Zero byte file upload to Drive v3 using Python

[Steve Hubbard]

I am able to use apiclient.http.MediaFileUpload in combination with service.files().create() to upload files to my drive in Python. However, if the file I am trying to create is zero bytes I get a HttpError 400 when requesting https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable&alt=json returned "Bad Request" response.

I can't find anything in the documentation (or anywhere on the web in general) that mentions zero byte file creation through the API. Am I missing something? I am able to drag the zero byte file into Google Drive through the webpage and it uploads ok.

Here is a stripped down chunk of my code:

mimeType = mime.from_file(filePath)

media = apiclient.http.MediaFileUpload(

    filePath,

    mimetype=mimeType,

    chunksize=4194304,

    resumable=True

)

bodyDict = {

    'name': fileName,

    'parents': [fileParentID]

}

request = service.files().create(

    media_body=media,

    body=bodyDict

)

status, response = request.next_chunk()

Thanks