Download and upload files to/from google drive from /to google colab using pydrive

googleColab_drive.ipynb

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      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "!pip install -U -q PyDrive\n",
        "from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth\n",
        "from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive\n",
        "from google.colab import auth\n",
        "from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials\n",
        "\n",
        "# Authenticate and create the PyDrive client.\n",
        "auth.authenticate_user()\n",
        "gauth = GoogleAuth()\n",
        "gauth.credentials = GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()\n",
        "drive = GoogleDrive(gauth)"
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      "source": [
        "# To upload a file to google drive :"
      ]
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      "source": [
        "# Save the file.csv to drive\n",
        "\n",
        "# Create a file named TargetFileNameInDrive.csv in your drive account\n",
        "uploaded = drive.CreateFile({'title': 'TargetFileNameInDrive.csv'})\n",
        "\n",
        "# Name of the file in colab notebook's \"current files\"\n",
        "uploaded.SetContentFile('file.csv')\n",
        "\n",
        "# Initiate the upload\n",
        "uploaded.Upload()\n",
        "\n",
        "# Will show the file ID on successful upload to drive.\n",
        "print('Uploaded file with ID {}'.format(uploaded.get('id')))"
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      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "source": [
        "# To download a file from google drive :"
      ]
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      },
      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "downloaded = drive.CreateFile({'id': '<id_of_your_file_in_google_drive>'})\n",
        "downloaded.GetContentFile('file.csv') # Download file to colab as 'file.csv'"
      ],
      "execution_count": 0,
      "outputs": []
    }
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}

Thanks! Much needed.