan 15, 2014 at 18:56
You are using a Service Account, so the file is in the drive of this account. If you want to be able to see it, you should give writer/reader permission to your user and then it will appear in your "Shared with me" drive folder — Ruben Bermudez
– Ruben Bermudez, Commented Mar 3, 2014 at 2:10
hi this code is work fine for me. Just passed fourth parameter user_email(For the person in which drive we want to upload file) in SignedJwtAssertionCredentials. — Poonam Gokani
– Poonam Gokani, Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 6:18

Mateen Kadwaikar · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-22 03:34:04Z

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Just search for My document in your google drive , you will find this uploaded files

answered Apr 22, 2015 at 3:34

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Unheilig · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-20 00:39:32Z

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In Drive v3, we could upload using the create function:

A = service.files().create(media_body = 'pig.png',body = {'name':'pig'}).execute()

Although I have tried and this only works for media file types.

API link:

https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/drive/v3/python/latest/drive_v3.files.html

edited Dec 20, 2016 at 0:39

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answered Dec 20, 2016 at 0:18

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