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Omid Khalaf Beigi
Omid Khalaf Beigi

Reputation: 196

Google Colab drive mount (with underscore) is not working

Until yesterday (20 Jan) I could connect to another google drive account (using drive._mount), but when I tried this today, google colab showed me this error:

from google.colab import drive
drive._mount('/content/drive/')

    /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/google/colab/drive.py in _mount(mountpoint, force_remount, timeout_ms, use_metadata_server, ephemeral)
    294       wrote_to_fifo = True
    295     elif case == 5 and not use_metadata_server:
--> 296       raise ValueError('mount failed: invalid oauth code')
    297     elif case == 6:
    298       # Terminate the DriveFS binary before killing bash.

ValueError: mount failed: invalid oauth code

Strange thing is that error tells me "invalid oauth code", but not let me connect to google page and copy the code!

And I set use_metadata_server=True but this time, new error appeares:

    from google.colab import drive
    drive._mount('/content/drive/', use_metadata_server=True)
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-42a561ce7057> in <module>()
      1 from google.colab import drive
----> 2 drive._mount('/content/drive/', use_metadata_server=True)

/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/google/colab/drive.py in _mount(mountpoint, force_remount, timeout_ms, use_metadata_server, ephemeral)
    285             ': timeout during initial read of root folder; for more info: '
    286             'https://research.google.com/colaboratory/faq.html#drive-timeout')
--> 287       raise ValueError('mount failed' + extra_reason)
    288     elif case == 2:
    289       # Not already authorized, so do the authorization dance.

ValueError: mount failed

Also I used drive.mount but showed pop-up and ask me to enter another account credentials. When I enter it, this error appears:

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/drive/')

MessageError                              Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-91874b305a32> in <module>()
      1 from google.colab import drive
----> 2 drive.mount('/content/drive/')

3 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/google/colab/_message.py in read_reply_from_input(message_id, timeout_sec)
    104         reply.get('colab_msg_id') == message_id):
    105       if 'error' in reply:
--> 106         raise MessageError(reply['error'])
    107       return reply.get('data', None)
    108 

MessageError: Error: credential propagation was unsuccessful

I think this is new policy. Is there an solution?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 22823

Answers (8)

Mobina Saffary
Mobina Saffary

Reputation: 31

A very simple solution worked for me hope it helps you:

  1. simply change the dir to mount drive (example ==> drive to gdrive)

  2. use force_remount property:

    drive.mount('/content/gdrive', force_remount=True)

Upvotes: 0

shahzad
shahzad

Reputation: 1

By selecting all the features that Google Drive for desktop can access, it will work.

Upvotes: 0

Omair Munir
Omair Munir

Reputation: 143

Like it or not for now we can not mount another drive from colab. So forget drive._mount as it is not working (._mount)

SO the only solution that is working is to copy your folder from your other drive to your current drive (The account you are login in to in the colab) and use drive.mount (and not drive._mount)

OR

just login into colab with your account that has the folder/directory you want to mount to in your drive

Upvotes: 0

CoolButNubeBioinformatician
CoolButNubeBioinformatician

Reputation: 399

As @user1086010 mentioned this feature has been removed. I am using "gdrive" package instead. Run the following notebook code block for installing gdrive packhage

import os

com_wget = "sudo wget " +"https://github.com/prasmussen/gdrive/releases/download/2.1.1/gdrive_2.1.1_linux_386.tar.gz"
com_unzip = "sudo tar -xzf gdrive_2.1.1_linux_386.tar.gz"
com_permission = "sudo chmod +x gdrive"
com_install_executor = "sudo install gdrive /usr/local/bin/gdrive"

os.system(com_wget)
os.system(com_unzip)
os.system(com_permission)
os.system(com_install_executor)

then connect your drive with "gdrive list":

!sudo gdrive list

You can download your files with:

!gdrive download <gdrive_file_id>

you can upload with:

!gdrive upload <path_to_file>

or for directory:

!gdrive upload -r <path_to_dir>

You can upload a file to a specific gdrive folder using:

!gdrive upload --parent <gdrive_folder_id> <path_to_file>

For removing the authentication token run the following command:

!rm -rf ~/.gdrive/token_*.json

Check this link for reference use cases and documentation of the package: gdrive package link

Upvotes: 3

Programmer PEPE
Programmer PEPE

Reputation: 1

I can't upload or download files from my gdrive to my colab (same account, worked 48 hours ago).

Underscore or not.

Yes, if you share a file to anyone on the internet and use !gdown you can load a file from your gdrive to colab but good luck saving it on your gdrive after.

Pydrive only lets you upload tiny kiddie files.

You had never guessed the world's biggest IT company could be behind his kindergarden show.

Sad that they are too big to fail. They got no real competition.

Upvotes: 0

user1086010
user1086010

Reputation: 697

this feature has been removed, you can now only mount a google drive from the same account of your notebook. https://github.com/googlecolab/colabtools/issues/2562#issuecomment-1017869732

Upvotes: 9

Cristina Bustos
Cristina Bustos

Reputation: 141

for the moment the only solution that is working right now isrom this similar question but two months ago:

!apt-get install -y -qq software-properties-common python-software-properties module-init-tools
!add-apt-repository -y ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa 2>&1 > /dev/null
!apt-get update -qq 2>&1 > /dev/null
!apt-get -y install -qq google-drive-ocamlfuse fuse
from google.colab import auth
auth.authenticate_user()
from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials
creds = GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()
import getpass
!google-drive-ocamlfuse -headless -id={creds.client_id} -secret={creds.client_secret} < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep URL
vcode = getpass.getpass()
!echo {vcode} | google-drive-ocamlfuse -headless -id={creds.client_id} -secret={creds.client_secret}
%cd /content
!mkdir drive
%cd drive
!mkdir MyDrive
%cd ..
%cd ..
!google-drive-ocamlfuse /content/drive/MyDrive

Let's hope for the normal way drive.mount to be fixed soon!

Upvotes: 7

Omid Khalaf Beigi
Omid Khalaf Beigi

Reputation: 196

Alright, until this problem get solved, I did this trick for my project:
I shared which files I need (like datasets) with my other accounts. For this, you should:

  1. Go to your google drive (where your file is stored) then right-click on it and choose "Share"
  2. Click on "Change to anyone with the link"
  3. Copy link and open it in new window
  4. In top-right side, click on your google accounts list and select which one you need
  5. At the opened window, in top-right side click on "Add shortcut to Drive" and choose location where you want to save file in it
  6. Your file now is accessible in account you did choose

Upvotes: 1

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