gdrsync.py

Simple rsync utility for Google Drive (for uploading only).

Prerequisites

Python 2

Google API libraries do not support Python 3 yet.

Google APIs Client Library for Python

You can install it using easy_install:

$ easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client

or pip:

$ pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

More information here

Installation

You can just copy the directory anywhere and start using it:

$ gdrsync.py -h

You may need to change the first line of gdrsync.py to point to your python 2 executable. For instance, if you are using Arch linux, you should change that line to:

#!/usr/bin/python2

Configuration

Gdrsync.py will read some configuration options from the file .gdrsync.py in the user's home directory, if it exists.

[gdrsync]
clientId = xxxxxxxx
clientSecret = xxxxxxxx
refreshToken = xxxxxxxx

clientId, clientSecret

Client information for API access.

Google places limits on API requests. Therefore, if you are going to make an intensive use of gdrsync.py you should create your own access information to prevent reaching those limits using the shared default access information.

To do so, sign up into Google API console, and create a new Client ID for installed applications in the API access section.

refreshToken

Token for user authentication.

Gdrsync.py will write this option if called using the command line argument -s.

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