Uploading Files From Local To Google Drive by Python without Quickstart

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This is a sample script for uploading files from local PC to Google Drive using Python. In this sample, Quickstart is not used. So when you use this script, please retrieve access token.

Curl sample :

curl -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ### access token ###" \
    -F "metadata={name : 'sample.png', parents: ['### folder ID ###']};type=application/json;charset=UTF-8" \
    -F "file=@sample.png;type=image/png" \
    "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart"

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Python sample :

When above curl sample is converted to Python, it becomes as follows.

import json
import requests
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer ### access token ###"}
para = {
    "name": "sample.png",
    "parents": ["### folder ID ###"]
}
files = {
    'data': ('metadata', json.dumps(para), 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'),
    'file': open("./sample.png", "rb")
}
r = requests.post(
    "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart",
    headers=headers,
    files=files
)
print(r.text)

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