I’m working on a Python project where I need to upload files directly to a team drive using Google Drive API version 3. I’ve been able to upload files to my personal drive without issues, but I’m struggling with the shared drive functionality.
I’m not sure what additional parameters or configurations are needed when targeting a team drive instead of a regular user drive. The documentation mentions some differences but I can’t figure out the exact implementation.
Can someone explain the proper way to handle file uploads to shared drives? What specific changes do I need to make in my Python code to make this work correctly?
The main difference with shared drives is getting the parent folder ID right and enabling shared drive support in your API calls. Use the actual folder ID from inside the shared drive as the parent - not the drive ID itself. Also add supportsTeamDrives=True to your upload method. I ran into auth issues at first because my service account wasn’t added to the shared drive with enough permissions. Make sure your credentials have at least “Content Manager” access, or you’ll get weird error messages when uploads fail.
hey, i had the same prob! u gotta set supportsAllDrives=True in your upload request & includeItemsFromAllDrives=True. also, check if your service account has the right permissions on the team drive, or it might fail silently.
Spent weeks fighting this before figuring it out. The trick is getting your drive service object set up right. You need the ‘https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive’ scope when creating the service object. For uploads, use supportsAllDrives=True and make sure you’ve got the right parent folder ID from inside the shared drive. Here’s the gotcha that got me - you can’t use the shared drive root ID as a parent. You have to create or point to an actual folder inside that drive. The error messages lie half the time, so turn on logging to see what the API actually says. If you’re using a service account across different org units, double-check that domain-wide delegation is enabled.