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pythongoogle-apigoogle-drive-api
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Reputation: 63

Is it possible to list files in a specified directory in Google Drive, using google drive api?

For example, in my Google Drive, I have a directory called raw_pdf, is it possible to list all the files in that directory using Google Drive API?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 74

Answers (1)

Linda Lawton - DaImTo
Linda Lawton - DaImTo

Reputation: 116869

Using the Q paramater which is part of files.list allows you to do a Files search

parents in Whether the parents collection contains the specified ID.

by sending something like

parents in 1234

where 1234 is equal to the file id of your raw_pdf directory

I recommend following the official Python quick start example which shows how to authenticate your application and how to use file.list you will just need to then add the q parameter to the request.

from __future__ import print_function
import pickle
import os.path
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request

# If modifying these scopes, delete the file token.pickle.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly']

def main():
    """Shows basic usage of the Drive v3 API.
    Prints the names and ids of the first 10 files the user has access to.
    """
    creds = None
    # The file token.pickle stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
    # created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
    # time.
    if os.path.exists('token.pickle'):
        with open('token.pickle', 'rb') as token:
            creds = pickle.load(token)
    # If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
    if not creds or not creds.valid:
        if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
            creds.refresh(Request())
        else:
            flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
                'credentials.json', SCOPES)
            creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
        # Save the credentials for the next run
        with open('token.pickle', 'wb') as token:
            pickle.dump(creds, token)

    service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)

    # Call the Drive v3 API
    results = service.files().list(
        pageSize=10, fields="nextPageToken, files(id, name)").execute()
    items = results.get('files', [])

    if not items:
        print('No files found.')
    else:
        print('Files:')
        for item in items:
            print(u'{0} ({1})'.format(item['name'], item['id']))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Upvotes: 1

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