PyDrive Quick Overview - File Management

Here is the sample code for creating a file called "Hello.txt" on Google Drive and add "Hello World!!" as its content using PyDrive.

Create a new file on Google Drive and add its content

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from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth gauth = GoogleAuth() gauth.LocalWebserverAuth() # Creates local webserver and auto handles authentication. from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive # Create GoogleDrive instance with authenticated GoogleAuth instance. drive = GoogleDrive(gauth) # Create GoogleDriveFile instance with title 'Hello.txt'. file1 = drive.CreateFile({'title': 'Hello.txt'}) file1.SetContentString('Hello World!!') file1.Upload() # Upload the file. print('title: %s, id: %s' % (file1['title'], file1['id'])) # title: Hello.txt, id: {{FILE_ID}}

The code above will create a file "Hello.txt" on Google Drive and set its content to "Hello World!!".

Double click on "Hello.txt" to open it.

Reference

File management made easy
https://googledrive.github.io/PyDrive/docs/build/html/filemanagement.html

Note, there is a mistake in the sample given in the above link for upload a new file. The code only creates a file called "Hello.txt", but it doesn't add ‘Hello World!’as its content. To add ‘Hello World!’as its content, follow the code in this post.