Gdrive-Suite

GDrive Suite is a robust Python library designed to streamline interaction with Google Drive and Google Sheets. It provides an intuitive, high-level interface over the official Google APIs, handling authentication, token management, and API calls so you can focus on your data workflows.

For a complete guide, usage examples, and the full API reference, please see GitHub Pages

Whether you're a data engineer building ETL pipelines, a data analyst fetching the latest reports, or a data scientist accessing datasets, GDrive Suite simplifies cloud file management.

Features

• Seamless Authentication: Handles Oauth2 flow and token refreshing automatically, supporting both local server environments (via Application Default Credentials).
• File Operations: Easily download, upload, and list files and folders.
• Google Workspace Conversion: automatically convert Google Docs, Sheets, and slices to formats like .doc, .xlsx, .pdf on download.
• Path-Based Navigation: Find files and folders using familiar directory paths (e.g., reports/2025/some_month).
• Direct Data Retrieval: Pull data directly from Google Sheets into your python environment.
• In-Memory File Handling: Retrieve file content directly into a BytesIO object for in-memory processing without writing to disk. GDrive Suite is a robust Python library designed to streamline interaction with Google Drive and Google Sheets. It provides an intuitive, high-level interface over the official Google APIs, handling authentication, token management, and API calls so you can focus on your data workflows.

Whether you're a data engineer building ETL pipelines, a data analyst fetching the latest reports, or a data scientist accessing datasets, GDrive Suite simplifies cloud file management.

Installation

Install gdrive-suite directly from PyPi. The library requires Python 3.11 or higher.

pip install gdrive-suite

The library requires python 3.11 or higher.

Configuration

To use GDrive Suite, you need to enable the Google Drive API and obtain credentials for your application.

1. Enable the Google Drive API

• Go to the Google Cloud Console.

• Create a new project or select an existing one.

• In the navigation menu, go to APIs & Services > Library.

• Search for "Google Drive API" and "Google Sheets API" and enable both.

2. Create Credentials

• In the navigation menu, go to APIs & Services > Credentials.

• Click Create Credentials > OAuth client ID.

• Select Desktop app as the application type.

• Give the client ID a name (e.g., "GDrive Suite Client") and click Create.

• A window will appear. Click Download JSON to download the credentials file.

3. Set Up Your Project

• Rename the downloaded JSON file to google_credentials.json.

• In your project, create a directory to store this file. We recommend conf/local.

• Place the google_credentials.json file in this directory.

Your project structure should look like this:o use Gdrive Suite you need to enable

• Place credentials in conf/local and add to .gitignore

├── conf
│   └── local
│       ├── credentials.json
├── src
│   ├── script.py

The first time you run your application, you will be prompted to authorize it via a browser window. A google_token.json file will then be created in the same directory. This token will be automatically refreshed as needed.

Usage Examples

Basic Usage: Download a file

This example shows how to initialize the client and download a file.

from pathlib import Path
from gdrive_suite import (
  GDriveClient,
  get_drive_client_config,
  DownloadTarget,
}  GDriveSettings
)
# --- 1. Configuration ---
# Define the path to your configuration directory
CONFIG_DIR = Path("conf/local")

# Define the required API scopes
# .readonly is safer if you only need to read files
GOOGLE_SCOPES = [
    ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file"]
    # Needed for uploads/modifications
]

# --- 2. Initialization ---
# Create the settings object
gdrive_settings: GDriveSettings(
  config_dir=CONFIG_DIR,
  token_file_name = "google_token.json",
  credentials_file_name = "google_credentials.json",
)
# Create a configuration object
gdrive_config = get_drive_client_config(
    scope=GOOGLE_SCOPES,
    gdrive_settings=gdrive_settings
)

# Create the GDriveClient instance
gdrive_client = GDriveClient(gdrive_config)

# --- 3. Download a file ---
# Specify the target to download the file
target = DownloadTarget (
  file_id = "some_file_id",
  destination_path = Path("data/destinatio_dir/myfile.csv"),
  mime_type = None
)

print(f"Downloading '{file_name}'...")
gdrive_client.download_file(
  target
)
print(f"File successfully downloaded to '{download_dir}'")

Data Professional Workflow: Load a Google Sheet into Pandas

A common task for data analysts is to pull the latest version of a report from Google Drive. This example shows how to find a Google Sheet by its path and load its contents directly into a pandas DataFrame.

import pandas as pd
from pathlib import Path
from gdrive_suite.drive import GDriveClient, get_drive_client_config
from gdrive_suite.context import GDriveSettings

# --- Initialization (same as above) ---
# Using default credentials
GOOGLE_SCOPES = [
    ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file"]
]
gdrive_config = get_drive_client_config(GOOGLE_SCOPES, None)
gdrive_client = GDriveClient(gdrive_config)

# --- Find and load the sheet ---
try:
    # Find the folder ID by navigating from the root ('root')
    # This is more robust than hard coding folder IDs
    folder_path = ["Sales Reports", "2025", "Q3"]
    target_folder_id = gdrive_client.find_folder_id_by_path(
        start_folder_id="root",
        path_segments=folder_path
    )

    if target_folder_id:
        # Now, list files in that folder to find our report
        query = f"'{target_folder_id}' in parents and name='Q3 Sales Summary'"
        files = gdrive_client.list_files(query)

        if files:
            sheet_file = files[0]
            print(f"Found file: {sheet_file['name']} (ID: {sheet_file['id']})")

            # Retrieve the data from the first sheet (tab)
            sheet_data = gdrive_client.retrieve_sheet_data(
                spreadsheet_id=sheet_file['id'],
                sheet_range="Sheet1" # Reads the entire sheet
            )

            if sheet_data:
                # Convert to a pandas DataFrame
                df = pd.DataFrame(sheet_data[1:], columns=sheet_data[0])
                print("\nSuccessfully loaded data into DataFrame:")
                print(df.head())
            else:
                print("Sheet contains no data.")
        else:
            print("Could not find the specified file in the target folder.")

except (IOError, ValueError) as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

API Reference

GDriveClient The main class for interacting with Google Drive.

• download_file(directory_path, file_id, file_name, mime_type=None): Downloads a file. Use mime_type to export Google Workspace files (e.g., application/pdf).

• upload_file(file_path, folder_id, **metadata): Uploads a local file to a specified folder.

• retrieve_file_content(file_id): Retrieves file content as a BytesIO object for in-memory use.

• list_files(query, **list_params): Lists files using the standard Google Drive API query syntax.

• find_folder_id_by_path(start_folder_id, path_segments): Navigates a path to find a folder's ID.

• retrieve_sheet_data(spreadsheet_id, sheet_range): Retrieves data |from a Google Sheet.

GDriveClientConfig Handles configuration and authentication.

• **init**(config_dir_path, scope): Initializes the configuration manager.

• get_credentials() : Returns valid OAuth2 credentials, handling the auth flow and token refreshing.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have a feature request, bug report, or pull request, please open an issue or PR on the GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.