I’m trying to get a list of files from a specific folder in Google Drive using Python. I’ve looked through the Google Drive API docs but I’m having trouble figuring out how to do this. Does anyone know the right way to fetch file names from a particular Google Drive directory? I’d really appreciate some help or a code example to get me started. I’m new to working with the Google Drive API and could use some guidance on the best approach for this task.
I’ve worked with the Google Drive API in Python before, and it’s not too complicated once you get the hang of it. To retrieve file listings, you first need to set up OAuth 2.0 credentials and install the Google Client Library. After creating a service object with your credentials, you obtain the folder ID for the directory you want to query. Then, by using the files().list() method with a proper query filter, you can extract the file names from the resulting data. The authentication setup is usually the most challenging part; once that’s handled, listing files becomes a more straightforward process.
hey, i tried this before. set up the drive api with creds, then call files().list() using q=‘folder_id in parents’ and fields=‘files(name)’. it gave me the file names quick. hope it helps, good luck!
Having tackled this issue recently, I can share what worked for me. After setting up the Google Drive API credentials, I found the google-auth and google-auth-oauthlib libraries incredibly helpful. The key is using the drive_service.files().list() method with the right parameters. I set q=‘<folder_id> in parents’ to target the specific folder, and fields=‘files(name)’ to get just the file names. It took some trial and error, but once I got it working, it was pretty efficient. Just remember to handle pagination if you’re dealing with a large number of files. Also, caching the credentials locally after the first authentication made subsequent runs much smoother.