How to create a shared drive with Google Drive API (node.js)

Question

I'm trying to make a script that makes a shared drive from the google drive api but right now I'm getting an error inside the createSharedDrive(auth) function where it says

drive.drives.create

as it's saying the 'create' function is undefined. Not sure how to fix it. The google drive api documentation doesn't show the entire script to create a shared drive.

const fs = require('fs');
const readline = require('readline');
const {google} = require('googleapis');
const { uuid } = require('uuidv4');

// If modifying these scopes, delete token.json.
const SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive'];
// The file token.json stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
// created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
// time.
const TOKEN_PATH = 'token.json';

// Load client secrets from a local file.
fs.readFile('credentials.json', (err, content) => {
  if (err) return console.log('Error loading client secret file:', err);
  // Authorize a client with credentials, then call the Google Drive API.
  //authorize(JSON.parse(content), listFiles);
  authorize(JSON.parse(content), createSharedDrive);
});

/**
 * Create an OAuth2 client with the given credentials, and then execute the
 * given callback function.
 * @param {Object} credentials The authorization client credentials.
 * @param {function} callback The callback to call with the authorized client.
 */
function authorize(credentials, callback) {
  const {client_secret, client_id, redirect_uris} = credentials.installed;
  const oAuth2Client = new google.auth.OAuth2(
      client_id, client_secret, redirect_uris[0]);

  // Check if we have previously stored a token.
  fs.readFile(TOKEN_PATH, (err, token) => {
    if (err) return getAccessToken(oAuth2Client, callback);
    oAuth2Client.setCredentials(JSON.parse(token));
    callback(oAuth2Client);
  });
}

/**
 * Get and store new token after prompting for user authorization, and then
 * execute the given callback with the authorized OAuth2 client.
 * @param {google.auth.OAuth2} oAuth2Client The OAuth2 client to get token for.
 * @param {getEventsCallback} callback The callback for the authorized client.
 */
function getAccessToken(oAuth2Client, callback) {
  const authUrl = oAuth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
    access_type: 'offline',
    scope: SCOPES,
  });
  console.log('Authorize this app by visiting this url:', authUrl);
  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
  });
  rl.question('Enter the code from that page here: ', (code) => {
    rl.close();
    oAuth2Client.getToken(code, (err, token) => {
      if (err) return console.error('Error retrieving access token', err);
      oAuth2Client.setCredentials(token);
      // Store the token to disk for later program executions
      fs.writeFile(TOKEN_PATH, JSON.stringify(token), (err) => {
        if (err) return console.error(err);
        console.log('Token stored to', TOKEN_PATH);
      });
      callback(oAuth2Client);
    });
  });
}

function createSharedDrive(auth){
  const drive = google.drive({version: 'v3', auth});
  var driveMetadata = {
  'name': 'Testing Create Shared Drive'
  };
  var requestId = uuid;
  drive.drives.create({
    resource: driveMetadata,
    requestId: requestId,
    fields: 'id'
  }, function (err, drive) {
    if (err) {
      // Handle error
      console.error(err);
    } else {
      console.log('Drive Id: ', drive.id);
    }
  });
}

Answer 1

The create method does not contains any "resource" property. It contains a requestId property and a requestBody property; Therefore, your request should look like this:

function createSharedDrive(auth){
  const drive = google.drive({version: 'v3', auth});
  var driveMetadata = {
      'name': 'Testing Create Shared Drive'
  };
  var requestId = uuid;
  drive.drives.create({
    requestBody: driveMetadata,
    requestId: requestId,
    fields: 'id'
  }, function (err, drive) {
    if (err) {
      // Handle error
      console.error(err);
    } else {
      console.log('Drive Id: ', drive.id);
    }
  });
}