Node.js File Upload to Google Drive: A Beginner's Tutorial

[@narg3931]

Trying this out for our project! Where can I get the value for the "parents" as shown on timestamp 6:30 ?

[@DaimtoAps]

Check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TIpqqOmNqpqNU

[@narg3931]

@@DaimtoAps Thank u :D

[@DaimtoAps]

hope it helps

[@gekobcint4973]

Mam, I don’t know you but, I wish you all the best this really saved me.

[@yerst2]

Thank you sooo much for this! This saved me so much time and is exactly what I needed!

[@romanryaboshtan9270]

7:45 you can write media, and all it's a shorter object fields write form

[@samehkorashee9925]

your method is the only one work around , big fat thanks ♥

[@DaimtoAps]

anytime 😊

[@samehkorashee9925]

@@DaimtoAps actually i done that method on my webhost as an automatic backup in the cron, so its perfect

[@tmfishing90]

Very detailed and excellent instructions. thank you very much. Save me for my day 😀

[@nabillamauludina2749]

Thank you it helps me really much

[@stormerthe2nd]

thank you so much for this video, a service account makes this all so easy

[@DaimtoAps]

I agree!

[@Alen_Thomas_]

I've to store uploaded images from my website in 2 separate folders. Can i move those folders to drive and retrieve the images from drive ??

[@DaimtoAps]

you can but its really not an optional solution. drive wasn't intended as file hosting. you may have issues with users accessing the files

[@adityachandran7002]

THIS WORKED FOR ME !!!!!! thanks alot

[@DaimtoAps]

That's good to hear I love knowing I helped

[@MrAvelino2010]

Can you make one, upload to particular folder and subfolder

[@DaimtoAps]

Yes you just have to set parents in the metdata object and that will set the parent folder.

[@MrAvelino2010]

@@DaimtoAps i tried following the guide from documentation.but don't return the folder id to store the file there

[@ankit3478]

Error: Could not load the default credentials. -->im getting this error even I have used the correct credentials

[@DaimtoAps]

Sounds like it cant find the credentials.

[@VitaoPlays]

I'm having the same problem here. Did you find a way to fix it?

[@informationtechnology3393]

Sorry... I am editing my question... Can a service account open files too? or just create them?

[@DaimtoAps]

you would need to convert it to a Google doc and use the Google docs API to access it

[@projetoskumon6095]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@brightertomorrow3343]

Great tutorial

[@DaimtoAps]

Glad you think so!

[@wejesuss-1104]

How do I know if the API I want to use accepts service accounts? I want to upload a video to KZbin

[@DaimtoAps]

Check the documentation if it doesn't mention it it doesn't support it. The KZbin API does not support service accounts.

[@wejesuss-1104]

@@DaimtoAps yeah, I found it a few days ago

[@vladkrutenyuk6715]

How can I make the same but without service account? I want when you open web page then firstly you should sign-in your google acc and all drive requests will be for you account you chose...

[@DaimtoAps]

Try following the official example it uses standard oauth2 developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/quickstart/nodejs

[@livingjoke3083]

Was wondering why this example is not shared in a GitHub rep? Makes the process so much easier for new learners that need to understand how this API works.

[@DaimtoAps]

All samples should be shared on my website. The exact sample I use in videos will be able on GitHub in the future for patreon supporters

[@livingjoke3083]

@@DaimtoAps Well, the issue is that those code samples for this particular project are nothing but methods and declarations. Would be nice to see how you wrap it all together. How you import stuff into the js file etc.

[@DaimtoAps]

thanks for the feedback! I see your point and will look into it when I get back from vacation.

[@dyhia9075]

wooow worked like magiiiiiiiiiiic , thaaank yooouuuuu

[@DaimtoAps]

you just made my day thanks

[@razorjhon2622]

is there anyway to upload the file and give permission to specific users and authenticate it in my website using JWT token ?

[@DaimtoAps]

you would have to code that yourself the service account won't limit it for you

[@razorjhon2622]

@@DaimtoAps oh but the user will be able to access my google drive and see all data i have uploaded but i just wanted to let the user access the files that he should see from JWT token from the frontend

[@DaimtoAps]

Then your frontend need to be the one controlling who has access to what.

[@lesmurphy8466]

This was helpful thank you!!!

[@pudder385]

Having trouble. I get a 404: File Not found ''. The folder is shared with the service account and I have triple checked everything. Anyone else have this problem?

[@DaimtoAps]

Is it a file on Google Workspace

[@pudder385]

@@DaimtoAps I have tried both a g-suite drive and my personal drive with the same results. Is there something more you must do for workspace?

[@pudder385]

@@DaimtoAps I created a project and service account under my personal google account and it works! But I still cannot get it to work with the gsuite account.

[@geraldwaweru3280]

How's no one getting this error 'gaxioserror login required'? What could I be doing wrong?

[@DaimtoAps]

There is something wrong with your authorization. Open a new question on stack overflow include your code I would be happy to take a look.

[@EBay_Dev]

Hi...Greate guide. I have uploaded a bunch of video clips with related subtitles with that specific name. But in the watch mode, I cant see that subtitle... I wonder to know, there is any node.js snippet code to relate clips and movies automatically. Because the number of files is more than I can handle manually?

[@DaimtoAps]

I think your looking for developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/captions/list

[@EBay_Dev]

@@DaimtoAps thanks for you response. I want exact same functionality in google drive not youtube. as I far as I review the google drive API documentation, I think It isn't there.

[@backenddeveloper-rx9ye]

can we upload a file to anothers drive based on drive ID ?

[@DaimtoAps]

you need to have the owner of the drive account authorize your then you can upload to anywhere they have access.

[@backenddeveloper-rx9ye]

@@DaimtoAps what if on the time of folder creation i changed permission of folder of the drive owner ? so anyone can upload file after that ?

[@DaimtoAps]

write access requires write authorization of a user. after creating it just add permissions to the user you wish to have access. or write your own interface using a service account

[@foobar846]

Great video!!! What is the difference between node package googleapi and *googleapi@39* from google drive api Guides?

[@DaimtoAps]

No idea ;)

[@doyouknow1948]

Great Video !! Thanks a lot. I have small issue. when I upload id is created. but actually file not uploaded to google drive. need to i share google drive directory with service account. if want how it does ????

[@DaimtoAps]

do a files.list see if the file is there. its being uploaded to the service accounts drive account

[@ulisesalcaraz8594]

Very good explanation. If the service is in python, does this mechanism of authorization works the same?

[@DaimtoAps]

yes it does

[@SteveCirelli]

Thanks you for the video, it's hard to find tutorials on googleapis

[@DaimtoAps]

let me know if you have ideas for other videos with Google Apis

[@SteveCirelli]

@@DaimtoAps Probably could do one on ways to programmatically get folder ids (I have not checked if you did already). How would you find folder located at /x/y/z? That's where I'm headed next.

[@brilliantatosam]

Wonderful job

[@DaimtoAps]

happy uploading 😊

[@hkthktm]

where can I get parents id in your code ?

[@DaimtoAps]

do a file.list and find the file id of the directory you are looking for

[@buiquocanh3686]

i upload success but image file show 0kb, what something wrong ?

[@DaimtoAps]

If the fie size is 0 then you are not properly uploading the stream. You have only created the file metadata.

[@viettran-vm4xi]

Great Video

[@Carol-ll3po]

Hi, i got an error as below const auth = new google.auth.GoogleAuth({ ^ TypeError: google.auth.GoogleAuth is not a constructor Checked the code and the key file all is corrected, not sure if you could advise any possibility that cause the error. Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@shagyfox]

const { GoogleAuth } = require("google-auth-library"); const auth = new GoogleAuth(keyFile, scopes);

[@DaimtoAps]

I agree with the comment below make sure you have added the required.

[@DanyDelaCruzM]

@@shagyfox Thanks! it's worf for me!

[@Vuru]

Im getting code 401 Invalid credentials error json :(

[@DaimtoAps]

Are you sure you created a service account?

[@moneyDev1111]

Uncaught Error Error: Could not load the default credentials.

[@DaimtoAps]

sounds like an issue finding the file

[@nisarggogate8952]

It was awesome video. I am getting message File Created and its id. But its not visible in my google drive folder which is shared as well as whose id is added in parent inside fileMetaData. Can you please guide what might go wrong? Why is file not visible inside drive?

[@DaimtoAps]

Do a file.list see if it was uploaded to the service accounts drive account instead. There may be an issue with the parent you set

[@nisarggogate8952]

@@DaimtoAps actually there was a typo... Got it working 😀 Service account makes it lot easy. Btw I am sending doc from react app to nodejs and nodejs to drive. Got that working too after struggle of 2 days 😂... These small success make me feel sooo good ❤️

[@raunaqsingh875]

From where do i get my KEYFILEPATH ?

[@DaimtoAps]

its the path to the key file on your system. Check your hard drive.

[@raunaqsingh875]

Ok thanks I will check

[@rodrigeznonames7353]

Thanks a lot! It will be great if you let us know how to push that in Cloud Run afterwords and still have it working ;/

[@DaimtoAps]

I didn't have any doubt 🧐

[@AndrewMelnychuk0seen]

Fantastic stuff!

[@ruchika-0192]

Please menton detailed process

[@DaimtoAps]

which process?

[@jonasstrabel]

Great video! Is it possible to Upload a file from a variable, without saving it?

[@DaimtoAps]

You should be able to do it with any steam. I will have to give it a try 🙂

[@chyys_goldenera]

Thank you

[@faizangulzar1973]

Thank you so much for this!. Can you plz get me this through some php script. Thanks

[@DaimtoAps]

I sure can 😁

[@faizangulzar1973]

If you can then plz help me, I am stuck with that.

[@lucasfontesgaspareto]

Thanks so much

[@TarunYadav-dp1id]

now do this for mf graph.ass api !

[@DaimtoAps]

sorry i dont know that api.

[@DaimtoAps]

I have uploaded a companion blog post for this video which contains all of the code you will need to follow along. www.daimto.com/upload-image-to-google-drive-with-node-js/

[@geraldwaweru3280]

I'm stuck on this error 403 GaxiosError: Insufficient Permission: Request had insufficient authentication scopes.

[@DaimtoAps]

Depending upon which method you are calling you need to ensure that you are requesting the proper scope for authorization. You need write access for this call.

[@sabrananda]

thank you so much