How to upload a file to google drive?

Question

I would like to just upload files to google drive from the command line. I don't care about synchronisation. I just want to upload things to google drive and if they exist they get replaced if not they are created.

I know grive exists but that syncs everything from google drive to the folder you use which isn't what I want.

I was wondering if there is a solution to this, through scp or something similar?

thanks

scp and rsync use ssh. AFAIK Google Drive doesn't offer ssh. rsync can also connect to a rsync daemon, but I doubt Google Drive offers that as well. AFAIK they don't even offer FTP, so probably the only way is creating a script using cURL. — Alex, Apr 20 '14 at 19:03
which kind of "hacks" it's way through the browser interface? — evan54, Apr 20 '14 at 19:04
I just do ./gdrive-linux-x64 upload yourfile.rar. And Then yourfile.rar will be uploaded to your gdrive home folder — Oki Erie Rinaldi, Jun 17 '17 at 07:08
The service Couchdrop.io acts as middleman and is free up to 1GB — brasofilo, Dec 31 '18 at 05:38

WinEunuuchs2Unix · Answer 1 · 2024-03-05T01:15:26.150

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There is a good tutorial: Google Drive File Upload Using The Terminal.

To summarize the link:

If not already installed, install curl
create Google security certificate
test from command line
create Python script to automate

edited Mar 05 '24 at 01:15

answered May 06 '21 at 21:54

WinEunuuchs2Unix

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Unfortunately that tutorial is now behind a paywall and cannot be easily referenced – ohshazbot Mar 04 '24 at 17:24
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@ohshazbot No problem. I changed to a different link. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Mar 05 '24 at 01:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '21 at 08:11

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rclone is a good answer to your question. Configuration and usage is detailed in rclone web site. By using rclone you can easily switch to other supported cloud providers described in rclone home page.

answered May 07 '21 at 08:11

FedKad

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 27 '14 at 21:22

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send the file to your gmail account as attachment and from there you can save it to google drive directly.

uuencode file.txt file.txt | mail your_email@gmail.com

I know this is not direct to gdrive, but as there is no other options available I use this easy approach.

answered Aug 27 '14 at 21:22

JKar

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Nice trick, pity that's not exactly what's being asked. I need to send a big file and email attachments are restricted to 25MB – brasofilo Dec 31 '18 at 05:35
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No way that can be called an "easy" approach. – raj May 06 '21 at 22:00

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 07 '21 at 08:03

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If you're logged into gdrive in the system (in ubuntu settings) - just enter into the root and paste to the directory: /run/user/1000/gvfs/google-drive:host=gmail.com,user=(first_part_of_your_mail_here)

If you didn't log in - you need to mess up with networking tools.

edited May 07 '21 at 08:03

ThunderBird

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answered May 06 '21 at 22:11

hacknorris

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How to upload a file to google drive?

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