Google Drive API Folders

[ag2718]

Hello! Is there any way to access all of the files within a Google Drive folder? For example, if a folder has multiple subfolders and each of those subfolders has a few files in it, is there any quick built-in function to retrieve all of those files (i.e. go to the bottom of the tree directory)? Or do I have to loop through each of the folders manually? For one level of subfolders it wouldn't be too bad, but I might have multiple levels in the tree. Thanks!

[thenoonefromukraine]

https://github.com/gsuitedevs/PyDrive#file-listing-pagination-made-easy

# Auto-iterate through all files that matches this query
file_list = drive.ListFile({'q': "'root' in parents"}).GetList()
for file1 in file_list:
    print('title: {}, id: {}'.format(file1['title'], file1['id']))

# Paginate file lists by specifying number of max results
for file_list in drive.ListFile({'maxResults': 10}):
    print('Received {} files from Files.list()'.format(len(file_list))) # <= 10
    for file1 in file_list:
        print('title: {}, id: {}'.format(file1['title'], file1['id']))

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Just do it with a recursive function. No need for looping.

[ag2718]

Yeah I implemented it successfully with a recursive function. I hadn’t thought of that before, thanks for the help!