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pythongoogle-drive-api
ev350
ev350

Reputation: 439

Drive API v3 - Copy with Parents

When I'm trying to copy a Docs file from a template I have, I set the parents in the request body like so:

dummy_id = '17OGNsO6prLwjtaeVbfgQv41ogtrAawDqvPUOSm4B9bk'
target_folder_id = '0ALbScsczry1nUi9PVA'

file_metadata = {
    'name': 'Test Project Quote',
    'parents': [{'id': target_folder_id}]  # This is where you set the target folder
}
test_file = self.drive_service.files().copy(fileId=dummy_id,
                                            body=file_metadata,
                                            supportsAllDrives=True,  # TODO this is deprecated
                                            fields='id,parents').execute()

However, it doesn't seem to create the copy in this folder but just performs the default operation of creating the copy in the same drive as the original - it inherits the parents. The odd thing is that this did seem to work once, but not every time. Is there something obviously wrong with the above? (I jumbled up the IDs)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 398

Answers (1)

ziganotschka
ziganotschka

Reputation: 26836

Replace

'parents': [{'id': target_folder_id}]

by

'parents': [target_folder_id]

The variable parents expects simply an array of 1 or more parent ids (comma separated), not a key - value object.

Upvotes: 2

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