google-drive-shell

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

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