Google Drive API : Copy or move a single file to new folder. If you find this useful, as a 👍, give this gist a ⭐️

gdrive_copy_file_to_folder.py

def copy_file_to_folder(file_id, new_folder_id, move=False):
    # acquiring credentials
    # for credential function, please refer to: https://gist.github.com/kmonsoor/d89c930a8df3060106c04648dc6058b0
    try:
        drive_service = discovery.build('drive', 'v3', credentials = get_credential_service_account())
    except Exception as e:
        print("File copy/move failed due to failed acquire credentials")
        raise
    
    if move:
        print("Executing 'Move' request")
        try:
            # Retrieve the existing parents to remove
            fetch_res = drive_service.files().get(fileId=file_id, fields='parents').execute();
            previous_parents = ",".join(fetch_res.get('parents'))
            # Move the file to the new folder
            move_res = drive_service.files().update(fileId=file_id, addParents=new_folder_id, removeParents=previous_parents, fields='id, parents').execute()
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            raise
    else:
        print("Executing 'Copy' request");
        try:
            move_res = drive_service.files().update(fileId=file_id, addParents=new_folder_id, fields='id, parents').execute()
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            raise