Google "Desktop" App Python Script to Delete Specific Files from Google Drive Trash

clear-google-drive-trash.py

from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
import os
import pickle

# If modifying these SCOPES, delete the file token.pickle.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']

def main():
    """Shows basic usage of the Drive v3 API.
    """
    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)
            auth_url, _ = flow.authorization_url(
                'https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth')
            print('Please go to this URL and authorize the application: ' + auth_url)
            auth_code = input('Enter the authorization code: ')
            flow.fetch_token(code=auth_code)
            creds = flow.credentials
        # Save the credentials for the next run
        with open('token.pickle', 'wb') as token:
            pickle.dump(creds, token)

    try:
        service = build('drive', 'v3', credentials=creds)

        # Call the Drive v3 API to list all files in the trash
        results = service.files().list(q='trashed = true').execute()
        items = results.get('files', [])

        # Iterate over all files
        for item in items:
            # If the file's name starts with "signal", delete it
            if item['name'].startswith('signal'):
                service.files().delete(fileId=item['id']).execute()
                print(f'Deleted file: {item["name"]} (ID: {item["id"]})')

    except HttpError as error:
        print(f'An error occurred: {error}')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()