google colab drive code example

Example 1: colab mount drive

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/drive')

#Optional: move to the desired location:
%cd drive/My Drive/DIRECTORY_IN_YOUR_DRIVE

Example 2: mounting google drive in colab

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount("/content/gdrive")

Example 3: python google drive

''' 
1) pip3 install pydrive
2) https://pythonhosted.org/PyDrive/quickstart.html
	check autentication and follow istruction in above site
3) Run code for first autentication
'''
from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth

gauth = GoogleAuth()
gauth.LocalWebserverAuth()
'''
4) select account and give permissions
5) now you're ready
'''
from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive

gauth = GoogleAuth()
#gauth.LocalWebserverAuth() # Creates local webserver and auto handles authentication.

drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)

file1 = drive.CreateFile({'title': 'file_name.extention'})  # Create GoogleDriveFile instance with title 'Hello.txt'.
file1.SetContentFile('file_path') # Set content of the file from given string.
#file.SetContentString('string to put inside file') 
file1.Upload()

Example 4: google colab upload a file

from google.colab import files
files.upload()