Google Drive SDK: Writing your first Drive app in Python
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it as a starting walkthrough for Google Drive API authentication and file upload in Python, and cite specific moments like how the service object is built.
Recommended by 5 people across 5 different months, 2012 to 2015.
What it is
A 2012 Google Developers Live session in which Google engineers build a complete command-line Python application that uses the Google Drive API to upload a file to a user's Drive account. It covers OAuth setup, building the API service object, and the files insert call.
What people said
Recommends user1460925 · 2012-11 · Stack Overflow · on “Google Drive SDK Python Quickstart Sample”
When I see this tutorial and try to run the test code Google Drive SDK Python Quickstart Sample Video: [this video] Code: [LINK] I got an error, it is saying "ValueError: The value of redirect_uri must not be None" I googled, can't fix this problem. What should I fix? Thank you!!!
Recommends Suku · 2012-12 · Stack Overflow · on “Uploaded file to Google Docs”
Google Drive SDK - Writing your first Drive app in Python : [this video] Documentation : [LINK] Uploading files without human interaction, once credentials generated : [LINK]
Recommends Nafiul Islam · 2013-10 · Stack Overflow · on “Integrate Google drive with an stand alone desktop application”
Yes you can. But since you haven't told us what you want to do, its going to be difficult giving you details. You can get started with this video [this video] made by google developers.
Recommends Alan Wells · 2014-01 · Stack Overflow · on “Files:insert - Google Drive SDK - Python Example - What is Drive API service instance?”
The service is the API service that you want to instantiate. There are lots of services. An app can communicate with Google Maps, or Google tasks, or email, or Drive. Google API's for Python [LINK] So, the service is the API service . Build instantiates the API service. This is from the video, minute 12:46. [this video] I found something about Parent Folders in the documentation. Google Drive API [LINK] The Google Drive API has a files:insert API. The files:insert API makes a request with various parameters. There is, what is called, the Request body which has it's own parameters. One of the parameters for the Request Body is parents[] . It is an optional parameter. For insert , if the parents[]
Recommends Endzior · 2015-06 · Stack Overflow · on “Auto upload files to Google Drive using python script”
link [this video] this video describes how to generate a client ID for your program, so that you don't need to click Accept
Cites nosek · 2014-02 · Stack Overflow · on “Access keys for client side api”
It strictly depends on whether you want to create: a general purpose tool, allowing different users to download/manage their Google Drive files (in particular, a web-based tool) - goto [this video] an automated tool with the usage restricted to you / your server only, that is going to deal with a specific Google account - goto [LINK]