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Tiago Freire
Tiago Freire

Reputation: 33

How can I search the md5 checksum?

I am working with the Python Google Drive SDK for Google App Engine, and I am trying to figure out how to search by the file checksum.

It seems that Google already generates md5 checksums for every file, and I would like to use that as a first check to avoid possible file duplication.

Anyone can lend some help?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1496

Answers (1)

Jay Lee
Jay Lee

Reputation: 13528

Sorry, md5sum is not one of the searchable parameters. Your app will need to retrieve the md5sums via files.list() and index them internally in order to perform such a search. Because the md5sum will change with every modification, this could prove to be pretty time consuming.

If you can offer more details about your full use case, there may be a better way to achieve your goals.

Upvotes: 4

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