`drive-up` - A multi-threaded uploader for Google Drive

Features

Multi-threaded uploads - will upload using four parallel threads by default. Use -t to change the number of threads
Unlimited retries - if uploads fail for some reason, drive-up will retry (forever)

Files are compared on modification date and file size. If the date has changed locally, the file is compared with a md5sum hash to avoid unneeded uploads. If only the date is changed, but the contents stay the same, drive-up will update the date in Drive.

Installation

you need a working python 2.7 installation
on OSX and Linux run setup.sh. This will create a virtualenv in the current directory and install the necessary python libraries.
on Windows you must manually do this, sorry. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install the dependencies.
Finally, install libmagic (see the instructions in the python-magic readme).

Creating an API key

You will need to obtain your own Google API key using the Google Developer Console. Download the JSON-file that Google provides and rename it to client_secret.json. By default, drive-up will look for this file in the current directory. You can specify a different name and location using the -k option.

When asked for the type of key, choose "client / installed app".

Authorizing the API client

When you run dirve-up for the first time, you will be asked to authorize the newly created API key. Follow the instruction to complete authorization. (This involves copying a lengthy URL into your browser and authorizing access to the user's Google Drive.)

After you pasted the authorization code, by default, your authorization credentials will be saved in your home-folder under .drive-up/credentials.json.

Usage

To upload the current folder to Google Drive, run drive-up with no arguments. You can specify the folder to synchronize as the last argument:

$ python drive-up.py ~/MyFolder

[#         ] 17.08% 476/1308 files 4.52/26.49 GB

On first run, drive-up will ask you to open a URL and allow drive-up to access your Google Drive account. It will then download a list of files and compare this to your local folder and then start uploading any files that are missing in Google Drive.

Options

Verbose

To follow the process, start drive-up with the verbose flag:

$ python drive-up.py --verbose ~/Drive

2014-01-19 10:05:33,283 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving drive files (0 files received)
2014-01-19 10:05:43,914 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving drive files (1000 files received)
2014-01-19 10:07:44,055 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolved 1308 files/folders
2014-01-19 10:07:44,056 ./drive-up.py INFO: building drive tree
2014-01-19 10:07:44,221 ./drive-up.py WARNING: duplicate file path: Untitled Document
2014-01-19 10:07:44,254 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving local files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files new: 1062 (26.49 GB)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files changed: 0 (0 B)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files meta changed: 0
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files unchanged: 1308 (3.86 GB)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,410 ./drive-up.py INFO: updating meta changed files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,665 ./drive-up.py INFO: updating changed files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,665 ./drive-up.py INFO: creating directories
2014-01-19 10:07:48,985 ./drive-up.py INFO: uploading new files

[#         ] 17.08% 476/1308 files 4.52/26.49 GB

This prints out the process of downloading the file list from Drive, and gives you a report on the work needed to be done. There is also a debug flag available, which will spam you with files and folders. :)

Test (but don't upload)

If you only want to know what drive-up intends to do, run it with the resolve-only flag:

$ python drive-up.py --verbose --resolve-only ~/Drive

2014-01-19 10:05:33,283 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving drive files (0 files received)
2014-01-19 10:05:43,914 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving drive files (1000 files received)
2014-01-19 10:07:44,055 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolved 1308 files/folders
2014-01-19 10:07:44,056 ./drive-up.py INFO: building drive tree
2014-01-19 10:07:44,221 ./drive-up.py WARNING: duplicate file path: photos/20130730_abb_lysefjord/IMG_0054.JPG
2014-01-19 10:07:44,254 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving local files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files new: 1062 (26.49 GB)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files changed: 0 (0 B)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files meta changed: 0
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files unchanged: 1308 (3.86 GB)

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Threads

drive-up will automatically use 4 threads to upload files in parallel. You can change the number of parallel upload by using the -t option. To start 3 parallel upload connections, use:

$ python drive-up.py --verbose --threads 3 ~/Drive

2014-01-19 10:05:33,283 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving drive files (0 files received)
2014-01-19 10:05:43,914 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving drive files (1000 files received)
2014-01-19 10:07:44,055 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolved 1308 files/folders
2014-01-19 10:07:44,056 ./drive-up.py INFO: building drive tree
2014-01-19 10:07:44,221 ./drive-up.py WARNING: duplicate file path: photos/20130730_abb_lysefjord/IMG_0054.JPG
2014-01-19 10:07:44,254 ./drive-up.py INFO: resolving local files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files new: 1062 (26.49 GB)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files changed: 0 (0 B)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files meta changed: 0
2014-01-19 10:07:48,157 ./drive-up.py INFO: files unchanged: 1308 (3.86 GB)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,410 ./drive-up.py INFO: updating meta changed files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,665 ./drive-up.py INFO: updating changed files
2014-01-19 10:07:48,665 ./drive-up.py INFO: creating directories
2014-01-19 10:07:48,985 ./drive-up.py INFO: uploading new files (parallel upload 1)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,985 ./drive-up.py INFO: uploading new files (parallel upload 2)
2014-01-19 10:07:48,985 ./drive-up.py INFO: uploading new files (parallel upload 3)

[#         ] 17.08% 476/1308 files 4.52/26.49 GB

Help

To see more options, run drive-up with the help flag:

$ python drive-up.py --help

Version history and release notes

Version 0.1.0, 2015-05-25

new: will upload symlinked files on file-systems that support this (disable with --skip-symlinks)
new: display average upload speed
new: display estimated time till complete
new: display elapsed time
new: display upload progress per file (only when --debug is specified)
change: use 4 upload threads by default (use -t N to use N number of threads)
first version that carries a version number

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drive-up - A multi-threaded uploader for Google Drive