A Script to automatically backup Google Share Drives onto an external drive?
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Dustin Tripp
Jun 14, 2021, 1:16:18 PM6/14/21
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Can it be done? It seems the Google API keeps one from making a script to export files from Google Drive. If the former can't be done, does anyone know of a script to automate the downloading of all the files from a drive/folder? Thanks.
Clark Lind
Jun 15, 2021, 8:30:38 AM6/15/21
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Because Drive does not have access to your computer's file system, you have to make the call from your computer using the Drive API. Here is a javascript example using Node:
var fileId = '0BwwA4oUTeiV1UVNwOHItT0xfa2M';
var dest = fs.createWriteStream('/tmp/photo.jpg');
drive.files.get({
fileId: fileId,
alt: 'media'
})
.on('end', function () {
console.log('Done');
})
.on('error', function (err) {
console.log('Error during download', err);
})
.pipe(dest);
That should point you in the right direction and hopefully explain the limitations.
Download a single file:
var fileId = '0BwwA4oUTeiV1UVNwOHItT0xfa2M';
var dest = fs.createWriteStream('/tmp/photo.jpg');
drive.files.get({
fileId: fileId,
alt: 'media'
})
.on('end', function () {
console.log('Done');
})
.on('error', function (err) {
console.log('Error during download', err);
})
.pipe(dest);
That should point you in the right direction and hopefully explain the limitations.
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