Use Google Drive from the command line

Install NodeJs and npm to use this package.

Installation

Install globally from npm:

npm install google-drive-shell -g

Prerequesits

Create an application on Google Drive to get the credentials.json that needs to be sent with each request.

[https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/nodejs#step_1_turn_on_the](Access Google Api Authorization)

Click Enable the Drive Api button to create an application and download your credentials.

Usage

Currently the following three commands are available (all on the root location):

• Upload a file
• Download a file
• List files

Upload a file

google-drive-shell upload testupload.txt -c mycredentials.json

Help:

Usage: upload [options] <file>

Options:

  -c, --credentials <credentials.json>  set credentials file path. defaults to "credentials.json"
  -t, --upload-type <type>              set upload type. defaults to "resumable"
  --token-code <code>                   set token code needed to authorize the app
  -h, --help                            output usage information

Download a file

google-drive-shell download 1SZZy40xTPPMJG1pMl3ikpULVg5VKE5rq -c mycredentials.json -d testupload.txt

Help:

Usage: download [options] <id>

Options:

  -d, --dest <file>                     set destination file (required)
  -c, --credentials <credentials.json>  set credentials file path. defaults to "credentials.json"
  -t, --upload-type <type>              set upload type. defaults to "resumable"
  --token-code <code>                   set token code needed to authorize the app
  -h, --help                            output usage information

List files

google-drive-shell list -c mycredentials.json

Help:

Usage: list [options]

Options:

  -o, --order-by <orderBy>              set order of files. defaults to "modifiedTime"
  -c, --credentials <credentials.json>  set credentials file path. defaults to "credentials.json"
  --token-code <code>                   set token code needed to authorize the app
  -h, --help                            output usage information