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Python function that uses the Google Drive API to read documents from Google Drive
import os
import pickle
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.http import MediaIoBaseDownload
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
# If modifying these SCOPES, delete the token.pickle file.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly']
def authenticate_google_drive():
creds = None
# The file token.pickle stores the user's access and refresh tokens,
# and is created automatically when the authorization flow completes
# for the first time.
if os.path.exists('token.pickle'):
with open('token.pickle', 'rb') as token:
creds = pickle.load(token)
# If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
if not creds or not creds.valid:
if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
creds.refresh(Request())
else:
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
'credentials.json', SCOPES)
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
# Save the credentials for the next run
with open('token.pickle', 'wb') as token:
pickle.dump(creds, token)
return creds
def read_google_doc(document_id):
creds = authenticate_google_drive()
service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
try:
request = service.files().export_media(fileId=document_id,
mimeType='application/pdf')
fh = open(f'{document_id}.pdf', 'wb')
downloader = MediaIoBaseDownload(fh, request)
done = False
while done is False:
status, done = downloader.next_chunk()
print(f'Download {int(status.progress() * 100)}%')
fh.close()
print(f'Document downloaded as {document_id}.pdf')
except Exception as e:
print(f'An error occurred: {e}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
document_id = 'YOUR_DOCUMENT_ID'
read_google_doc(document_id)
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