Upload files to/from google drive

In order to interact with gdrive we need to

1. Create a project in google cloud platform

2. Create a service account and a

3. Add a principal and grant access with a role that has permission, e.g.: Editor role

4. Enable google Drive Api in our project

5. Create and place the key into uploadFile.py -> SERVICE_ACCOUNT='...'

6. Arguments:

   • file: path to the file to be uploaded e.g.: 'resources/kitty.jpg'

   • name: new name of the file when uploaded e.g.: 'hellokaity.jpg'

   • path: path to target folder to be uploaded.There has to be at least one subfolder and the root shared folder must exist and be correct. e.g.: 'parentfolder/targetfolder or Statistics/MENSUEL MONTHLY/2022/01_2022'

Upload file

python3 GoogleDriveAdapter.py resources/kitty.jpg helloKaitty.jpg kittyhome/kittyharem

Use GdriveAdapter

from GoogleDriveAdapter import GdriveAdapter

gdriveAdapter = GdriveAdapter()
gdriveAdapter.createDirectory(path)
gdriveAdapter.uploadFile(file, name, path)