Python function that uses the Google Drive API to search for files across a user's Google Drive

FileSearchGoogleDrive.py

import os
import pickle
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
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.metadata.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 search_files(query):
    creds = authenticate_google_drive()
    service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)
    
    try:
        results = service.files().list(
            q=query,
            fields="nextPageToken, files(id, name)").execute()
        files = results.get('files', [])
        
        if not files:
            print('No files found.')
        else:
            print('Files:')
            for file in files:
                print(f"{file['name']} ({file['id']})")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f'An error occurred: {e}')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    search_query = "Your search query here"  # Replace with your search query
    search_files(search_query)