clgdrive

clgdrive is command line interface for google drive.

Currently it only supports:

• Listing files
• Uploading files and folders
• Downloading files and folders
• Sharing a file or folder with multiple users

It lacks a great deal of features that i would like to implement.

Installation

This project uses python 3, not python 2. So make sure to run it with the correct version.

You can start by downloading this repo or clone it into your computer with:

git clone https://github.com/cosmeoes/clgdrive.git 

Generating client secret

To use the google drive api you have to have a client id and client secret.

To generate them, let's follow this edited version of the google quickstart guide:

1. Use this wizard to create or select a project in the Google Developers Console and automatically turn on the API. Click Continue, then Go to credentials.
2. On the Add credentials to your project page, click the Cancel button.
3. At the top of the page, select the OAuth consent screen tab. Select an Email address, enter a Product name if not already set, and click the Save button.
4. Select the Credentials tab, click the Create credentials button and select OAuth client ID.
5. Select the application type Other, enter the name "cldrive", and click the Create button.
6. Click OK to dismiss the resulting dialog.
7. Click the file_download (Download JSON) button to the right of the client ID.
8. Move this file to directory you downloaded or cloned the project and rename it client_secret.json.

Dependencies

This project has the next dependencies:

• google-api-python-client
• python-magic

You can install them with pip by running:

pip install google-api-python-client 
pip install python-magic 

Usage

To run clgdrive, run:

python clgdrive.py 

A browser window will open asking you to log into your google account and give the application permission to manage your drive files. Once that is done a interactive shell will appear.

Commands.

Here is a list of commands you can use:

• cd: changes the current working directory, it takes an optional argument dir.
  • usage: cd [-h] [dir]
    • dir Change the working directory
    • -h, --help show this help message and exit
• ls: list the files in the given directory, if none is given list the files in the current working directory.
  • usage: ls [-h] [dir]
    • dir the directory to list
    • -h, --help show this help message and exit
• push: uploads a file to the current working directory.
  • usage: push [-h] [-r] files [files ...]
    • files the files to upload
    • -h, --help show this help message and exit
    • -r, --recursive upload a directory recursively
• pull: downloads a file from the current working directory.
  • usage: pull [-h] [-d directory] files [files ...]
    • files Files to download
    • -h, --help show this help message and exit
    • -d directory, --directory directory
      Specify where to save the file
    • -r, --recursive upload a directory recursively
• share: shares a file with the people with giving emails.
  • usage: share [-h] files emails [emails ...]
    • files The file to share
    • emails The people you want to share the file with
    • -h, --help show this help message and exit

Creator comments

This tool isn't completed and it lacks a lot of features, also, some of the current ones may fail. Keep that in mind while using it.

With that said, you can use or modify the code in this project in any way you want, but that's implicit by publishing in github.

if you have any comments about the project, you can send me an email to: [email protected] or make an issue.